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81-474: Deadliest Catch premiered on the Discovery Channel in 2005 and currently airs worldwide. The first season consisted of ten episodes, with the finale airing on June 14, 2005. Subsequent seasons have aired on the same April to June or July schedule every year since. The show's 20th season premiered on June 11, 2024, on Discovery Channel with simulcast on the streaming service Discovery+ . The series follows

162-426: A pulmonary embolism and his medical issues prevented him from going out during the king crab portion of season 5. Murray Gamrath relieved him as captain in both seasons. A camera crew stayed with Harris both when he was hospitalized in season 4 and after his forced departure at the start of season 5. He continued to make occasional appearances during season 5. Harris suffered a massive stroke on January 29, 2010, during

243-727: A bar in Seattle 's Ballard neighborhood, hosted by Deadliest Catch narrator Mike Rowe . After the Catch II aired in 2008, filmed at Pratty's Bar in Gloucester, Massachusetts , and hosted by Rowe. The third season, titled After the Catch III , aired in 2009 and was filmed at RTs Longboard Bar and Grill in San Diego with Cash Cab 's Ben Bailey hosting. After the Catch IV aired in 2010 and

324-454: A black bar covering the eyes instead of the entire face being pixelized). Censor bars were extensively used as a graphic device in the January 2012 protests against SOPA and PIPA . A drawback of pixelization is that any differences between the large pixels can be exploited in moving images to reconstruct the original, unpixelized image; squinting at a pixelized, moving image can sometimes achieve

405-607: A challenge-in-jest made late in the season by Mike Rowe to the captains to host a show of their own, the format for Season 9 was changed to run throughout the season's air dates. (See The Bait below.) The Bait is a " pregame show " roundtable documentary -style television mini-series that previews select episodes of Deadliest Catch since season 9, filmed in Dutch Harbor, and hosted by Sig Hansen , Johnathan, and Andy Hillstrand, and Keith Colburn, with narration by Deadliest Catch narrator Mike Rowe . The captains swap stories about

486-430: A crane crossed the space where the cameraman was standing. In another incident, showcased on the behind the scenes special, an inattentive cameraman had his leg fall through an open hatch on the deck of one of the boats when he unwittingly stepped into the hole, suffering three broken ribs (and, according to the cameraman, having to buy a case of beer for the entire crew as per tradition on crab boats). Interactions between

567-591: A fisherman's life on the Bering Sea aboard various crab fishing boats during two of the crab fishing seasons, the October king crab season and the January opilio crab season. The show emphasizes the dangers on deck to the fishermen and camera crews as they duck heavy crab pots swinging into position, maneuver hundreds of pounds of crab across a deck strewn with hazards, and lean over the rails to position pots for launch or retrieval, while gale-force winds and high waves lash

648-469: A greenhorn sailor sucker punched a veteran fisherman who had been engaged in harassment and bullying. Again, the greenhorn was fired as soon as the ship hit port, leading to mixed reactions by fans of the show. The Behind the Scenes special provided insight on how the program is produced. A two-person TV crew lives on each boat profiled. They use handheld Sony HVR-Z5U and HVR-Z7U HDV cameras to shoot most of

729-550: A merged service in markets where Discovery+ has yet to launch, such as other parts of the Asia-Pacific region. On March 14, 2022, after Discovery shareholders approved the merger, CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels stated that the merged company planned to pursue a merger of HBO Max with Discovery+ as a long-term goal, following the process proposed by Perrette earlier. Following the merger, selected Discovery library programs had begun to appear on HBO Max. In August 2022, Perrette announced that

810-588: A merged service would launch in the United States "next summer", if not sooner, followed by Latin America in late-2023, HBO Max's European markets in early-2024, and additional Asia-Pacific and European markets. Perrette stated that HBO Max and Discovery+ had complimentary scopes targeting " appointment viewing " and "comfort viewing" respectively, and thus described the unified service as being "an unprecedented combination in an already crowded market." In November 2022, it

