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Fact-forward news for readers like you who want to know more. In Shark Storm , Dr. Tristan Guttridge studies what brings sharks together at various times of the year in different locations, and what goes on within their mini-societies. Great whites have long been thought to be extinct in Madagascan waters, so why did one swim miles up the African coast to get there?
Experts trace the history of the nearly extinct sawfish from its evolutionary links to sharks and rays to its key role in the marine ecosystem. And that caps off another summer of Shark Week, but luckily, it'll return to bite back into the ocean's mysteries next year. By Dana Getz.
See the complete list of programming below. Mike Heithaus dives several volcanoes to find out why they're such magnets for sharks. This is a great way to increase engagement as well as taking back share from ad-skipping DVRs and ensuring that all episode views contribute to monetization.
Third, Discovery has developed genuinely interesting partnerships with advertisers. This year, the prize for creativity definitely goes to VW, which worked with Discovery to create www. This was very well executed and we expect to see more of this from smart brands and TV shows going forward. Viewers Want Skinny Bundles. Or Do They? Shark Week poses some real headaches for those trying to create skinny bundles. DirecTV Now and PlayStation Vue, by contrast, do include Discovery channel in their basic bundles, which is a good thing for Shark fans using these platforms but obviously adds additional content costs that squeeze already-thin margins even further.
To the extent other legacy TV providers wise up and create more must-see TV events like Shark Week, this type of event-based, pop-up TV content puts skinny bundle providers into a no-win situation.
If they exclude it, customers miss out, get frustrated, and may churn back to legacy providers. If they include channels like Discovery, however, the whole notion of the skinny bundle begin to unravel, along with any pricing advantage these services have over legacy providers.
With the help of shark experts Ralph Collier and Cal Lutheran, and using satellite tags and DNA technology, he wants to out the killer once and for all. He is our greatest champion to ever get in the water: Michael Phelps. But he has one competition left to win. An event so monumental no one has ever attempted it before. Shark-Croc Showdown p. Mark Meekan and conservationist Paul de Gelder go on an expedition to one the sharkiest places in the world — a remote wilderness called the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory of Australia.
What happens when foot crocodiles move into shark infested waters? The Great Hammerhead Invasion p. But why? Leading shark scientist Tristan Guttridge tags and follows these normally solitary sharks to find out. Many appear to be pregnant females, as an ultrasound of a female hammerhead shows. Guttridge believes they over-winter in Bimini to feed the growing young in their bellies — and then move on to the Florida coast to prey on migrating blacktips — and the evidence is unmistakable.
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