FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 06.12.08

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Louisiana Public Broadcasting Continues Commitment to Providing State Educators and Students High-Quality Digital Media

LPB Cyberchannel to continue featuring Discovery Education content

Silver Spring, MD (June 12, 2008) – Renewing their commitment to provide Louisiana’s students and educators the largest and highest quality library of digital media available, Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) recently agreed to extend, for three years, its agreement to offer Discovery Education streaming content to all schools in the state. LPB delivers Discovery Education content through their LPB Cyberchannel program.

Established in 1971, Louisiana Public Broadcasting is a state network of six non-commercial television stations licensed to the Louisiana Educational Television Authority. Louisiana Public Broadcasting’s Learning Port is the online home of LPB CyberChannel,as well as other K-12 resources, links, lesson plans, virtual field trips, and online professional development courses.

The only digital video-based learning resource scien tifically proven to increase academic achievement, Discovery Education streaming enhances educator’s curriculum with digital media and engages today’s technology-savvy generation. Today, 1 million educators in more than half of U.S. schools learn with Discovery Education streaming.

“Teachers look to LPB as a trusted source of educational material for their students,” commented Beth Courtney, Louisiana Public Broadcasting President and CEO. “We are pleased that Discovery Education streaming can help us provide a wide range of curriculum-based instruction for students across Louisiana.”

In schools nationwide, pressure is building for educators to teach the critical thinking and problem solving skills today’s students need to compete in a 21st century global workforce. The thoughtful integration and application of educational technology and digital media in the classroom helps teachers cultivate in their students the skills they need to succeed. Louisiana Public Broadcasting continues to foster the integration and implementation of practical technology in the classroom by offering Louisiana schools systems seamless access to high-quality, online digital content correlated to state educational standards.

According to Andy Schaefer, Discovery Education Vice President of Digital Sales, “Together, LPB and Discovery Education put more than 4,000 full-length videos segmented into 40,000 content-specific clips literally at the fingertips of Louisiana teachers and students. We are pleased to continue our relationship with LPB, and look forward to continuing our efforts to empower Louisiana teachers to improve student achievement.”

In addition to Discovery Education streaming, Louisiana educators are supported by the Discovery Educator Network, a global community of more than 30,000 educators passionate about integrating media into classroom curriculum. Through the Discovery Educator Network, educators served by Louisiana Public Broadcasting have free access to a wide range of technology training, as well as a resource library of teacher generated projects and tools.

For more information on Discovery Education streaming, or any other products and services from Discovery Education, please visit www.discoveryeducation.com or call 800-323-9084.

About Discovery Education
Discovery Communications revolutionized television with the Discovery Channel and is now transforming classrooms through Discovery Education. Powered by the #1 non-fiction media company in the world, Discovery Education combines scientifically proven, standards-based digital media and a dynamic user community in order to empower teachers to improve student achievement. Already, more than half of all U.S. schools access Discovery Education digital services. Explore the future of education a t www.discoveryeducation.com.