It was announced today by Discovery, Inc. and TIM, that discovery+ is now available to TIMVISION’s subscribers. Using TIMVISION Box, smartphones, tablet, Smart TV or the internet, they will have access to discovery+, the definitive real-life subscription streaming service. discovery+ offers the most complete range of entertainment, lifestyle, true crime, nature and adventure programming: 8000 hours of entertainment, 3000 hours of series and 2300 hours of premieres. The discovery+ offer is part of a broader renewal which also covers Nove, Real Time, DMAX, Giallo, Food, HGTV – Home&Garden TV, MOTORTREND, Frisbee and K2, and the platform also has the best on-demand content available for seven days.
Alessandro Araimo, EVP and GM Discovery Italy said: “We are delighted to expand our strong and longstanding relationship with Italy’s largest distributor of video experiences though this innovative agreement. This renewed partnership will allow us to offer discovery+ to broader audience of consumers in Italy, reinforcing our strategy of expanding content distribution across all platforms and devices.”
Antonella Dominici, Head of TIMVISION and Entertainment Products TIM, said: "We are proud that discovery+ has chosen TIM as partner in Italy. This partnership is part of the strategy of alliances with major international players that TIM is pursuing to consolidate TIMVISION as the most complete platform in the content market in Italy and offers customers an increasingly broad, rich and exclusive range of entertainment and sports contents, and the opportunity to extend their audience base to partners. An integrated content experience will also allow customers to easily and quickly access discovery+ content".
Discovery+ is the one and only streaming service focused on non-fiction content in the market, and it provides a wide range of Italian and international productions, with more to be launched over the coming months. The launch titles include the brand new season of “Matrimonio a Prima Vista Italia” (Married at First Sight), new episodes of “Cortesie per gli ospiti” and “Deal with it” and documentaries like “Maradona – Morte di un campione” (Maradona - Death of a Champion), “Lady Gucci” and most loved favourites like “Fratelli di Crozza” (comedy) and “Bake Off Italia”. In the next few weeks discovery+ will see the arrival of awaited original productions such as “Ti spedisco in convento Italia” (Bad Habits, Holy Orders) and “Love Island Italia”, as well as an exclusive documentary on Liverpool, the English football team.
In addition to this the service will include Discovery-branded international success stories such as the documentary series of the sinking of the ferry “Estonia”, the culinary tour series “Bobby & Giada in Italy” and the explorer Colin O’Brady’s Antarctic adventure in “Antartic: The Impossible Row”.
The agreement on sports coverage has also been renewed: every single moment of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which is set for summer 2021, will be shown on TIMVISION. TIM will be the Official Mobile Broadcaster for the games in Italy and TIM clients will be able to download a special app with exclusive content. Eurosport’s sports coverage also includes three Grand Slam tennis tournaments, Serie A basketball, the Euroleague and other European competitions, all the cycling classics and the Grand Tours, winter sports – including FIS Alpine World Championships, 2022 Winter Olympic Games, golf and much more besides.
Contacts:
Discovery
Eerika Roos, eerika_roos@discovery.com, +31 6 36281783
Adriano Baioni, Adriano_baioni@discovery.com +39 3401015346
TIM
TIM Press Office
+39 06 3688 2610
https://www.gruppotim.it/media
Twitter: @TIMnewsroom
Notes to editors
About Discovery:
Discovery, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is a global leader in real life entertainment, serving a passionate audience of superfans around the world with content that inspires, informs and entertains. Discovery delivers over 8,000 hours of original programming each year and has category leadership across deeply loved content genres around the world. Available in 220 countries and territories and nearly 50 languages, Discovery is a platform innovator, reaching viewers on all screens, including TV Everywhere products such as the GO portfolio of apps; direct-to-consumer streaming services such as discovery+, Food Network Kitchen and MotorTrend OnDemand; digital-first and social content from Group Nine Media; a landmark natural history and factual content partnership with the BBC; and a strategic alliance with PGA TOUR to create the international home of golf. Discovery’s portfolio of premium brands includes Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, and the forthcoming multi-platform JV with Chip and Joanna Gaines, Magnolia Network, as well as OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network in the U.S., Discovery Kids in Latin America, and Eurosport, the leading provider of locally relevant, premium sports and Home of the Olympic Games across Europe. For more information, please visit corporate.discovery.com and follow @DiscoveryIncTV across social platforms.
TIM
TIM is one of the top Information & Communication Technology companies in Europe and the market leader in Italy. It offers its customers fixed and mobile telecommunications, internet, premium digital entertainment content – through TIMVISION, TIMMUSIC and TIMGAMES – and advanced cloud-based platforms. All with flexible and customisable offers to meet the needs of families and businesses, on platforms accessible from a range of devices.
TIM is included in the major international sustainability indexes and is committed to becoming the leading telco in the Eurozone in terms of sustainability and social responsibility.
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Rome, 27 January 2021
