Discovery Eyes U.S. OTT Play

Discovery is readying a launch of over the top products in the US and Latin American markets later this year, CEO David Zaslav said on a conference call with analysts Thursday.

The programmer already offers OTT services in Europe -- Zaslav said about 250,000 customers pay $8 per month for the privilege.

He said lessons learned form The Continent will inform the company's OTT product push in the U.S. and Latin American.