Discovery Networks Latin America/US Hispanic (DLA/USH) announced an enhanced portfolio offering which will now include the Food Network, in addition to top-rated shows from recently acquired Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI).
DLA/USH will now have a portfolio comprised of 12 networks which include: Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Kids, Discovery Home & Health, TLC, ID, Food Network, Discovery Turbo, Discovery Science, Discovery Civilization, Discovery Theater HD and Discovery World HD.
“The Food Network joins a portfolio of networks which are leaders in the factual, lifestyle and preschool genres and we are excited about the opportunities we can offer our affiliate partners and advertisers to reach highly targeted audiences through this enhanced portfolio. Equally exciting is the expanded programming offering we are curating from the extensive SNI library which we will be able to use on our pay TV platforms and also offer digital extensions of this content for non-linear platforms as well,” said Fernando Medin, president and managing director of Discovery Networks Latin America/US Hispanic.
The enhanced Lifestyle portfolio offering – which includes Discovery Home & Health, the leading Lifestyle network in Latin America, as well as TLC and now Food Network, will provide viewers access to the best programming across multiple genres including: health, family, home, fashion, beauty, travel, as well as food in all of its varieties: cooking, entertaining, exotic foods and gastronomy, to name a few.