Affected by a U.S.-style showdown that culminated in a last-minute deal were a dozen networks, including Discovery Channel, TLC, Eurosport, ID and Animal Planet, in the U.K. and four in Germany. Discovery Communications and pay TV giant Sky on Tuesday evening reached a new carriage agreement after a U.S.-style carriage dispute, rarely seen in Europe, that had threatened to see Discovery take its channels off the Sky platform in Britain and Germany.