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Discovery Channel

This article is about the TV channel in the United States. For other uses, see Discovery Channel (disambiguation).

Discovery Channel
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide
Headquarters230 Park Avenue South New York City[1]
Programming
Language(s)
  • English
  • Spanish (with SAP)
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 480i letterbox for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery
ParentWarner Bros. Discovery Networks
Sister channelsSister channels
History
LaunchedJune 17, 1985 (1985-06-17)[2]
Former namesThe Discovery Channel (1985–1995)
Links
Websitediscovery.com
Availability
Streaming media
Affiliated streaming services
ServicesFuboTV, 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 owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. As of June 2012, Discovery Channel was the third most widely distributed subscription channel in the United States, behind now-sibling channel TBS and The Weather Channel;[3] it is available in 409 million households worldwide, through its U.S. flagship channel and its various owned or licensed television channels internationally.[4]

It initially provided documentary television programming focused primarily on popular science, technology, and history, but by the 2010s had expanded into reality television and pseudo-scientific entertainment.[5][6][7]

As of November 2023, 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]

  1. ^ "Discovery Selects 230 Park Avenue South As New Global Headquarters". Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
  3. ^ Seidman, Robert (August 23, 2013). "List of How Many Homes Each Cable Networks Is In – Cable Network Coverage Estimates As Of August 2013". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on August 25, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  4. ^ "DCI :: Businesses & Brands :: Discovery Channel". Archived from the original on October 12, 2008.
  5. ^ Nahigyan, Pierce (August 19, 2014). "Discovery's 'Shark Week' Criticized for Silliness, Pseudoscience and Lies". Planet Experts. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  6. ^ Kirk, Chris (August 6, 2013). "Wil Wheaton Says Discovery Channel Has 'Betrayed Its Audience'". Slate. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  7. ^ Epstein, Adam (August 15, 2014). "The sad devolution of Discovery Channel". Quartz. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  8. ^ "U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023". wrestlenomics.com. May 14, 2024. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2019.

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