891-502: A month after its launch due to its conflicts with the merged company's OTT strategy. In selected European territories, Discovery+ offers sports content via Warner Bros. Discovery's Eurosport and TNT Sports networks, subsuming Eurosport's previous streaming platform Eurosport Player . The service began to subsume GolfTV following its December 2022 shutdown. Also, in September 2023, BT Group and Warner Bros. Discovery announced that

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972-455: A pot's rope as it is dumped and be dragged to the bottom (plausible), that 20-minute naps every 6 hours can double effectiveness over a 30-hour shift (confirmed) and that crab pots are impervious to explosives (busted). The Discovery/Science documentary program How It's Made showed the production of oceanographic buoys, sushi, rubber boots, and industrial wire ropes in this episode featuring items used in or connected with crab fishing. None of

1053-435: A reality program that is "really a documentary series about the toll taken by relentless physical labor", and stated that other series trying to emulate it such as Ice Road Truckers and Swamp People "tend to miss the atmosphere and deep attention to psychology that make this series so special." The show was created as a regular series after two well-received pilots about Alaskan crabbing were produced by Thom Beers for

1134-440: A result, Deadliest Catch regularly wins its U.S. primetime telecast timeslot (Tuesdays, 9:00-10:00 p.m. EST). Ratings for the season opener "Slow Burn" drew a record 4.6 million viewers; on June 22, 2010, "Blown Off Course", the first of five episodes that dealt with Phil Harris's stroke and its impact, drew 5.2 million viewers, more than 10% over "Slow Burn". On July 13, 2010, the episode "Redemption Day", which dealt with

1215-441: A series, as is being done for various Discovery+ spin-offs of 90 Day Fiancé , along with obtrusive Discovery+ advertising throughout the broadcast day (including a lower third sized banner in the top-right corner during actual programming) of many Discovery networks. Pixelization Pixelization ( British English , pixelisation ) or mosaic processing is any technique used in editing images or video, whereby an image

1296-451: A similar result. In both cases, integration of the large pixels over time allows smaller, more accurate pixels to be constructed in a still image result. Completely obscuring the censored area with pixels of a constant color or pixels of random colors escapes this drawback but can be more aesthetically jarring. An additional drawback, when pixelization is used to reduce the repulsing, disturbing or, more generally shocking, aspect of an image,

1377-565: A sister service to WarnerMedia 's HBO Max following their merger in April 2022. HBO Max was relaunched as Max the following year, adding Discovery content to its library. While WBD originally planned to discontinue Discovery+ in favor of Max, the company elected to continue offering Discovery+ because it was still profitable. Discovery first launched Discovery+ in India on March 23, 2020, and included content from Discovery's various brands. In September of

1458-407: A stressful working environment, the producers have to censor gestures and language deemed inappropriate for television audiences. For example, under the U.S. Television rating system, Deadliest Catch is rated TV-14 with inappropriate language ("L") as a highlighted concern. For visual disguise of such items as finger gestures, bloody injuries, or non-featured crew member anonymity, the producers use

1539-614: Is an expanded episode of Deadliest Catch featuring previously unaired footage, production notes, facts, and on occasion, social media comments. On Deck debuted April 23, 2013, and paralleled Season 9. Decked is a rebroadcast episode of Deadliest Catch featuring webcam CatchChat with one or more Captains between episode segments. A 2013 episode of MythBusters featured Johnathan Hillstrand and Scott Campbell Jr. traveling to M5 Industries in San Francisco to help bust three myths related to crab fishing: that someone can get caught in

1620-408: Is being placed behind an additional paywall that may be inaccessible to viewers without robust broadband plans, or are in rural areas with little access to broadband, which in turn may imperil future carriage of those channels by Discovery's provider partners. Other viewers have criticized Discovery's bait-and-switch tactics in forcing them to sign up for Discovery+ to have the 'full experience' of

