CTV, Discovery Communications expand Discovery Canada agreement

TORONTO - CTV and Discovery Communications Inc. (DCI) have extended their Discovery Canada joint venture to include the English-language broadcast rights in Canada for programming from U.S. networks Discovery Channel, Discovery Science, Discovery Health, Discovery HD Theatre and Investigation Discovery. Under the new multi-year agreement, Discovery Canada will utilize Discovery-branded content on additional platforms such as the Internet, video on demand and mobile. In addition, CTV will have the English-language rights to launch new Discovery branded channels in Canada (excluding TLC and Military Channel, and the OWN and Hub joint ventures).“Having just celebrated 15 groundbreaking years, this is a wonderful...