Mediavision concluded that HBO Max and Discovery+ combined would make a significantly stronger customer offering, based on Nordic consumer preferences.
Among the new shows the streaming service is adding to its slate are “Introducing, Selma Blair”; “Curse of the Chippendales”; “The Program: Prison Detox”; “Kendra Sells Hollywood”; “Naked and Afraid of Love”; and “Well Done with Sebastian Maniscalco”.
The EPC expressed its “extreme concern” about what it regards as a “threat to the continuity of media freedom and plurality, as well as the reliability of the rules of the game in Poland, which are essential for investors and media professionals”.
The company is planning to take legal action against the Polish government, after the lower house of parliament in Poland approved a bill that aims to ban non-European companies from owning controlling stakes in Polish media outlets.
At the end of the quarter, the company had 17 million paying subscribers, but since the end of June, Discovery’s direct-to-consumer streaming services attracted another one million more, thanks to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.