1701-440: Is blurred by displaying part or all of it at a markedly lower resolution . It is primarily used for censorship . The effect is a standard graphics filter, available in all but the most basic bitmap graphics editors . A familiar example of pixelization can be found in a majority of television news and documentary productions, in which vehicle license plates and faces of suspects at crime scenes are routinely obscured to maintain

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1782-722: Is drawn primarily from the original programming of Warner Bros. Discovery's channel brands, including but not limited to Discovery Channel , Animal Planet , TLC , Travel Channel , Magnolia Network , HGTV , Food Network , Investigation Discovery , CNN , and other international brands where applicable such as Asian Food Network . In the U.S., Discovery+ has also licensed non-scripted programming from A&E Networks —including A&E , History , and Lifetime programs —and NBCUniversal Global Distribution —including American Ninja Warrior , The Biggest Loser , Flipping Out , Queer Eye , The Real Housewives of Melbourne , Cheshire , Johannesburg , Top Chef Canada (which

1863-560: Is most common on reality television series. Pixelization has also been used for artistic effect, notably in the art print The Wave of the Future , a reinterpretation of Katsushika Hokusai 's The Great Wave off Kanagawa . In this updated print, the image of the large ocean wave shifts from the traditional style of the Japanese woodcut print to a pixelized image and finally to a wireframe model computer graphics image. Westworld (1973)

1944-523: Is produced for the Canadian version of Food Network ), and WAGS . On August 4, 2022, WBD announced that a CNN content hub featuring a selection of its original series and documentaries would be added to the service. CNN had attempted to launch a streaming service, CNN+ , during the lead-up to the WarnerMedia/Discovery merger, but it was discontinued by Perrette and new CNN head Chris Licht only

2025-1172: Is that all information contained in the pixelized area is lost for the audience. Other visual processing techniques can help reduce the shocking aspect of images or videos while preserving most of the information of the media. Nudity is obscured on broadcast television stations in the United States. The Federal Communications Commission states it is a violation of federal law to air obscene, indecent, and profane programming at any time, especially during certain hours. Monetary penalties and revocation of licenses are issued for law breakers. Japanese pornography laws require that genitals in films (including animated works) and other forms of adult media (such as eroge , drawings, etc) be obscured. Article 175 of Penal Code (Act No.45 of 1907) still in effect today in Japan forbids any person and imprisons anyone who distributes, sells or displays in public an obscene document, drawing or other objects of such nature. In Thailand , restrictions are placed on television broadcast depiction of cigarettes being smoked, alcohol being consumed, or guns being pointed at people. Pixelization

2106-507: Is the Canadian licensee for most of Discovery's lifestyle brands) is a marketing partner for the service, and has promoted Discovery+ via its television networks, digital platforms, and radio. Discovery stated that over a thousand episodes of programming would be available with French-language subtitles at launch. It is planned that Discovery+ will be available on Sky Glass, Sky Q and Sky X in Austria and Germany by mid-2022. In May 2022, it

2187-494: The Eurosport Player services. In an earnings call on November 3, 2021, president and CEO of Discovery Streaming and International JB Perrette discussed potential options for the service following the then-proposed spin-off and merger of WarnerMedia into Discovery to form Warner Bros. Discovery . These involved a bundling and/or eventual merger of Discovery+ with WarnerMedia's streaming service HBO Max, and offering such

2268-498: The Wizard ), the stresses of life on the Bering Sea, and the high burnout rate among greenhorns. Because Alaskan crab fishing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, the U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopters stationed at Integrated Support Command Kodiak ( Kodiak, Alaska ) and their outpost on St. Paul Island , near the northern end of the crab fishing grounds, are frequently shown rescuing crab boat crew members who fall victim to

2349-540: The presumption of innocence , such as how it appears in the television series COPS . This is especially used in Hungary and Slovakia by RTL Klub. Bystanders and others who do not sign release forms are also customarily pixelized. Footage of nudity (including male and female genitals , buttocks , nipples , pubic hair , or areolae ) is likewise obscured in some media: before the watershed in many countries, in newspapers or general magazines , or in places in which

