Discovery Channel is Associated With and Known as:
Discovery Channel is a famous informational channel which, is broadcast in almost all countries. This is a cable & satellite television channel and is broadcast through Internet television, IPTV and terrestrial television in some part of the world. Discovery Channel broadcasts programs related to science, technology and history. This Channel broadcasts several popular shows and programs. Among them few are Deadliest Catch, MythBusters, How It's Made, Dirty Jobs, Cash Cab, Man vs. Wild, Pawn Stars, How they do it, and many more. Discovery Channel is owned and managed by the Discovery Communication Incorporation.
About Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel was released on 17th of June 1985 year and has its administrative office in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States. The picture format of this channel is 1080i (HDTV) and 480i (SDTV) and is watched in 431 million homes of 170 countries. In addition to this channel, it has several other affiliated channels like Velocity, Discovery Turbo, TLC, Animal Plant, Science, and many more. Discovery Channel is broadcast in different languages like Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, English, German, Russian, Italian, Korean, Japanese, and many others. It also provides VOD (Video on Demand) services to their customers.
Parent Company
Discovery Communication Incorporation is one of the leading media and Entertainment Company across the world. The company operates its business in
Three different segments: U.S. Networks, International Networks, and Education. It was set up in the year 1985 with the name “The Discovery Channel” and adopted the name “Discovery Communications” in the year 1994. According to the record of February 2014, Discovery Communication Incorporation holds the strength of nearby 5,700 employees. The company also provides numerous educational products and services including K-12 digital textbook to several schools & colleges. These services are delivered through company's Discovery Education, and Discovery Digital Networks.