EXCLUSIVE: You solely flip 40 as soon as, and Discovery is mark its milestone birthday in a novel approach.
The community is immediately launching Discovery Changed My Life, a four-part worldwide collection about how Discovery’s packages and content material have sparked passions in outstanding folks throughout Europe and Africa. Series will pair footage from beautiful pure areas with user-generated content material.
Discovery Channel started broadcasting within the U.S. on June 17, 1985. It’s set to grow to be part of Gunnar Wiedenfels new world networks enterprise when WBD separates its linear enterprise from the Warner Bros studios and streamers arm subsequent yr. Discovery Changed My Life looks as if an opportunity for WBD to drown out the company noise and remind folks why the factual community has constructed such a loyal viewers through the years.
It will function Darren Britz, a wildlife cinematographer who grew up watching Deadliest Catch and Man vs Wild and now captures massive cats of their pure habitats; Portuguese surfer and musician João Kopke, who’s thirst for data and journey was fulled by the channel; French survivalist and climbing information Eleanore Lluna, whose fascination with Naked and Afraid and Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell impressed her to tackle the wilderness herself and construct a profession; and Joshua Adayemi, a Nigeria-born group organizer who now leads the Black Scottish Adventurers, having watched Discovery exhibits on a neighbor’s tv as a baby.
An in-house Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) staff developed, created and directed the collection in collaboration with Scotland’s Cut Media. It will roll out on Discovery broadcast networks, social and digital platforms immediately, with fuller-length model on HBO Max, Max and Discovery+ (relying on from the place viewers are watching).
“This project was a real passion piece for our team,” stated Matt Brown, Creative Director at WBD. “Discovery Changed My Life gave us the chance to honour the incredible impact this brand has had on real lives — something many of us on the team feel ourselves. Bringing these stories to life with our in-house team and Cut Media has been an incredibly creatively fulfilling experience.”
“Discovery Changed My Life is more than a celebration of our legacy — it’s proof of the power of this brands storytelling to ignite passions, shift perspectives, and shape lives,” stated Lee Hobbs, WBD’s SVP of Creative, EMEA. “As we mark 40 years of inspiring the world through real-world content, these films remind us why we do what we do — and who we do it for.”