2430-467: The 2003–04 king and opilio crab seasons. The miniseries followed the vessels F/V Northwestern , Erla-N , and F/V Sea Star during king crab and Erla-N , Saga , and Arctic Dawn during opilio crab. The series also features several crises, including the half-capsized Raven (5 on board, all rescued alive), man-overboard calls from Shaman (recovered dead) and Saga (greenhorn Kevin Davis, rescued alive), and

2511-734: The BT Sport app and web player would close on October 12, 2023, making Discovery+ the new streaming home for TNT Sports . In February 2024, MotorTrend+ was shut down and its content and subscribers were migrated to Discovery+. Discovery+ is available through traditional Windows/macOS web browsers, the major digital media player platforms (such as Amazon Fire TV , Roku , Apple TV and Chromecast ), Android TV , Xbox One / Series X/S gaming consoles, and through Android and iOS apps. In October 2021, Discovery announced that Discovery+ would launch in Canada on October 19. Corus Entertainment (which

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2592-514: The Catch is a roundtable, documentary -style television mini-series that follows the captains from Deadliest Catch when they're not fishing. The captains and crew members swap stories about the experiences and sights while fishing the Bering Sea. The spin-off series is produced in partnership with Original Productions and Silent Crow Arts. The first season aired in 2007, filmed at the Lockspot Cafe ,

2673-577: The Discovery Channel. The first pilot was a one-hour documentary entitled Deadliest Job in the World , which appeared in 1999. The show, which started with the sinking of the Rosie G (5 on board, all rescued alive), followed the Fierce Allegiance through the 1999 opilio crab season. The second pilot was a three-part miniseries entitled America's Deadliest Season , which premiered on July 18, 2004, and covered

2754-641: The UK where it will launch in 2025. Discovery+ will close permanently in Spain, and the Netherlands on December 9, 2024. On November 18 and 19, 2024, some Brazilian websites have announced that Discovery+ would cease operations in Brazil on January 31, 2025 with its content moving to Max. Original programming carried by Discovery+ includes spin-offs of programs from Warner Bros. Discovery's networks. The library of Discovery+

2835-508: The beginning of 2021 it was announced that Discovery+ would launch and become available to Vodafone customers in Romania, Portugal, Greece, Czech Republic, Hungary and Iceland sometime in the middle of 2022. However as of 2024 the launch of Discovery+ in these regions has yet to happen, with the possibility that the launch was instead cancelled due to (HBO) Max being already available in all these regions, excluding Greece and Iceland, shortly before

2916-469: The boats (and on the bottom of Dutch Harbor for the king crab fleet departure), and a helicopter with a belly-mounted turret camera (same as that used to film scenes in Skyfall ). Audio is recorded using wireless microphones worn by the fishermen and shotgun microphones attached to the cameras. Because of a lack of space on the boats, the crews do not have an audio mixer on board. In audio post-production,

2997-471: The boats. In the early seasons, when many of the camera crews had little or no experience on crab boats, they frequently ran into dangers not normally encountered when shooting a documentary. F/V Northwestern captain Sig Hansen told talk show host Jimmy Kimmel that he saved a cameraman's life during the first season, screaming at him to get out of the way just seconds before a 900-pound crab pot swinging from

3078-517: The book Deadliest Catch: Desperate Hours ( ISBN   978-0696239427 ). Edited by Larry Erikson, the book contains true stories of life and death at sea, as related by the captains and deckhands featured on the series. Discovery%2B Discovery+ (pronounced " Discovery Plus "; stylized as discovery+ ) is an American multinational subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The service focuses on factual programming drawn from

3159-490: The camera crew honored. On September 28, 2010, it was reported that three of the principal captains featured throughout the series' run, the brothers Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand and Sig Hansen , would not return to the show due to litigation initiated by Discovery Communications involving the Hillstrands. On October 8, 2010, it was announced that the three captains had reached an agreement with Discovery and would return for

