CuriosityStream Continues Global Expansion With New Launch in Latin America

Mexico’s Totalplay first to offer the award-winning, global media service from the founder of Discovery Channel in the region

Silver Spring, Md. – September 23, 2019 – Starting this month, curious minds in Latin America will have access to the breadth and depth of factual entertainment in one destination with the launch of documentary linear channel and on-demand service CuriosityStream on Totalplay, a Grupo Salinas company and a leader in the telecommunications market in Mexico. The service will be available to Totalplay’s subscribers beginning today.

The award-winning streaming service launched by John Hendricks, the visionary founder of Discovery Channel, offers viewing options across a full category of factual entertainment that includes science, history, technology, nature, society and lifestyle. CuriosityStream boasts a growing library of thousands of titles including original films and series not available anywhere else, like the Emmy Award-winning docuseries Stephen Hawking’s Favorite Places and the upcoming El Poder del Sonido (The Power of Sound), a documentary which CuriosityStream produces with Mexico’s M31 Medios. The 4K production explores the incredible hearing abilities found in some species of the animal kingdom, and it is filmed entirely in Mexico.

“CuriosityStream’s launch today in Mexico with Totalplay marks a significant milestone as we share our comprehensive and entertaining non-fiction series and documentaries with the important Latin American audience,” said Clint Stinchcomb, President and CEO of CuriosityStream. “We are excited to collaborate with Totalplay as our inaugural distribution partner in Mexico. We look forward to continued success in Mexico and throughout Latin America.”

“At Totalplay we are continuously innovating to be the best entertainment option in the country; we are very happy to add CuriosityStream to our value offering, for this will allow our customers to enjoy even more and better content of the highest quality”, said Hugo Adrián Hernández, Content Acquisition & Programming Director for Totalplay.

Upcoming programming on CuriosityStream in Latin America will include the following documentaries and series.

• Breakthrough: A series that takes a deeper look at some of the recent developments in physics, astronomy and other sciences.

• Speed: The incredible story of our civilization’s ceaseless desire to move – and the machines that take us farther, higher, and above all, faster.

• Ancient Earth: Travel back in time to three of the most powerful extinction periods in history, which wiped out nearly all of life on Earth. In this original three-part series, with stunning animations in Ultra HD 4K, see the extraordinary creatures that dominated land, air and sea, and the few that survived to bring rise to life as we know it today.

• History of Food: From hunting and gathering on the African savannas to the modern American supermarket, our essential need for food has driven human evolution, invention and progress. This CuriosityStream original serves up a story 2-million years story in the making of what was…is…and will be on our plates.

• Stephen Hawking’s Favorite Places: This Emmy Award-winning docuseries takes the incomparable Professor Stephen Hawking through space and time, revealing the intimate details of his personal journey of inspiration, perseverance and ambition.

• Debugged: An unbelievably close and intimate view of the many unique secrets of the bug world, answering scientific questions on how and why they have evolved certain bizarre adaptations, whilst using stunning imagery never seen before.

• Classic Cars: Get behind the wheel of this original series, and take a glimpse under the hood and inside 5 classic cars from the 1920’s to the 1960’s.

The agreement to launch CuriosityStream was brokered by content distribution firm Simma Media.

With the arrival of CuriosityStream on its platform, Totalplay solidifies its position as a leading company in the Mexican market and reaffirms its commitment to being at the forefront of supplying quality and value to all its customers.

CuriosityStream is available worldwide to watch on television sets, desktop computers, mobile and tablets. CuriosityStream can be found in Mexico on Totalplay.

About CuriosityStream:

Launched by Discovery Communications’ founder and media visionary John Hendricks, CuriosityStream is the award-winning documentary streaming and on-demand service where viewers of all ages can fuel their passions and explore new ones. Our documentary series and features cover every topic from space exploration and adventure to the secret life of pets with stunning visuals and unrivaled storytelling to demystify science, nature, history, technology, society, and lifestyle. With thousands of titles, many in Ultra HD 4K, including exclusive originals, CuriosityStream is available worldwide to watch on television sets, desktop computers, mobile and tablets. For more information, please visit https://curiositystream.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

About Totalplay:

Totalplay is a triple play provider in Mexico that, with the widest direct-to-home fiber optic network in the country, offers entertainment and technologically advanced services with the highest quality and speed in the market. With presence in 22 cities across the country, including Mexico City, its technology and infrastructure provides high-speed internet services, interactive television, telephone services and more. Among many other benefits, Totalplay has the ability to convert a regular television set into a SmartTV by integrating applications such as Starz Play, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, HBO, FOX, YouTube and Deezer; with the modes “When” and “Wherever”, the content is available at any time and from any device; and its fiber optic network allows browsing with up to 500 megabytes of speed, being the most convenient for streaming without interruptions. For the latest developments and news, go to: www.totalplay.com.mx

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