US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has extended the contract of its president and chief executive David Zaslav through to the end of the decade.
Zaslav’s new contract will run until December 31, 2019.
Discovery was reported in November to have entered talks with TF1 to fast-track a full takeover of pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport from the French media company ahead of the original schedule drawn up in December 2012.
Zaslav joined Discovery as chief executive officer in 2007.