Discovery Education announced today the launch of Math Techbook™, the latest in a series of award-winning interactive digital textbooks from the leading provider in digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms around the country. Math Techbook was developed by Discovery Education’s team of expert math educators and features dynamic, Common Core and state standards-aligned content, interactives, videos, digital tools, and game-like activities. There are also a series of useful…
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Ring in the New Year with Your Favorite Shows from Discovery Nets…Now on Hulu!
In December, Discovery Communications and Hulu announced a new deal bringing entertaining programming — from Deadliest Catch to Say Yes to the Dress — to Hulu’s Plus subscribers. And what better way to kick off 2015 than enjoying some of your favorite shows from Discovery, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery and more? Click on the links below to access programs from across Discovery’s TV portfolio now available to U.S. Hulu…
Discovery’s ‘MythBusters’ Joines Forces with White House, NIH in Ebola PSA
Discovery has teamed up with the White House and the National Institutes of Health to create a PSA with MythBusters hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who encourage viewers to “get the facts and find reliable information” about Ebola. In the 30-second PSA, Adam and Jamie acknowledge that there are “a lot of rumors and false information popping up” about the deadly virus, and while the virus should certainly be…
Discovery Channel Ranks #1 in Beta Research Satellite Dish Subscriber Study for 19 Years in a Row
The 2014 Beta Research Satellite Dish Subscriber Evaluation Study results were released today, and once again, Discovery Channel leads in top rankings. For the 19th year in a row, the network ranked #1 in importance to the enjoyment of satellite service among total adults. Discovery Channel also ranked #1 for the second year in a row for importance among adult satellite subscribers who would definitely switch providers if the channel…
Discovery Communications and National Military Family Association Celebrate Veterans Day Together
Serving your country is not only incredibly honorable, but also an incredibly difficult adjustment for service members – and it’s hard on the families of those who serve, too. That’s where the National Military Family Association (NMFA) comes in: they’re a non-profit organization that works to strengthen and protect military families. Founded in 1959, they work to meet the needs of military families through a variety of services – from…
Discovery’s Fifth Annual Creating Change Ends with Smiles, New Relationships
At 9:45pm last night, I was seated at my desk working on a presentation when I heard a shout of laughter echo down the nearby hallway. It’s not often that you’d expect to hear such a happy noise at such a late hour, and yet there seemed to be an endless buzz of excitement and friendly chatter in the office until I left almost an hour later. The level of…
Day One of Discovery’s Creating Change: A Lot of Work for a Lot of Good
Since 10am this morning, employees here in Silver Spring have been working together to brainstorm, draft, cut, paste, build, edit and ultimately finalize a series of deliverables for 21 local nonprofit organizations in the Maryland, DC and Virginia areas. The collaboration is part of Discovery’s Creating Change marathon event, a pro bono initiative where employees come together to combine their creative forces for the benefit of the nonprofits, developing everything…
Discovery Gears Up for Fifth Annual Creating Change
In small corners and community kitchens, tucked away in seating areas and vacant hallways, Discovery employees are meeting in preparation for the fifth annual Discovery Impact: Creating Change marathon that kicks off here in Silver Spring tomorrow, November 6th. The event is a pro bono initiative where employees from a diverse range of departments – from production to marketing to events – team up to bring their creative forces together…
Are You Ready to Walk the Wire with Nik Wallenda in Discovery’s ‘Skyscraper Live’?
It’s getting down to the wire! In three days, the world will be watching as Nik Wallenda faces his most audacious challenge yet in Skyscraper Live. While the idea of walking hundreds of feet above the bustling streets of downtown Chicago on a wire ¾ of an inch wide – the approximate width of a human finger – would make most of us run for the hills (and solid ground!),…
This Week In…Discovery Buzz
And just like that, another week has gone by! Gold Rush returned last Friday with a vengeance; the fifth season premiere was the most watched cable program that night. And another fan-favorite show made a splash as Derick and Jill Duggar Dillard announced that they are having a baby boy. Congrats to them both! Congratulations are also in order for one of our own, as Joe Abruzzese, President of Ad…