Silver Spring, Md. – Discovery
Communications announced today the company’s first U.S. TVE
streaming service, Discovery GO, connecting viewers with live
and on-demand access to award-winning shows and series from nine U.S. networks
in the Discovery portfolio – Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet,
Investigation Discovery, Science Channel, Velocity, Destination America,
American Heroes Channel and Discovery Life. Discovery GO launches
in connection with the highly anticipated worldwide premiere of
Discovery Channel’s RACING EXTINCTION, a documentary chronicling the plight of
the world’s most endangered species. The special will debut in more than 220
markets around the world tomorrow, December 2.
“The launch of Discovery
GO represents an important first step in providing viewers with access
to our award-winning content anytime, anywhere on practically any device,” said
Paul Guyardo, Chief Commercial Officer, Discovery Communications. “This
aggregated TVE streaming service and strong user experience is made possible by
Discovery’s 30-year commitment to content ownership and our global learnings in
the space, and also serves as an important promotional platform to complement
and support our TV brands. We look forward to giving pay-TV customers more of
what they want in Discovery GO.”
“Compelling authenticated
offerings are essential to our relationships with viewers and distributors, and
we are proud to join with our MVPD partners to bring Discovery GO to
audiences – providing a robust lineup of programming and even greater value to
subscribers across the U.S.,” added Bruce Campbell, Chief Development,
Distribution & Legal Officer, Discovery Communications.
With Discovery GO, viewers
can browse by each of the networks featured, find programs organized into
fourteen genres – such as Survival and History, or explore specially curated
playlists. Users also can create their own watchlists and easily search
the Discovery GO offering for series and episodes across all
nine networks. In addition to access to bluechip programming, like RACING
EXTINCTION, Discovery GO will feature top series available
on-demand and next-day including GOLD RUSH, 90 DAY FIANCE, 7 LITTLE JOHNSTONS,
PIT BULLS AND PAROLEES, SURVIVORMAN, HOMICIDE HUNTER and many more.
Discovery GO is available at DiscoveryGO.com and
through iOS and Android apps,
with additional platform launches in the coming months. To unlock the full
power of Discovery GO, viewers can authenticate with their MVPD
provider credentials.
About Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications (Nasdaq:
DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is the world’s #1 pay-TV programmer reaching 3 billion
cumulative subscribers in more than 220 countries and territories. For 30 years
Discovery has been satisfying curiosity and entertaining viewers with
high-quality content through its global brands, led by Discovery Channel, TLC,
Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science and Turbo/Velocity, as well as
U.S. joint venture network OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, and through the
Discovery Digital Networks portfolio, including TestTube, Seeker and SourceFed.
Discovery owns Eurosport, the leading pan-regional sports entertainment
destination across Europe and Asia-Pacific. Discovery also is a leading
provider of educational products and services to schools, including an
award-winning series of K-12 digital textbooks, through Discovery Education.
For more information, please visit www.discoverycommunications.com.
Press Contacts:
Amber Harris, 240.662.5235
amber_harris@discovery.com
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Liz Stewart, 240.662.7594
liz_stewart@discovery.com