TORONTO – Bell Media’s Discovery is commemorating its 20th anniversary this week with special programming that looks forward to what the world might be like in the next 20 years.
Flagship science show Daily Planet presents Future Tech Week beginning Monday, January 5 through Friday, January 9 at 7:00 PM ET. Anchored by Dan Riskin from the program’s Toronto studio, and Ziya Tong co-hosting from the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas alongside Tech Correspondent Lucas Cochran, the trio will cast an inquisitive eye to the latest, most innovative, and most buzzed-about future tech.
Highlights will include:
– The smart basketball: stuffed with sensors to track a player’s every move and armed with an app to play it all back on their smart device;
– A real, functioning hover board that could represent the future of transportation;
– An underwater store;
– A test flight of the Aeromobile flying car prototype in Slovakia; and
– Exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to the future of warfare tech in Britain.
“Since we launched the channel on January 1, 1995, the content has changed dramatically, but we have consistently led Canadian specialty TV with the strongest brand and the best programming,” said Discovery president Paul Lewis, who has been with the channel since its inception, in the news release. “This is a wonderful celebration of 20 years on the air, and also a tribute to the creativity and passion that has driven our storytelling and our ratings, year after year.”
Daily Planet will also look back at some pivotal moments from Discovery’s past. A curated collection of these “moments” and fun facts are available now on the 20 Years of Discovery Hubub page.
Discovery Canada is a joint venture between Bell Media and Discovery Communications Inc.
