Discovery Brings Mobile Channel to FLO TV

SAN DIEGO/SILVER SPRING: FLO TV has added the new Discovery Mobile Channel to its service.

The channel will offer full-length episodes of shows such as Discovery Channel’s Cash Cab, Deadliest Catch, Dirty Jobs and Man vs. Wild and programming events like Shark Week. (FLO TV will offer a 24-hour mobile viewing of Shark Week from August 1 to 7.) The channel will further feature series from Discovery Communications portfolio of networks, including Animal Planet’s River Monsters and Whale Wars, and Science Channel’s How It’s Made and Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. Discovery content also will be available on demand when FLO TV launches its on-demand feature later this year.

"We are thrilled to welcome Discovery Communications, the world’s leading non-fiction programmer, to FLO TV," said Jonathan Barzilay, the senior VP of programming and advertising for FLO TV. "Discovery is a tremendous addition to the lineup of great programming that FLO TV subscribers can watch."

"From Discovery Channel to Animal Planet and across all our brands, Discovery Communications delivers the highest quality, most compelling non-fiction content available anywhere in the world," added Rebecca Glashow, the senior VP of digital media distribution at Discovery Communications. "The FLO TV offering expands our reach by tapping new audiences for our networks and further engaging our loyal viewers who want to watch our award-winning series on the go, whether on their mobile handsets, in cars or on personal devices."