Discovery, Inc. and VodafoneZiggo have signed a new long-term, multi-platform agreement in the Netherlands under which customers can continue to enjoy Discovery’s unique content portfolio including channels Discovery, Eurosport and TLC. A new channel 'Home & Garden TV' will be added to the offer later this year. The parties will also collaborate on making the new streaming video platform discovery+ available to Vodafone and Ziggo customers during the course of 2021.
With this deal Ziggo customers in the Netherlands will continue to have access to Discovery’s linear channels: Discovery, TLC, Eurosport, ID, Eurosport 2, Discovery Science and Animal Planet. In addition to this, a new channel HGTV 'Home & Garden TV' will be added to the offer. This partnership will first give all Vodafone customers the opportunity to experience discovery+ for a free trial period. Next to that, Ziggo plans to add discovery+ to their mediabox tv app platform, in order to give their customers easy access to ‘this home of real life entertainment’.
About discovery+
Discovery+ is the new streaming service for the best real-life entertainment in the world. It aggregates Discovery’s iconic and much-loved brands and content including discovery+ local and international originals and the BBC’s natural history collection, all in one place for the first time ever. The Netherlands is one of the first countries where discovery+ was launched on January 5th.
Raymond van der Vliet, Director Content & Programming at VodafoneZiggo: "We want to provide our customers the best and most complete viewing experience. This means offering easy access to their favourite content. We are excited to extend our existing partnership that offers the current available Discovery channels to our customers. In addition to this, we look forward to collaborate on implementing discovery+ on our platforms. Discovery is a key partner for entertainment, providing a rich choice of unique real-life entertainment content."
Susanne Aigner GSVP & GM of Discovery GSA and Benelux: "We are delighted to announce this partnership with Netherlands’ largest mobile and fixed network operator. VodafoneZiggo and Discovery have worked together for more than 30 years and we are pleased that our strategic relationship continues to grow. This hybrid agreement advances our broader strategy of expanding our linear distribution relationships to bring our popular content to consumers across more platforms and devices. Thanks to this renewed partnership our viewers and Ziggo’s and Vodafone's customers will have direct access to the best global and local Discovery content anytime anywhere."