LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each BRUCE L. CAMPBELL
and STEPHANIE D. MARKS, signing singly and
each acting individually,as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney in
fact with full power and authority as hereinafter described to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of DISCOVERY
COMMUNICATIONS, INC., (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any amendments thereto) in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder (the "Exchange Act");
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to prepare, complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
prepare, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and
timely deliver and file such form with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
(3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative
and on the undersigned's behalf, information regarding transactions
in the Company's securities from any third party, including
brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees,
and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any
such information to such attorney in fact and approves and ratifies any
such release of information; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall
be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in
such attorney in fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that such attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are
not assuming nor relieving, nor is the Company
assuming nor relieving, any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company nor the foregoing
attorneys in fact assume (i) any liability for the
undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirement of the Exchange Act,
(ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure
to comply with such requirements, or
(iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned
for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of
and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 2nd day of March, 2017.
/s/ Daniel E. Sanchez
Daniel E. Sanchez