Shark Week to premier on Discovery+ OTT

Shark Week 2021 promises to take viewers to new locations and captures images never before seen, including the hunting behaviour of Bull shark, the first ever look down the gullet of a massive tiger shark and the highest recorded breach of a Great White Shark.

Discovery’s shark week is television's longest running summer event, returning for its 33rd season this year. The 2021 season will feature the most hours of programming in the history of the event and will be available on Discovery’s own OTT platform Discovery+. Shark Week is scheduled to start on Sunday, July 11th and will continue till the next Sunday, July 18th.

According to a statement by Discovery, "Shark Week, television’s longest-running, and most anticipated summer event returns for its 33rd year with bigger sharks and bigger bites on Sunday, July 11th and continues through Sunday, July 18th. This year will deliver the most Shark Week shows ever across Discovery and Discovery+. With more shark programming than ever before including a shark movie festival across Discovery platforms leading up to Shark Week, Discovery’s first-ever shark competitive docu-series, Shark Academy, and the return of shark-themed episodes of Josh Gates Tonight, Shark Week 2021’s awesome lineup will deliver all-new groundbreaking shark stories revealing remarkable insights into the mysterious world of these magnificent creatures. In addition, celebrities including William Shatner, Tiffany Haddish, Brad Paisley, the cast of Jackass and many others will be diving into the water for extraordinary shark adventures.(sic)”

Shark Week 2021 promises to take viewers to new locations and captures images never before seen, including the hunting behaviour of Bull shark, the first ever look down the gullet of a massive tiger shark and the highest recorded breach of a Great White Shark.

Discovery’s first-ever shark series, Shark Academy will premiere during Shark Week on Discovery+. The series is a reality program where 8 men and women compete to secure a coveted crew spot on shark scientist, Dr. Riley Elliott’s next great shark diving expedition. The competition will include shark enthusiasts from non-traditional backgrounds to get a chance to experience the world of shark research with one of the best shark scientists on the planet. The recruits will have to work and live together on a research vessel for six weeks as Dr. Riley and his crew put them to the test.

Discovery+ is a streaming service owned by Discovery, Inc. The OTT platform focuses on factual programming drawn from the libraries of Discovery's main channel such as Discovery, TLC, Discovery Turbo and Discovery Science, as well as original series and other acquired content. It was first launched in India on March 23, 2020

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