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Discovery Announces New ‘Discovery+’ Streaming Service
International broadcaster Discovery announced plans to launch a new streaming service in the US, unsurprisingly called ‘Discovery+’, which will host content from all Discovery owned channels.
Discovery already runs a streaming service under the Discovery+ brand in the UK, having rebranded from ‘dplay’ last month. But in the US, the broadcaster has previously stuck to offering a variety of individual niche thematic subscription services.
Now however, Discovery is following the path taken by rival broadcasters like NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia, collating all content under one broad service. Discovery+ will have both an ad-free subscription tier and a cheaper ad-supported tier.
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