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discovery+ explores Anni Dewani murder in new docuseries

Discovery has announced the commission of Anni: The Honeymoon Murder (w/t), a 4×60 box set series with an extraordinary cast of interviewees and archive footage that blows open previous preconceptions about one of the most high-profile investigations in South Africa’s history. This testimony-driven series follows the incredible twists and turns of the case, with extensive […]

October 4, 2021

discovery+ on Amazon Prime Video Channels UK

Discovery UK has announced that discovery+, the subscription streaming platform, is now available on Prime Video Channels in the UK. discovery+, which launched in late 2020, went live in the US and Italy earlier this year, and now expands its rollout on Prime Video Channels with this new announcement in the UK. Viewers can engage […]

September 28, 2021

Amazon Prime Video Channels for India

Amazon has launched Prime Video Channels in India, aimed at providing Prime members access to a slate of content from a diverse set of video streaming services. Prime Video Channels, acting as an intermediary, will allow Prime members in India the option for add-on subscriptions of popular OTT services and stream their content on the […]

September 24, 2021

Discovery Sports adds Cyclo-cross Superprestige series

Discovery Sports has further expanded its cycling offer for fans by adding the exclusive global Cyclo-cross Superprestige rights to its portfolio of live events. A new long-term deal will bring live and on-demand global coverage of the Cyclo-cross Superprestige series to viewers via Discovery Sports’ sport brands Eurosport, GCN+ and discovery+. The eight-race Superprestige season […]

September 24, 2021

Discovery Sports acquires Laver Cup rights

Discovery Sports has secured a ten-year agreement to show the Laver Cup exclusively for viewers across Europe from 2021 to 2030, further expanding its tennis offering. Coverage of the Laver Cup will be scaled to the widest audience across Europe via Discovery’s portfolio of channels and digital platforms including via Eurosport and streaming service discovery+. […]

September 16, 2021

Take 1 turns focus to localisation and access services

Take 1  is aggressively developing and expanding their existing localisation and access service divisions. The new business focus caters for the growing demand for global content and has already resulted in several new appointments, technology acquisitions and partnerships. Take 1 is best known for providing transcription and translation services to media and entertainment companies including […]

September 16, 2021

Eurosport India sees 53% reach growth

Eurosport India has seen a 53 per cent growth in their reach and 37 per cent increase in the time spent (Wk 1-29 vs Wk 30-35- 2021) , riding high on their acquisition of the live broadcast rights for Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games in the SAARC region. The 18-month-old sports-specific offering from the Discovery […]

September 15, 2021

Discovery Sports’s UCI goes on AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon company, has announced a new partnership with Discovery Sports Events, a portfolio of sports brands that reach more than 130 million viewers, to be their Official Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning Provider. AWS will also become the exclusive Cloud Infrastructure Partner of the new Union Cycliste […]

September 15, 2021

Food Network partners with Samsung on Michel Roux Jr show

This September, Food Network is bringing Michel Roux’s French Country Cooking to its food-loving audiences on the channel and on streaming service discovery+. As the official sponsor of the show, Samsung has equipped Michel’s kitchen with the latest kitchen innovations – including products from its Infinite Line™ and Bespoke range. Michel Roux’s French Country Cooking […]

September 13, 2021

Discovery, Tennis Australia extend Open partnership

Discovery Sports has reached an agreement with Tennis Australia to broadcast the Australian Open live and exclusively on a pan-European basis through to 2031. The long-term agreement, commencing in 2022, includes all linear and digital rights and will extend Eurosport’s association with the first Grand Slam on the tennis calendar to more than 25 years […]

September 7, 2021