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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | 230 Park Avenue South New York City[1] |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) |
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| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i letterbox for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
| Parent | Warner Bros. Discovery Networks |
| Sister channels | Sister channels |
| History | |
| Launched | June 17, 1985[2] |
| Former names | The Discovery Channel (1985–1995) |
| Links | |
| Website | discovery.com |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Affiliated streaming services | |
| Services | FuboTV, Sling TV, YouTube TV, Philo, Hulu + Live TV |
Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel that is best known for its ongoing reality television shows and promotion of pseudoscience.[3][4][5]
It initially provided documentary television programming focused primarily on popular science, technology, and history, but by the 2010s had become increasingly dominated by programs that were reality television shows, promoted conspiracy theories, or advocated junk science. It is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. As of June 2012[update], Discovery Channel was the third most widely distributed subscription channel in the United States, behind now-sibling channel TBS and the Weather Channel;[6] it is available in 409 million households worldwide, through its U.S. flagship channel and its various owned or licensed television channels internationally.[7]
As of November 2023[update], Discovery Channel is available to approximately 71,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its peak of 99,000,000 in 2011.[8]
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