3240-494: The camera crews continue to film him. "We want to remember Phil as who he was," Beers told Zap2it.com writer Kate O'Hare. "We want to remember all the dynamics, but at the same time, the guy was persistent when we were doing this, saying, 'Dude, you've got to. We've got to have an end to the story [about the strength and resiliency of familial bonds, especially the father/son bond]. You want to film this, film this.'" Beers said he honored Harris' wishes and continued to shoot as Harris

3321-532: The cameraman filming him not to tell anyone else about his injuries, for fear it would stall his fishing. Later on, crew member and later acting captain Murray Gamrath, concerned for Phil's well-being, asked a cameraman to keep an eye on him and to report any problem. During season 5, the camera crew on the Northwestern were requested not to film crew member Jake Anderson being informed of his sister's death, which

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3402-460: The captains, crew members or vessels appeared in the program. In April 2008, Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand, co-captains of the F/V Time Bandit , with Malcolm MacPherson , released a book titled Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs ( ISBN   978-0345503725 ) on their experiences as crab fishermen. Also, in April 2008, Discovery Channel released

3483-406: The constant threat of cold water and freezing spray. Beers did the voice-over narration for both series. Discovery picked up the show and ordered an 8-episode season to premiere in 2005. Beers turned the narration duties over to fellow Discovery Channel voice artist Mike Rowe , allowing Beers to continue working on new show development through his production company, Original Productions . After

3564-846: The content of Discovery+. Max was officially unveiled on April 12, 2023, for a U.S. launch on May 23. In contrast to WBD's plans to keep Discovery+ operational in at least the United States, Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific announced in March 2023 that Discovery+ would be discontinued in the Philippines on April 27, 2023, in favor of the local HBO Go service; WBD had announced an Asia-Pacific launch for Max on November 19, 2024. Max will integrate Eurosport and Discovery+ content in 2024 in 24 countries that currently offer HBO Max & Discovery+ in Europe. Discovery+ will be wound down in Europe in Max markets including

3645-421: The creation of Warner Bros. Discovery and the fact that Vodafone had already distribution deals for (HBO) Max and its content in said regions, including for Greece where neither service has launched yet. There was criticism of the service at launch by some viewers of the networks and industry analysts, especially concerns that existing Discovery programming is being taken away from cable and satellite viewers and

3726-475: The death of Harris at its close, set another record audience for the show with 8.5 million viewers, making the episode the third-most-viewed broadcast in Discovery Channel's history. In 2016, The New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that Deadliest Catch was "most popular in areas that are rural, cold and close to the sea, particularly Alaska and Maine". In 2011, Matt Zoller Seitz of Salon.com praised Deadliest Catch as

3807-467: The deck constantly. Each episode focuses on a story, situation, or theme that occurs on one or more boats. In contrast, side stories delve into the backgrounds and activities of one or two crew members, particularly the " greenhorns " (rookie crew members) on several boats. The fleet's captains are featured prominently, highlighting their camaraderie with their fellow captains and relationships with their crews, as well as their competition with other boats in

3888-422: The fatality rate for pilots, flight engineers, and loggers, the next most hazardous occupations. However, Alaskan king crab fishing is considered even more dangerous than the average commercial fishing job, due to the conditions on the Bering Sea during the seasons when they fish for crab. According to the pilot episode, the death rate during the main crab seasons averages out to nearly one fisherman per week, while

3969-605: The film crew and the fishermen appear in the show occasionally. During an episode of season 4, Wizard captain Keith Colburn demanded that cameras be turned off when he got into a heated argument with his brother Monte. The cameras were turned off, but the Colburns neglected to remove their wireless mics, and the subsequent exchange was recorded and featured in the episode. Also, in season 4, F/V Cornelia Marie Captain Phil Harris asked

