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Discovery Channel
LaunchedJune 17, 1985
Owned byDiscovery Communications, Inc.
HeadquartersFlag of the United States Silver Spring, MD
Sister channel(s)TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Health Channel, Discovery Times, Discovery Kids, The Science Channel, Discovery Home, Military Channel, Discovery Wings, Discovery Civilisation, Discovery Real Time, Discovery Home and Health, Discovery en Español, Discovery HD Theater
WebsiteDiscovery Channel USA
Availability
Terrestrial
Top Up TV (UK)Via Top Up TV Anytime
SKY UHF (New Zealand)Channel 8
Channel 8
Satellite
DirecTVChannel 278
Dish NetworkChannel 182
C-BandAMC 10-Channel 21
Sky DigitalChannel 520
Channel 521 (+1)
Channel 549 (+1.5)
SKY Network Television (New Zealand)Channel 70
Sky Italia (Italy)Channel 401
Cyfra+Channel 53
Now TV Hong KongChannel 209
Astro MalaysiaChannel 551
Star ChoiceChannel 505
Foxtel Digital (AU)Channel 610
Tata SkyChannel 557
TrueVisions DSTV (Thailand)Channel 47
Astro IndonesiaChannel 21
Digital+ SpainChannel 62
DialogTV (Sri Lanka)Channel 29
SkyLife (South Korea)Channel 403
Dishtv (India)Channel 625
Bell Express Vu (Southern Canada & ontario)Channel 520
Dream Satellite TV (Philippines)Channel 19
Boom TV (Romania)Channel 88
Digi TV (Central Europe)Channel
Dolce (Romania)Channel 201
Focus Sat (Romania)Channel
Max TV (Romania)Channel
UPC Direct (Central Europe)Channel
Cable
Virgin Media (UK)Channel 212
Channel 213 (+1)
SkyCable (Philippines)Channel 39
UPC Ireland AnalogueChannel 24
UPC Ireland DigitalChannel 301
CogecoDigital (NL)Channel 58
Verizon FiOSChannel 100
ComcastChannels Vary
Time Warner CableChannels Vary
CharterChannels Vary
Cox CableChannels Vary
CablevisionChannel 27
Bright House NetworksChannels Vary
StarhubChannel 12
Rogers CableChannel 42
CogecoChannels Vary
Shaw CableChannels Vary
Vidéotron (Canada)Channel 37
TelstraClear InHomeTV (New Zealand)Channel 70
RCS&RDS (Romania)Channel 24
UPC RomaniaChannel 41
IPTV over ADSL
iNES (Romania)Channel
Internet Television
i-TV (Romania)Channel

Discovery Channel is a cable and satellite TV channel founded by John Hendricks which is distributed by Discovery Communications. It provides non-fiction variety programming focused primarily on the themes of popular science, history, and knowledge about the world, which are usually showcased as documentaries globally. In the US, the programming for the main Discovery network is primarily focused on "reality-based" television themes such as speculative investigation (Unsolved History, Best evidence), automotives, and occupational duties (Dirty Jobs and Deadliest Catch); it also features documentaries specifically aimed at families and younger audiences.

Discovery Channel is the most widely distributed cable network in the United States, reaching more than 92 million households, part of its global audience of 431 million homes in 170 countries and territories. Versions of the channel are seen in Latin America, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, India and other countries.

Discovery Channel was launched in 1985 as the flagship channel of Discovery Communications, which today offers 29 network brands in 33 languages. Popular programming on the channel today includes Shark Week, an annual week of programming dedicated to facts about sharks; Deadliest Catch, about fishing for crab in the Bering Sea; popular science show MythBusters; Dirty Jobs about blue collar occupations; quiz show Cash Cab, FutureWeapons, about the weapon technology of the future and Man vs Wild, depicting survival techniques.

The Discovery Channel also is the branding retail stores in malls and other locations across America, and also an online store. Educational gifts are its specialty. On May 17, 2007, Discovery Communications announced it was closing its stand-alone and mall-based stores. Hudson Group will continue to operate the Discovery Channel Airport Stores.

The Discovery Channel sponsored a professional bicycling team that included seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. This sponsorship ended after the 2007 cycling season.