Discovery U.S. about to launch broadband-only channels

NEW YORK – Featuring user-generated content, Discovery Communications today showed off what will be its first broadband channels: Discovery Channel Beyond and Travel Channel Beyond. Unveiled as a sneak preview to advertisers and media buyers at Discovery's Upfront sales presentation in New York, the ad-supported services will launch to the public on April 15. Broadband channels for TLC, Animal Planet and Discovery Health Channel will launch in the coming months. It's not clear yet if the channels will be viewable in Canada but that seems unlikely, since most U.S. media broadband content like this has a geographic filter so that...