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AT A GLANCE AS REPORTED AUGUST 2, 2016 BILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION CUMULATIVE GLOBAL EUROSPORT WORLDWIDE DISCOVERY CHANNEL DISCOVERY MONTHLY 3 VIEWERS 480 VIEWERS 229 VIEWERS 60 VR STREAMS 375 STREAMS ONLINE $ PAY-TV FREE-TO-AIR DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER DIGITAL NEW SCRIPTED SERIES HITS EUROSPORT READIES FOR DISCOVERY THIS FALL OLYMPIC GAMES Discovery Channel’s new scripted series Following deals in the U.K., Finland and the Netherlands HARLEY AND THE DAVIDSONS earlier this year, Discovery Communications and premieres Monday, September 5. Eurosport announced four additional sublicensing The three-night event, featuring deals this quarter for the 2018 and 2020 Olympic two-hour installments, follows Games including agreements in Austria, Ireland, the true story of best friends Hungary and Switzerland. The deals, now nine in and brothers coming of age and total, represent ground-breaking partnerships with launching a motorcycle company local broadcasters that will deliver broad access to that would eventually become an the Olympic Games across the continent. iconic brand. SHARK WEEK OWN SOARS ON GOES GLOBAL GREENLEAF PREMIERE SHARK WEEK celebrated its 28th OWN finished second quarter with double-digit anniversary in the U.S. at the end of June with ratings growth among women. The network also all-new, jaw-dropping shark stories that made Discovery the recorded its most-watched week in history during #1 cable network in prime across all key demos. In a Discovery June, led by the premiere first, the event was simultaneously available in VR and 360 of new original drama series video through Discovery VR apps and Facebook. Expanding to GREENLEAF and the return all of Discovery’s more than 220 countries and territories for the first time and launching of THE HAVES AND THE on the same day in the U.S., the U.K., HAVE NOTS. GREENLEAF became the #1 series Canada and Argentina, the annual premiere in OWN history, debuting to more than rite of summer was bigger than 5.5 million viewers over its two-night premiere. ever before and truly a global event. WHAT'S NEW DID YOU KNOW? In June, Eurosport acquired ID’s latest record-breaking series THE VANISHING WOMEN finished exclusive rights to live second quarter as the network’s #1 series, averaging Bundesliga matches in Germany. The four-year deal will bring more than 1.6 million P2+ viewers on Monday nights 40 live football matches per season beginning in 2017 to pay-TV and pushing the network to its best second quarter in and Eurosport Player platforms across Germany. The landmark history. The series, which has sparked new leads around agreement furthers the transformation of Eurosport by providing six open cases, has delayed filming of the sixth and final more premium, locally relevant content for German sports fans. episode to cover real-time breaks in the case. OWNERSHIP FOR MORE, VISIT: Discovery Communications is traded on Nasdaq under the symbols: DISCA, DISCB and DISCK. WWW.DISCOVERYCOMMUNICATIONS.COM AT A GLANCE AS REPORTED AUGUST 2, 2016 RENEWED EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION DEAL POINTS TO VALUE OF CONTENT Discovery and Liberty Global recently announced a Discovery’s seventh annual Discover Your Impact Day was the biggest five-year distribution partnership encompassing the and most global to date. On June 17, more than 4,200 EMPLOYEES from 60 offices spanning 37 COUNTRIES helped out with nearly 200 full portfolio of Discovery and Eurosport networks projects on the annual day of global employee volunteerism. across 12 markets in Europe. The agreement, which recognizes the value of Discovery’s nonfiction programming as well as its sports content, is a strong indicator of the value and potential of Discovery’s diversified content and much-loved brands. Since its launch in August 2015, VIEWERS WANT DISCOVERY IN A DIGITAL WORLD the Discovery VR app has debuted more than According to Beta’s 2016 Cable Network Interest Study, pay-TV 100 pieces of content, surpassed 1.4 MILLION non-subscribers are most interested in and ranked Discovery app downloads and garnered nearly Channel as the #1 basic cable network. 60 MILLION views. U.S. NETWORKS (MILLIONS) INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS (MILLIONS) Viewers Viewers Discovery Channel ...........................................92 Discovery Channel ........................................ 388 Nove .....................................................................25 TLC ........................................................................91 TLC .....................................................................325 Discovery Real Time ........................................25 Animal Planet ....................................................90 Animal Planet ................................................. 307 Discovery HD World .........................................22 Investigation Discovery ..................................85 Eurosport 1 ...................................................... 154 Discovery Max ....................................................16 OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network ......................79 Investigation Discovery/ID Xtra ...................121 Shed ...................................................................... 12 Science Channel ................................................ 71 Switchover Media ............................................ 101 Discovery HD Theater ......................................10 Velocity ...............................................................69 Discovery Kids ..................................................97 Discovery History ..............................................10 Discovery Family Channel ..............................65 Discovery Science ............................................93 Discovery World ................................................. 9 American Heroes Channel .............................57 Quest ...................................................................82 Eurosport News .................................................. 8 Destination America........................................55 DMAX ....................................................................81 Discovery Life ...................................................47 Discovery Turbo/Discovery Turbo Xtra HD .....73 Discovery en Español ........................................ 6 Eurosport 2 ........................................................66 Discovery Familia ............................................... 6 Discovery Home & Health ..............................65 ABOUT DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) satisfies curiosity and engages superfans with a portfolio of premium nonfiction, sports and kids programming brands. Reaching 3 billion cumulative viewers across pay-TV and free-to-air platforms in more than 220 countries and territories, Discovery’s portfolio includes the global brands Discovery Channel, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Animal Planet, Science and Turbo/Velocity, as well as OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network in the U.S., Discovery Kids in Latin America, and Eurosport, the leading provider of locally relevant, premium sports content across Europe. Discovery reaches audiences across screens through digital- first programming from Discovery VR, Seeker and SourceFed Studios, as well as over-the-top and TV Everywhere offerings including Eurosport Player, Dplay, Discovery K!ds Play and Discovery GO. For more information, please visit www.discoverycommunications.com. [1] Viewer numbers as of June 30, 2016, according to The Nielsen Company in the U.S. and internal data review and external sources outside of the U.S. [2] Viewer numbers include unbranded programming blocks in China, which are generally provided without charge to third-party channels and represented approximately 270 million viewers as of June 30, 2016, plus non-controlled joint ventures and brand partnerships. [3] U.S. Hispanic networks are distributed to U.S. viewers, but are operated as part of Discovery International Networks. [4] Discovery Channel’s international viewer figures include the Discovery HD Showcase brand. [5] International viewer numbers were impacted by the conversion of Fatafeat in Middle East from a free-to-air to pay-TV network and a change in the subscriber count methodology in Latin America. One Discovery Place, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3354 • www.discoverycommunications.com • 240.662.2000.