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Discovery has inked a deal with Pluto TV that will see content from the media company be distributed on the ad-supported streaming TV and VOD service.

Discovery is taking select programming from six of its networks — including Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, ID, Discovery Life, Science Channel and TLC — and housing it on its own Pluto TV Channel. Under the non-exclusive content deal, programming coming to the streaming service includes TLC’s “Kate Plus 8,” Animal Planet’s “River Monsters,” Discovery Channel’s “Misfit Garage,” and ID’s “Dates from Hell.”

This is the first time the company has inked a such a deal with an ad-supported streaming service.

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Like all traditional media companies, Discovery — which is an investor in Pluto — is looking for new ways to reach younger audiences that have either cut the cord...

Discovery inked its first deal for free, ad-supported internet VOD distribution in a pact with Pluto TV, set to launch select programming from six of the cabler’s networks on the platform later this month.

Discovery is an investor in Pluto, through Discovery’s acquisition of prior investor Scripps Networks Interactive. Under the multiyear, non-exclusive content deal with Pluto TV, Discovery is licensing a selection of shows from six Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, ID, Discovery Life, Science Channel and TLC.

Discovery programming on Pluto TV is set to include select episodes from series including TLC’s “Kate Plus 8” (pictured above), Discovery Channel’s “Misfit Garage,” Animal Planet’s “River Monsters” and ID’s “Dates from Hell.”

In addition, Pluto TV also is planning to debut a limited-run “River Monsters” pop-up channel in early December.

Launched in 2014, Pluto TV now counts more than 10 million monthly active users. The service provides 130-plus free channels,...

A documentary about the Atlanta music scene and a music competition program called “Take the Lead” are two projects in development through a new partnership between L.A. Reid and Charles Goldstuck’s Hitco Entertainment and Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Media Group. The teaming calls for the two companies to develop and produce music-focused projects for distribution across multiple platforms.

Craig Piligian founded Pilgrim Media Group in the late-1990s and for the past two decades it has become known for producing a wide range of programming ranging from the scripted to unscripted, and across platforms. In 2015 Pilgrim Media launched 1620 Media, a unique digital video platform that also provides production services. Just a month later Lionsgate bought a $200 million stake in the company.

Hitco is home to Outkast’s Big Boi, Fifth Harmony’s Dinah Jane and newcomer rappers SAINt Jhn and Yella Beezy. Its founders, industry veterans L.A. Reid and Charles Goldstuck,...

Oscar-winning documentary director Roger Ross Williams (Music by Prudence) and Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Media are teaming to develop High on the Hog, a docuseries chronicling African American history through the lens of food, based on Dr. Jessica B. Harris’ book High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America.

The book, published in 2011 by Bloomsbury, sets out to document the African Diaspora from a culinary perspective; the potential multi-part series traces the moving story of a people’s survival and triumph via the food that has knit together generations and helped define the American kitchen. It’s described as a culinary journey that stretches from Africa to enslavement, emancipation, the Harlem Renaissance, the march for Civil Rights, and up to the present day, and will explore the food and tastes that have profoundly impacted the American palate, and helped shape the country’s relationship with food, music,...

Prepare for Mega Race 2! The Street Outlaws Vs. Fast N’ Loud Mega Race is happening again in 2018, as Gas Monkey Garage go up against the 405 in a massive showdown on Discovery for the largest prize in network history. The race-off will see Nascar driver Kyle Busch join the line-up as race-master, but while Aaron Kaufman took on Farmtruck and Azn from the Okc crew last year, this year will see the duo take on Misfit Garage’s Tom Smith and Thomas Weeks, alongside their Fired Up Garage team. That follows the departure of Kaufman from Gas Monkey last...read more...

Misfit Garage is coming back for a fifth season this month! Season five will premiere on August 30. If you want to see previous seasons of the series, you can find the last two seasons on the Discovery Go App.Read More…...

Fans of Destination America's Ghost Brothers will be pleased to know that the network has renewed the series for a second season that is expected to premiere early next year.

Press Release: (Silver Spring, Md.)- TV's Ghost Brothers are back! Production of the hit series that brings humor and good manners to ghost hunting is currently underway with Pilgrim Media Group, scheduled to premiere on Destination America in early 2017. Ghost Brothers follows budding paranormal enthusiasts Dalen Spratt, Juwan Mass and Marcus Harvey, three best friends on a mission to uncover whether some legendary haunted houses are the real deal. Raised in religious households, Dalen, Juwan and Marcus were taught that "messing" with the dead is dangerous business, but unexplained experiences of their own piqued their fascination, driving them to find out firsthand just how spooky the supernatural can be. Blending natural curiosity with comedic flair, these charismatic characters offer a fresh,...

I probably watch too many car shows. Check that, I definitely watch too many car shows. It started with Top Gear on BBC America and from there, it’s just morphed into this thing where the car shows seem to have become my guilty pleasure.

I’d really love to blame a friend who once asked me “Don’t you watch anything happy?” because when she asked what I was watching, I told her The Walking Dead, which is just one in a long list of horror/fantasy shows that I’ve been viewing regularly. But, if I’m going to be honest with myself, I’ve been watching car shows since before that incident. When it comes to actual cars, I can change a tire and change the oil, swap out a battery, change the windshield wiper blades, fill up the radiator, and fill up the power steering fluid.