One example of our new project for Kudos HGTV will speak to those' Brady Bunch' fans on the call. ... You may have heard that the house from the iconic series was recently on the market in California, i'm excited to share that Kudos HGTV is the winning bidder and we'll restore the home to its 1970s glory as Kudos HGTV can. More detail to come over the next few months, but we'll bring all the resources to bear to tell safe, fun stories with this beloved piece of American TV history.

David Zaslav

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One of the hardest things to do when you launch a channel is find... by David Zaslav

One of the hardest things to do when you launch a channel is find a voice.

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Cable is a niche business. If you can own a niche, that can be a... by David Zaslav

Cable is a niche business. If you can own a niche, that can be a very strong business.

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If you wake up in Moscow and put on the Science channel, it doesn't feel like an American channel, it feels like their channel. In fact, Discovery is Vladimir Putin's favorite channel.

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In some countries our own properties will be enough and in others we will sublicense, in the UK we expect to talk to the BBC and other broadcasters as to whether they are interested in taking up some of the rights.

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Every time I look behind me or I look ahead of me, I see James. by David Zaslav

Every time I look behind me or I look ahead of me, I see James.

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I talk to Oprah several times a week, and I see the side of Oprah that's having the time of her life. What she's getting to do with OWN is build a team to create a brand from nothing.

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People only watch six to eight to 10 channels, so if you want to be one of those channels, then you have to create content so strong that people have to come not once, not twice but enough that, behaviorally, they start to feel like, 'That's my channel.'

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To this day, I'm a slave to CNBC. by David Zaslav

To this day, I'm a slave to CNBC.

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We're lucky in that channels like Science, Animal Planet and Discovery are essentially universal in terms of their appeal. If you wake up in Moscow and put on the Science channel, it doesn't feel like an American channel, it feels like their channel.

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If you look at the heritage of the cable business, if you can own a niche, you have a good chance of succeeding.

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If you could position the best platform media company around the world with the best content, we could get explosive growth.

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