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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * ADVANCE LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT TRUST   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Discovery Communications, Inc. [DISC] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE NEWARK CENTER, 19TH FLOOR, C/O ROBINSON MILLER, LLC 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/01/2017 (Street) NEWARK, NJ 07102 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock

(1)

08/01/2017

D

434,070 (2) (5)

(1)

(1)

Series A Common Stock

434,070

(2)

70,673,242

I

See Footnote (3)

Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock

(1)

08/01/2017

D

434,070 (2) (5)

(1)

(1)

Series C Common Stock

434,070

(2)

70,673,242

I

See Footnote (3)

Series C Convertible Participating Preferred Stock

(4)

08/01/2017

D

446,162 (2) (5)

(4)

(4)

Series C Common Stock

892,324

(2)

24,874,370

I

See Footnote (3)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ADVANCE LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT TRUST ONE NEWARK CENTER, 19TH FLOOR C/O ROBINSON MILLER, LLC NEWARK, NJ 07102	X	X
NEWHOUSE BROADCASTING CORP 6350 COURT STREET EAST SYRACUSE, NY 13057	X	X
ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS, INC 950 FINGERBOARD ROAD STATEN ISLAND, NY 10305	X	X
NEWHOUSE FAMILY HOLDINGS, L.P. ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER NEW YORK, NY 10007	X	X
ADVANCE/NEWHOUSE PROGRAMMING PARTNERSHIP 6350 COURT STREET EAST SYRACUSE, NY 13057	X	X

Signatures

Advance/Newhouse Programming Partnership, By: /s/ Michael A. Newhouse, Vice President		08/02/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Newhouse Broadcasting Corporation, By: /s/ Michael A. Newhouse, Executive Vice President		08/02/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Advance Publications, Inc., By: /s/ Michael A. Newhouse, Co-President		08/02/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Newhouse Family Holdings, L.P., By: Advance Long-Term Management Trust, as General Partner, By: /s/ Michael A. Newhouse, Trustee		08/02/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Advance Long-Term Management Trust, By: /s/ Michael A. Newhouse, Trustee		08/02/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each share of Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock is convertible pursuant to its terms into one share of Series A Common Stock and one share of Series C Common Stock at any time (following a stock dividend that occurred on August 6, 2014).
(2)	Shares released from the escrow account governed by the Escrow Agreement, dated September 17, 2008, by and among the Issuer, Advance/Newhouse Programming Partnership and JPMorgan Chase Bank to the Issuer in accordance to the terms of such Escrow Agreement. Prior to their release in accordance with the Escrow Agreement, such shares were deemed to be beneficially owned by each reporting person.
(3)	Advance/Newhouse Programming Partnership is the record holder of the Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock and Series C Convertible Participating Preferred Stock and therefore a reporting person hereunder. The other reporting persons own such shares through subsidiaries. Each reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of its pecuniary interest.
(4)	Each share of Series C Convertible Participating Preferred Stock is convertible pursuant to its terms into two shares of Series C Common Stock at any time (following a stock dividend that occurred on August 6, 2014).
(5)	Disposed to the Issuer in an exempt transaction.

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