The Romanian DTH platform Focus Sat has withdrawn a number of channels from its offer after failing to reach an agreement with Discovery Group.
As of the beginning of this month, Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Eurosport 1 SD and Eurosport 2 SD are no longer available in its Familia package. Furthermore, Discovery Channel HD, Fine Living, Discovery Science, DTX, Animal Planet HD, Travel Channel SD and HD, Eurosport 1 HD and Eurosport 2 HD are no longer included in the Mozaic Plus package.
Discovery Group has also announced that on December 31, 2020, Fine Living and Discovery Showcase HD were be removed from its portfolio.
Meanwhile, starting January 4, Focus Sat’s basic TV package includes the new channels LookSport 2 and LookSport 3, BBC Earth both SD and HD, Love Nature and Crime & Investigation and Stingray C-Music. At the same time, the Mozaic Plus package includes LookSport 2 HD and LookSport 3 HD, Love Nature HD, travelxp HD, Timeless Dizi Channel, Stingray iConcerts, and Stingray Classica.
Commenting on the development, Mihai Tilina, general manager of Eviso Marketing Advisory Romania SA, said: “We constantly monitor trends in consumer interest for different genres, specific television channels or types of programmes and we try to integrate them into our content offer. This is one of the reasons why, last year in October, we launched the premium National Geographic video library with hundreds of unique titles, available exclusively in the Focus Sat app, free of charge for our clients. We focus all our efforts on enriching the video library with new movies, series, documentaries, and other attractive TV content, available online for our clients, anytime, anywhere, and on all devices”.
