Benzinga | Jan 4, 2021 08:40AM EST

Discovery, Inc. Highlights Launch Of discovery+ In The US And Announces New Distribution And Platform Agreements

NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- discovery+, the definitive non-fiction, real-life subscription streaming service from Discovery, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK), is now live in the U.S. as the company announced major new distribution agreements that will make the product one of the most widely distributed streaming services at launch. discovery+ is available on the following platforms and devices:

* Amazon Fire TV streaming devices, Fire TV Edition smart TVs and coming later to Prime Video Channels

* iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple TV, and the app is fully integrated with the Apple TV app

* Google devices and platforms including Android(tm) phones and tablets, Chromecast with Google TV(tm) and other Android TV(tm) OS devices, and Google Chromecast(tm) and Chromecast built-in(tm) devices

* Microsoft Xbox One and Series S/X devices

* The Roku(r) platform

* 2017 and newer Samsung Smart TVs

In addition to previously announced discovery+ partnerships with Verizon in the U.S. and Sky in the U.K. and Ireland, it was announced today that Discovery and Vodafone have signed a new long-term, multi-platform agreement that includes a collaboration to make discovery+ available to existing Vodafone TV and mobile customers in 12 markets across Europe. The multi-year deal, which covers Vodafone's subscriber bases in the UK*, Germany, Turkey*, Italy, Spain, Romania, Portugal, Greece, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland and Iceland, gives Discovery access to 100M Vodafone homes to which discovery+ can be made available for a promotional period that will vary by market.