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Discovery Plus app launches on Amazon Fire TV

Our Burea Mumbai | Updated on June 17, 2020 Published on June 17, 2020

Discovery on Wednesday rolled out its streaming app Discovery Plus on Amazon Fire TV.

Discovery Plus is now available on the Amazon platform in addition to Android, iOS and on the desktop and mobile web, the company said.

Discovery had forayed into the OTT space with the launch of Discovery Plus back in March. The app offers factual entertainment content across over 40 genres including Science, Adventure, Food, Lifestyle among others.

Within a week of the launch on Amazon Fire TV, Discovery Plus has recorded 41.3 minutes average consumption per day per subscriber on Fire TV according to the company.

The platform is also launching a collection of new ‘Big Screen Delight’ titles dropping every day of the week in light of the launch.

Issac John, Business Head – Digital (South Asia), Discovery, said, “Besides the convenience of consuming the largest repository of premium real-life entertainment content across devices, our audiences have loved the experience of watching Discovery+ on big screen and that’s what this launch on Fire TV allows us to provide.”

The app had previously released titles such as ‘NASA and SpaceX: Journey To The Future’, ‘Carter’s War’, ‘Space Launch: America Returns To Space’, ‘How The Universe Works’ and ‘Expedition Asia with Ryan Pyle’. Starting today, audiences can stream new titles including ‘Nature’s Strangest Mysteries Solved’, ‘Mythbusters’ and season 10 of the very popular show ‘Gold Rush’ on their Fire TV devices, the company said.

Published on June 17, 2020

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