OTT: global launch of discovery+ from 04/01/2021, which will broadcast the Tokyo Olympics in Europe

The American audiovisual group Discovery has announced (on 02/12/2020), the global launch of its OTT platform discovery+ from 04/01/2021. In the United States, the platform will be marketed at $4.99 (€4.10) and $6.99 (€5.75, without advertising) per month and an exclusive distribution agreement has been signed with the telecommunications group Verizon, which will provide its customers "with select plans 12 months of discovery+."

"Global rollout begins with the UK and Ireland, India, the Nordics, Italy and the Netherlands; distribution partners include Sky in the UK and Ireland and TIM (brand of Telecom Italia group) in Italy," said Discovery, which has not disclosed the prices for these territories.

Eurosport Player, the OTT platform of Discovery's pay-TV subsidiary Eurosport, will gradually disappear in the coming months in the various European countries in favour of discovery+, which will notably broadcast in Europe (excluding Russia) the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games (postponed to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic), the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and the Paris 2024…