{"id":117402,"date":"2021-01-13T14:52:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T14:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=117402"},"modified":"2024-02-24T14:08:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T14:08:26","slug":"discovery-launches-4k-bbc-movies-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/entertainment\/discovery-launches-4k-bbc-movies-section\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery + Launches 4K BBC Movies Section"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News of Discovery&#8217;s plans to launch its streaming service in the US in January 2021\u00a0emerged about two months ago\u00a0.\u00a0Recently it became known that Discovery + is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flatpanelshd.com\/news.php?subaction=showfull&amp;id=1609741606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already available<\/a>\u00a0not only to Americans, but also to residents of some other countries (in England, the service has been in test mode since last fall).\u00a0Among the first were Italy, the Netherlands and India.<\/p>\n<p>On Discovery +, viewers will find content from HGTV, BBC, Food Network, TLC, ID, OWN, Travel Channel, Discovery, Animal Planet, etc.\u00a0It is noteworthy that in Europe this platform will become the main platform for the Olympic Games in Tokyo and the programs of the Eurosport television network.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"big\"><\/figure>\n<p>For most users, the most interesting feature at launch was the ability to watch selected BBC documentaries in 4K quality.\u00a0However, UHD quality is currently only available for Apple TV 4K and Amazon FireTV users.\u00a0Discovery will have to negotiate with other manufacturers in the near future.\u00a0So far, most 4K movies have been categorized as Nature and Animals.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of HD quality, Discovery + can be launched on Android TV, Roku, Xbox (One, S \/ X), Samsung Smart TV, iOS and Android platforms.\u00a0The service can be viewed through any browser.<\/p>\n<p>In the US, the cost of a basic monthly subscription was $ 5 (with ads), for a premium subscription (no ads) they asked for $ 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News of Discovery&#8217;s plans to launch its streaming service in the US in January 2021\u00a0emerged about two months ago\u00a0.\u00a0Recently it became known that Discovery + is\u00a0already available\u00a0not only to Americans, but also to residents of some other countries (in England, the service has been in test mode since last fall).\u00a0Among the first were Italy, the [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/entertainment\/discovery-launches-4k-bbc-movies-section\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":117403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[806],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-117402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}