https://nypost.com/2019/04/01/bbc-and-discovery-set-to-launch-streaming-service-in-2020/
This is in the planning stages
This is in the planning stages
Discovery and the BBC are chucking out the script in a new global streaming venture that will combine its extensive real-life entertainment library with the UK media giant’s natural-history catalog.
The video service, which is expected to cost less than $5 per month, will be 100-percent owned by Discovery, which has reached an exclusive 10-year agreement with BBC Studios for all of its natural history programs in SVOD (streaming video on demand) in territories outside the UK, Ireland and China.
The over-the-top service, set for a 2020 launch, seeks to rival those of Netflix and Amazon, as well as future offerings from Disney and Apple — but will distinguish itself by focusing only on factual genres.
“The others mostly deal with scripted content,” Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav said in a phone interview. “We’re not in that game.”