Discovery Communications names new COO

SILVER SPRING, Md. Discovery Communications announced the appointment of Peter Liguori as COO, reporting to president and CEO David Zaslav. He replaces Mark Hollinger, who has assumed the role of president and CEO of Discovery Networks International. Liguori will join Discovery on Jan. 19, 2010. Most recently, Liguori was president of entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company.

As president of entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company, Liguori was responsible for all Fox program development and marketing. Prior to assuming that position in 2005, Liguori was president and CEO of News Corp.'s FX Networks since 1998, overseeing business and programming operations for FX and Fox Movie Channel.