"With 7 billion monthly views, Discovery provides educational TV content."

Over half of the world watches TV today, reaching 1.65 billion (Bn) households globally³. Only in the US, 45% of adults get their news from TV¹⁰ and television has a long-standing tradition in education, offering distance services in hard-to-reach places³. TV programs can be used as an educational tool, are a source of news allowing us to stay informed, provide a cheap escape instead of traveling, connect us with others and make us feel less lonely, serve as a family bonding (over a family show), and help with mental health and stress relief as it makes us laugh and provides a distraction¹. With its broad reach, TV amplifies its benefits to millions of homes worldwide³.

Discovery is a broadcasting company that owns 21 channels with content of adventure, travel, home, food, lifestyle, sports, mysteries, empowering stories, animals, science, and local entertainment for all ages⁷. It earned $10Bn in 2020⁶ by broadcasting in 220 countries and 50 languages⁸. Its main channels have nearly 7 Bn monthly video views worldwide⁷ reaching 49Mn individuals². The Discovery Channel is the 2nd most widely distributed cable channel in the US, and its importance resides in creating high-quality non-fictional content full of science, technology, nature, and history⁴.

In 2017, the company acquired Scripps to launch its streaming service⁵; currently, the Discovery.inc platform offers a library of 300,000 hrs of content and 8,000 hrs of original programming from its 21 channels⁷; since January 2021, the Discovery.inc platform content can be seen in portable devices across 25 countries, adding that to the 220 countries that Discovery broadcasts directly⁹.

TV helps us to be informed, entertained, educated, feel less lonely, and understand others. Discovery has a wide range of broadcasts with 21 channels and a streaming platform, reaching 49Mn viewers in 220 countries and 50 languages, entertaining and educating them simultaneously.

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