Discovery Networks Launches Channels in Poland

SILVER SPRING, September
22: Discovery Networks International, a division of Discovery Communications,
will launch seven channels on the new ITI Neovision DTH platform in Poland
before the end of 2006.

Two of the channels
debuting on ITI Neovision are new to the market: Discovery HD, Poland’s first
factual entertainment high-definition channel, and Discovery Historia, a
contemporary history channel. Discovery Networks’ existing portfolio of five
television brands in Poland, including flagship channel Discovery Channel and
Animal Planet, will also be available on the ITI platform from launch.

Discovery HD, which is
expected to launch on the ITI platform in October, will offer exclusive content
from Discovery Networks’ worldwide library of thousands of hours of
high-definition programming, including original HD commissions such as
Discovery Atlas.

Discovery Historia will
offer a contemporary perspective on the impact and significance of history,
providing a broad range of historical content. Created specifically for the
Polish market, the channel will consist of both local and international productions
encompassing Polish, military, modern and ancient history presented in a
variety of formats and from different viewpoints. Local productions will be
supplied by a programming co-operation with TVN, Poland’s largest privately
owned television broadcaster. The channel is expected to launch on the ITI
platform in November 2006.