Discovery Channel

Also known as The Discovery Channel, Discovery, Discovery.com

American basic cable and satellite television channel

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The Discovery Channel is an American television network available through cable and satellite services that broadcasts programming to millions of viewers. It matters as a major media outlet that has shaped how general audiences learn about science, nature, history, and exploration through television.

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Country: United States
Founded by: John Hendricks
Headquarters: Silver Spring
Owned by: Warner Bros. Discovery
Official website: dsc.discovery.com

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Commons category: Discovery Channel
topic's main category: Category:Discovery Channel
inception: 1985-06-17
social media followers: 5130000
language used: English language
native label: Discovery Channel

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Discovery Channel, also known as simply Discovery and previously known as The Discovery Channel, is an American cable channel and the second flagship namesake asset of Warner Bros. Discovery that is best known for airing ongoing reality and educational programming.

Launched on June 17, 1985, it initially broadcast documentary television programming focused primarily on popular science, nature, technology, and history. Since the 2010s, it had become increasingly dominated by programs that focused on conspiracy theories or promoted pseudoscience.

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