Discovery, HGTV and Food Network Prep for a Skinny TV Bundle as Merger Closes

Discovery Communications’ acquisition of Scripps Networks would clear the path for a new direct-to-consumer programming package as low as $6 a month

Keach Hagey

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Updated March 6, 2018 4:43 p.m. ET

“Shark Week” and “Chopped” could soon be available as part of a new skinny bundle of television channels in the U.S. for as little as $6 a month, following the merger of the networks’ parent companies.

Discovery Communications Inc.’s $11.9 billion acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive Inc., which is expected to close Tuesday, will create a nonfiction programming powerhouse of 19 cable networks, including HGTV, Discovery, TLC and Food Network.

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