4050-729: The filming of the C. opilio season for season 6 and died on February 9, 2010, from complications. Derrick Ray took over as captain for the remainder of the season. ^2 Tony Lara, the fourth captain of F/V Cornelia Marie , died on August 8, 2015, in Sturgis, South Dakota , victim of Cardiac arrest while participating in the famed Sturgis Motorcycle Rally , hosted annually in Sturgis. ^3 Not to be confused with former Chicago White Sox , Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa . ^4 Blake Painter died on May 28, 2018, due to an overdose of heroin . His body

4131-416: The first season became part of the first season's "Behind the Scenes" episode. After the third season of Deadliest Catch , Rowe began hosting a post-season behind-the-scenes miniseries entitled After the Catch , which is a roundtable discussion featuring the captains relating their experiences filming the previous season's episodes. Because Deadliest Catch is essentially a filmed record of everyday life in

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4212-546: The harsh conditions on the Bering Sea. The U.S. Coast Guard rescue squad was featured prominently during the episodes surrounding the loss of F/V Big Valley in January 2005, the loss of F/V Ocean Challenger in October 2006, and the loss of F/V Katmai in October 2008. Original Productions keeps a camera crew stationed with the Coast Guard during the filming of the show in preparation for such occurrences. The show has no on-camera host. A narrator provides commentary connecting

4293-530: The hunt for crab. Common themes include friendly rivalries among the captains (particularly between Sig Hansen of the F/V Northwestern and Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand of the F/V Time Bandit ), the familial ties throughout the fleet (brothers Sig, Norm, and Edgar Hansen, who own the Northwestern ; the Hillstrand brothers and Johnathan's son Scotty on the F/V Time Bandit ; brothers Keith and Monte Colburn of

4374-421: The injury rate for crews on most crab boats is nearly 100% due to the severe weather conditions (frigid gales, rogue waves, ice formations on and around the boat) and the danger of working with such heavy machinery on a constantly rolling boat deck. Alaskan king crab fishing reported over 300 fatalities per 100,000 as of 2005, with over 80% of those deaths caused by drowning or hypothermia. The series' first season

4455-463: The libraries of Discovery's main channel brands, as well as original series (including spin-offs of programs from Discovery's television networks), and other acquired content. It was first launched in India on March 23, 2020. It launched in the United States on January 4, 2021, and replaced Discovery's Dplay and Eurosport Player services in Europe the next day. As of April 1, 2022, Discovery+ has 24 million subscribers. Discovery+ became

4536-447: The main theme. Through the course of the show, the theme was eventually truncated and, following season 11, its use was replaced entirely. Commercial fishing has long been considered one of the most dangerous jobs in America. In 2006, the Bureau of Labor Statistics ranked commercial fishing as the job occupation with the highest fatality rate with 141.7 per 100,000, almost 75% higher than

4617-430: The merged service, due to its profitability and low churn . He explained that its customers were "very happy with the product offering", and asked, "why would we shut that off?". The Wall Street Journal had reported earlier in the month that WBD had planned to continue operating Discovery+ in conjunction with the new service, which was expected to have a higher price than HBO Max, and would feature "most", but not all, of

4698-427: The middle of an opilio season up until his removal from the show sometime after season 14. ^2 Johnathan usually served as captain for king crab season while Andy took over as captain during opilio season. ^3 Keith's brother Monte occasionally takes over as captain for bairdi and opilio seasons. ^1 Harris was forced to leave during the C. opilio season in season 4 due to what turned out to be

4779-446: The mouth of the speaker may be pixelized to prevent lip reading , such as in the television series COPS . Graphic injuries and excess blood may also be pixelized. Offense words that are visually visible may also be pixelized. Pixelization may also be used to avoid unintentional product placement , or to hide elements that would date a broadcast, such as date and time stamps on home video submissions. Censorship for such purposes

4860-421: The north and Dutch Harbor to the south. Rowe was originally supposed to be the on-camera host, and he appeared in taped footage as himself during the first season of shooting. As filming of the first season was nearing completion, Discovery greenlit production on another Rowe project, Dirty Jobs , under the condition that Rowe chose only one show on which to appear on camera. Most of the footage Rowe shot during

