Discovery, Inc. and TIM, have announced 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.
