Discovery CEO David Zaslav, days after unveiling Discovery+, said the company had been “quietly and methodically” stockpiling content for several years and honing its IP for the last five to eventually launch its own service in a crowded market where it thinks it has distinct advantages.“It’s been a long journey,” said Zaslav Monday, during an hour-long conversation at a virtual tech, media and telecom conference put on by UBS. “We’ve been committed to this.
It’s why for the last 5 to 6 years we have not been selling content to third parties.” He said that’s also when, prodded by his mentor and Liberty investor John Malone, Discovery asked itself, “Do we have content that people will watch, will pay for?
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