Discovery Communications
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The new Discovery Communications, Inc. The first of these communications to launch was Animal Planet, which was launched in cooperation with the BBC in 1996.
This was followed by the 1998 launches of Discovery Wings Channel and Discovery Health Channel. They also bought the Travel Channel in 1997, CBS SBC Communications Eye on People (became Discovery People) in 1998 and The Health Network (became FitTV) in 2001. Discovery Networks were early to go into high-definition television with the launch of Discovery HD Theater in 2002. For some time, some networks kept the globe in their logo to signal their affiliation to Discovery Networks, but this practice has also been gradually discontinued. Discovery Networks U.S.
The resulting joint-venture will relaunch the channel under a new name in 2010. The Discovery shopping website offers products similar to those previously sold in the Discovery Channel retail stores.
The patents were originally developed by the company s founder John Hendricks; the specific patent in question in the suit was applied for in 1999 but issued in late 2007. On April 30, 2009, it was announced that Hasbro will acquire a 50% stake in Discovery Kids. is now fully public company and trades on the NASDAQ stock market. DCI operates its businesses in four groups: Discovery Networks U.S., Discovery Networks International, Discovery Commerce, and Discovery Education. The company started out with just a single channel, Discovery Channel, launched in 1985.
The reorganization was completed on September 17, 2008. as president and CEO.
One is their website, Discovery School and the other is a teacher community, the Discovery Educator Network, commonly referred to as the DEN. On October 15, 2007, Discovery Communications completed their purchase of HowStuffWorks for US$250 million. On March 17, 2009, Discovery revealed that it owned the rights to several patents related to e-books, in announcing a patent infringement lawsuit against Amazon.com, maker of the Kindle e-book reading device. Today, DCI has global operations offering 29 network entertainment brands on over 100 channels in over 170 countries in 33 languages for over 1.5 billion subscribers around the globe. DCI both produces original programming and acquires content from producers worldwide.
DCI also distributes BBC America and BBC World to cable and satellite operators in the United States. Judith McHale was President and Chief Executive Officer until NBC Universal executive David Zaslav took over the position on November 16, 2006. networks division, the international networks operate web sites and other new media businesses. On January 10, 2006, the Discovery Networks International announced a joint-venture with Spiegel TV and DCTF to provide global free-to-air television to more than 20 million households in Germany and neighboring countries. Discovery International Channels include : Discovery Commerce operates a catalog and electronic commerce business (located at shopping.discovery.com) offering lifestyle, health, science and education-oriented products, as well as products specifically related to programming on Discovery s networks.
Now called Discovery Education Assessments, the program is designed to help students improve on state standardized tests. Discovery Education also sells DVD, VHS, CD-ROM, and Multimedia kits with the same content. Other products include COSMEO -an online homework subscription help site, Discovery Health Connection, Discovery Science Connection and they recently purchased other video streaming companies. They have two free services. Discovery Communications, Inc.
The Discovery moniker has gradually been dropped from channel names. The company started as a single channel in 1985, The Discovery Channel.
operates 13 channels . This non-fiction programming is offered through DCI s 28 network entertainment brands, including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Health Channel and a family of digital channels.
Prior to September 18, 2008, DCI s ownership consisted of three shareholders: On December 13, 2007, Discovery Holding Company announced a restructuring plan. The networks have evolved from being offshoots of the Discovery Channel, into separate entities with their identities.
According to SEC filings, the division also operates web sites related to its channel businesses and various other new media businesses, including a video-on-demand offering distributed by various cable operators. The division s channels include: Discovery Networks International, or Discovery international networks offers a portfolio of channels, led by Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, that are distributed in virtually every pay-television market in the world. The division offers over 100 separate feeds in 35 languages with channel feeds customized according to language needs and advertising sales opportunities. DCI owns most channels offered by Discovery Networks International, with the exception of: As with the U.S. With the launch of high-definition simulcasts of Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet and Science Channel in 2007, the original HD channel changed its name to HD Theater. All of the channels are in the process of being overhauled and made over .
Under the plan, the Discovery Holding s Ascent Media business would be spun-off, and the remaining businesses, Discovery Communications, LLC and Advance/Newhouse Communications, would be combined into a new holding company . In addition, the e-commerce site serves as a licensing business that licenses Discovery trademarks and intellectual property to third parties for the purpose of creating and selling retail merchandise.
He promoted Mark Hollinger to president of global businesses and Operations, Marjorie Kaplan to president and general manager of Animal Planet Media and Discovery Kids Media, and Jane Root to prexy general manager of the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel. (DCI) (NASDAQ: DISCA, NASDAQ: DISCB, NASDAQ: DISCK) is an American global media and entertainment company.