4941-472: The off-season and hints on what the viewers can expect in that night's episode, with previews of the upcoming season in the king crab and opilio crab kickoffs. Regular features include "The Hot Seat" (interview focused on one Captain or deckhand) and questions from celebrity fans of the show. The spin-off series is produced in partnership with Original Productions and Silent Crow Arts. The first episode, "Opening Day: King Crab," aired on April 16, 2013. On Deck

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5022-514: The owners of many small boats found their assigned quotas too small to meet operating expenses. During the first season run under the IFQ system, the fleet shrank from over 250 boats to about 89 larger boats with high quotas. One of the series' main features is the portrayal of the harsh life at sea, including the behavior and mannerisms of the fishermen who are engaged in a hazardous lifestyle with little tolerance for low performance or ineptitude. Several of

5103-413: The public cannot avoid seeing the image (such as on billboards). Drug references, as well as gestures considered obscene (such as the finger ) may also be censored in this manner. Pixelization is not usually used for this purpose in films, DVDs , subscription television services , or pornography (except for countries in which the law requires it). When obscene language is censored by an audible bleep ,

5184-502: The same year, Discovery announced plans to launch an international version of Discovery+ in early 2021. In October 2020, it was announced that Dplay would be renamed Discovery+ in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the following month. On January 4, 2021, Discovery+ launched in the U.S. with both a paid ad-supported plan and an ad-free plan. On January 5, 2021, Discovery+ launched in eight European territories, subsuming Dplay and

5265-414: The series (one on the main deck , one in the wheelhouse ). Additional footage is provided by four stationary cameras that are permanently mounted around the ship and are constantly recording. Shots from vantage points outside the boat are accomplished through a variety of methods, including the use of a helicopter for footage near the harbor and a cameraman on a chase boat (in season 1, the main chase boat

5346-403: The series' shows have featured " greenhorn " fishermen who are usually the brunt of harsh criticism and sometimes bullying by veteran deckhands. In one case, a new fisherman entered a ship's bridge to berate his captain for what he saw as unfair comments (the fisherman was fired as soon as the ship returned to port). Another filmed incident was a fight on board the fishing vessel Wizard in which

5427-448: The series, have been given quotas that they can fill at a more relaxed pace. In theory, it is intended to be safer, which was the main rationale for the change in the fishing rules. The transition to the quota system was also expected to increase the value of crab by limiting the market of available crab. An influx of foreign crab negated some of these gains during the 2006 season. The rationalization process put many crews out of work because

5508-739: The seventh season. On January 29, 2010, as Original Productions' crews shot footage for season 6 of the F/V Cornelia Marie offloading C. opilio crab at St. Paul Island , Captain Phil Harris , who had earlier complained of being excessively tired, went to his stateroom to retrieve pain medicines and collapsed after suffering a stroke . Second-year Engineer Steve Ward discovered him on the floor of his stateroom, conscious but unable to move his left leg or his left hand. Ward immediately got Phil's sons, Josh and Jake, to come to his stateroom while he called for paramedics. According to Thom Beers, producer and creator of Deadliest Catch , Harris insisted that

5589-526: The six-man crew perished; three were never found. Cache Seel was the only survivor. Discovery Channel camera crews on the F/V Maverick and F/V Cornelia Marie captured the first footage of the debris field, confirming that the boat had capsized and gone down. The search for the ship is featured in the episode "Dead of Winter." ^1 Instead of footage of USCGC  Acushnet  (WMEC-167) being shown, footage of USCGC  Alex Haley  (WMEC-39)

5670-400: The sound team attempts to use actual sounds that were recorded on the boats. Although the equipment is carefully waterproofed, the cameras are routinely damaged by corrosion , ice and accidents. Captain Sig Hansen of the F/V Northwestern serves as a technical advisor to the series' producers. Shooting episodes of Deadliest Catch is a dangerous occupation for the camera crews on board

