️Discovery to Launch Streaming Service , Discovery Plus.
Discovery Plus will launch on January 4, 2021.
In addition to the Discovery Channel, the brand owns the popular Food Network and HGTV.
The Discovery Channel is also host to the annual 'Shark Week.'.
The new streaming service will be offered to many of Verizon's 55 million customers free for one year.
The basic tier, Discovery Plus, will cost subscribers $4.99 a month.
An ad-free version of the platform will cost $6.99 a month.
A menu of original content is in the works under the brand, which has promised to premiere new content "52 weeks a year."