The executives leaving include: Billy Campbell, former president of Discovery Networks U.S.A., Dawn McCall, former president of Discovery Networks International, Maureen Smith, former president and general manager of Animal Planet and David Abraham, former president and general manager of TLC. Zaslav hired Greg Ricca to run Discovery Networks Intl. In October 1996, four digital networks were launched: Discovery Kids Channel, Discovery Travel & Living Network, Discovery Civilization Network and Discovery Science Network.
Recently the Discovery Channel retail stores were closed, however, the products are still available online. Discovery Education is a division which offers streaming educational video material into schools via the internet. Discovery Education operates unitedstreaming, a leading educational broadband streaming service in the United States. In April 2006, Discovery Education acquired a premier assessment company, ThinkLink Learning, which is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Discovery will oversee ad sales and distribution, while Hasbro will be responsible for programming. Visual effects artists who worked for the now bankrupt Meteor Studios, a company established by Discovery Communications of Virginia and Evergreen Films of Pacific Palisades, have not been paid fully for their work on Journey to the Center of the Earth. Animal Planet · Discovery Channel · Discovery Health Channel · Crown Media Holdings · Planet Green · Discovery Kids · FitTV · Investigation Discovery · Military Channel · TLC · Science Channel · Discovery en Español · Discovery HD · HD Theater · @DK · Discovery Channel Radio · Discovery Channel Store · Ready Set Learn! Discovery Channel Southeast Asia · Discovery Channel Taiwan · Discovery Channel New Zealand · Discovery Channel Australia · Discovery Channel Japan · Discovery Channel Korea · Animal Planet Southeast Asia · Animal Planet Taiwan · Animal Planet Australia/New Zealand · Animal Planet Japan · Discovery Travel & Living Southeast Asia · Discovery Travel & Living Taiwan · Discovery Travel & Living Australia/New Zealand · Discovery Science Southeast Asia · Discovery Home and Health Southeast Asia · Discovery Turbo Asia · Discovery HD Asia · Discovery HD Japan Discovery Channel · Animal Planet · Discovery Travel & Living · Discovery Real Time Discovery Channel UK · Discovery Channel Ireland · Discovery HD · Discovery Home & Health · Discovery Knowledge · Discovery Real Time · Discovery Shed · Discovery Science · Discovery Travel & Living · Discovery Turbo · Discovery Kids On Demand · Animal Planet · DMAX · Quest · Investigation Discovery Discovery Channel · Discovery HD · Animal Planet · Animal Planet HD · Discovery Science · Discovery World · Discovery Travel & Living · Investigation Discovery · Discovery Historia Discovery Channel · Animal Planet · Discovery Science · Discovery Real Time · Discovery Travel & Living Discovery Channel · Discovery Real Time DMAX · Discovery Channel · Animal Planet · Discovery Geschichte · Discovery HD Discovery Channel Africa · Discovery Channel Benelux · Discovery Channel Denmark · Discovery Channel Europe · Discovery Channel Finland · Discovery Channel Hungary · Discovery Channel Middle East · Discovery Channel Norway · Discovery Channel Romania · Discovery Channel Sweden · Discovery Channel Turkey · Animal Planet Africa · Animal Planet Benelux · Animal Planet Europe/ME · Animal Planet Nordic · Animal Planet Romania · Discovery Science Europe/ME · Discovery World Europe · Discovery Travel & Living Europe · Investigation Discovery · Discovery HD Discovery Channel Latin America · Discovery Channel Venezuela · Discovery Channel Mexico · Discovery Channel Brazil · Discovery Channel Argentina · Discovery Channel Iberia (Spain/Portugal) · Animal Planet Latin America/Brazil · Discovery Kids Latin America · Discovery Kids Brazil · Discovery Kids Mexico · People+Arts Argentina · People+Arts Latin America · People+Arts Iberia (Spain/Portugal) · People+Arts Mexico · People+Arts Brazil · Discovery Travel & Living Latin America/Brazil · Discovery Home & Health Latin America · Discovery Science Latin America · Discovery Civilization Latin America · Discovery Turbo Latin America Discovery Channel · Animal Planet · Discovery Civilization Channel · Discovery Health · Discovery Kids · Discovery HD Cosmeo · Discovery commerce and Discovery education · United States:satellite radio:Sirius Satellite Radio Hallmark Channel · Hallmark Movie Channel · Hallmark Cards Discovery Kids on NBC · NBC · Travel Channel · Universal Studios · NBC Universal OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network · The Hub .
