Discovery Jeet launches with 'EPIC' and promising content

Indian TV ecosystem today has many general entertainment channels (GECs) striving to entertain and win audience's heart with their content offering. Most of the channels offer closely relatable content, which is primarily watched by every household and precisely why the channels, over the last few years, has been extending the primetime slots from late afternoon to late evenings. Moreover, many channels have now chosen to revamp and rebrand themselves to be the best in the content and entertainment space.

Bringing a new wave of content, and adding more competition to the existing general entertainment ecosystem is Discovery Jeet, a new channel which will deliver shows across genres, for all age groups

With an aim to reach out to more than 100 million households, Discovery Jeet aims to entertain the audience in 3 languages from January 12, with Netflix being the exclusive global OTT platform for the channel content.

What you can expect

Khan no. 1
Anjaan - Special crime unit
21 Sarfarosh
Man vs Wild with Sunny Leone
Swami Ramdev - Ek Sangharsh
Anjaan
Gabru - hio hop ke shehzaade
Mere Pappa Hero Hiralal

The product is created with a lot of heart and love. There are 250 million households in India, and a majority of content consumers prefer digital content. It's an opportunity to enter the next 120 million households. We wanted to add this channel to the existing bouquet without adding more noise to the existing ecosystem. We aim to entertain and seem transformation." 

Karan Bajaj, Senior VP and GM - South Asia, Discovery Communications, India.

Our research showed that people related to the drive "Mujhe kuch banna hai," and hence we made this our theme for content offering and channel.

Discovery Jeet's differentiation comes from our lineup of dramatic, compelling stories of real and relatable characters presented in a cinematic, larger than life format. The channel signifies the verve of today's generation who is optimistic and aspirational in seeking better future for themselves." Sameer Rao, VP-Head of Mass Entertainment-South Asia, Discovery Communications India.

The channel will start from January 12, 2018.