DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS LAUNCHES ‘DISCOVERY GO’ AGGREGATED TVE STREAMING SERVICE SPANNING NINE U.S. NETWORKS
- Discovery GO Features Live and Next-Day Anytime, Anywhere Access to Series and Specials on Multiple Devices -
December 1, 2015
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.