Scientist wannabes, rejoice!
Discovery Communications has released a Discovery Channel application on the iTunes App Store (link to the program), bringing heaps of video content produced by the popular non-fiction media company to the iPhone and iPod Touch. In addition to video clips, the app also boasts a collection of quizzes, photo galleries, programming schedules and updates from Discovery News. Furthermore, you can use the app to share content via e-mail and save to favorites for your re-watching pleasure.
Evidently, full episodes for Discovery’s top programming (Shark Week, Man vs. Wild, MythBusters, etc.) are not available through the free yet ad-supported application, but it does come with links to the iTunes Store where the media company offers a selection of full episodes for purchase.
The Discovery Channel app was built by Rhythm NewMedia, which has already built apps for many media companies, including AMC, E! Online, Entertainment Tonight, Family Guy, HGTV, TMZ and more.
>Rythm Newmedia
Gosh their site is ugly.
Nothing I am interested to discover
It’s an interesting revenue model to offer clips to the most popular Discovery shows like Shark Week and then drive same users to iTunes to buy the episodes. Reminds me of when Monty Python encouraged YouTube users to share their clips, and drove fans to buy box sets. Drove sales for Monty Python, could drive sales for Discovery channel.
Keep an eye on this new multi-media search engine launching soon.Heard about it and it looks promising.
It will be connected to all mobile networks worldwide(source of revenue) and partnering up with the biggest brands known to mankind,interms of revenue this will be the biggest on the net.Can’t wait to see how this turns out.See demo site below:
http://www.yaffflezone.com
SPAM…..
Apple will not allow content in applications as well as in the iTMS! That is why you will not see full episodes as packaged content until Apple allows competition with themselves. It is the same with music.
Unfortunately, plenty of records labels and media companies do want content in the applications without the need for accessing Wi-Fi or god forbid AT&T’s network.
Competition is good!
FYI there is typo – addiction should be addition. 3rd sentence.
thanks, Freudian slip?
Sweet! Looks like a promising app. I guess we’ll see.
Added a link to the app on iTunes to the post.
feel free to use http://appsto.re/discovery
any info on if it will be released for any other smart phones that uses apps .. like the samsung omnia?
Looks good
could not find in AppStore – weird.
Funny…to have an app that exists only to drive customers to buy clips or episodes. Pass.
Canadian Customers: Denied!
*sigh*
Great – US only. No-one else in the world watches Discovery obviously… Hmmm Arse.