5751-408: The storylines as the show shifts from one boat to another. Discovery Channel voice artist Mike Rowe narrates the action for North American airings. In the United Kingdom, voice artist Bill Petrie serves as narrator. The show transitions between boats using a mock-up radar screen that shows the positions of the ships relative to one another and the two ends of the fishing grounds, St. Paul Island to

5832-453: The traditional pixelization or blurring. However, due to the volume of profanities used in the course of crew member conversation, the producers occasionally employ alternate methods of censoring profanities, such as using sound effects in place of the traditional " bleep ". Following the first season, original broadcast episodes of the show used the Bon Jovi song " Wanted Dead or Alive " as

5913-585: Was airlifted to Anchorage, Alaska , where doctors performed emergency brain surgery to relieve the pressure building up in the cranial vault and avoid further brain damage. Harris spent eleven days in ICU before succumbing to complications from his stroke on February 9, 2010. The Soul Rebels Brass Band performed a New Orleans style Jazz Funeral for the late Captain Phil Harris on After The Catch . ^1 Sig's brother Edgar occasionally took over as captain for blue king crab or bairdi seasons, and sporadically during

5994-415: Was announced that BT Group would become a distribution partner for the service in the UK, as part of a planned joint venture between Eurosport and BT Sport . In August 2022, Brazilian website vcfaz.tv has said that Discovery+ will launch in Brazil on September 1, but Discovery has denied this. It was then confirmed by Discovery that Discovery+'s launch date in Brazil would be November 9, 2021. At

6075-402: Was announced that the new service would now launch in spring 2023. In early-December 2022, it was reported by CNBC via inside sources that the unified platform was being developed under the codename "BEAM", and that multiple names were being considered—including simply "Max". In February 2023, Zaslav stated during an earnings call that WBD no longer planned to shut down Discovery+ in favor of

6156-686: Was filmed at the Blue Nile bar in New Orleans , with Rowe returning as host. The After the Catch miniseries was one of Discovery Channel's highest-rated miniseries in 2007 and spawned several new after-the-series type follow-up documentaries such as Everest: After the Climb , the 2007 follow-up to Everest: Beyond the Limit . After the Catch VI was the last season of the post-fishing mini-series. Responding in part to

6237-551: Was found at his home in Astoria, Oregon . ^5 The boat did have a film crew on board. However, the footage was never broadcast on the U.S. version, but it did appear in some international versions. ^1 During the shooting of the first season of Deadliest Catch , the F/V Big Valley sank on January 15, 2005, sometime after 0734 Alaska Standard Time when the Coast Guard first detected her EPIRB signal. Five members of

6318-411: Was shot during the final year of the derby style king crab fishery. The subsequent seasons have been set after a change to the quota system as part of a process known as "rationalization". Under the old derby style, a large number of crews competed with each other to catch crab during a restrictive time window. Under the new Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) system, established owners, such as those shown on

6399-494: Was shown. ^2 Instead of footage of USCGC  Morgenthau  (WHEC-722) being shown, footage of USCGC  Alex Haley  (WMEC-39) was shown. Deadliest Catch draws consistently high ratings for Discovery Channel; season 3 attracted more than 49 million viewers throughout the season and over 3 million viewers per first-run episode, making it one of 2007's most successful programs on cable TV. Overall ratings for season 6 exceeded season 5's by more than 10%; as

6480-457: Was the F/V Time Bandit ). The crew also makes use of underwater cameras, including one attached to a crab pot for a "crab's eye view" of the pot being retrieved in season 2, one mounted in the main crab tank on the F/V Northwestern beginning in season 2, and one mounted to a submersible watercraft beginning in season 3. The Season 9 "Behind the Lens" special shows two more filming methods: divers near

6561-475: Was the first feature film to use digital image processing to pixelize photography to simulate an android's point of view. The 2010 third-person cover shooter Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days also used pixelization for artistic purposes, as nudity and headshots are pixelated in the game, to make the game appear more like user-generated content . A black rectangular or square box (known as censor bars ) may be used to occlude parts of images completely (for example,

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