The Discovery Channel (formerly The Discovery Channel) is an American satellite and cable TV channel (also delivered via IPTV, terrestrial television and internet television in other parts of the world), founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It provides documentary programming focused primarily on popular science, technology, and history. In the U.S., the programming for the main Discovery network is primarily focused on "reality-based" television themes, such as speculative investigation (with shows such as Mythbusters, Unsolved History, and Best Evidence), automobiles, and occupations (Dirty Jobs and Deadliest Catch); it also features documentaries specifically aimed at families and younger audiences. A popular annual feature is Shark Week.
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Read new blogs from your favorite shows on Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, ... Discovery Channel: Smash Lab Blast Blog ...blogs.discovery.com/DiscoveryChannel.ca | Adventure Science and Technology - Canadian ...
DISCOVERY CHANNEL. Advertise With Us. Contact Us. FAQs. Internships. Members New/Login ... Discovery Channel | Discovery HD | Discovery Civilization | Animal Planet ...www.discoverychannel.ca/Discovery News : JFK
Coverage of the JFK ... Jim Stevens on Gary Mack Answers Blog Comments. Jeff on JFK: Inside the Target Car ... Discovery Channel Video Player. SHOP ...blogs.discovery.com/jfk/Discovery Channel - Everest: Beyond the Limit
Real time dispatches from Mount Everest expedition. ... Visitor Agreement. This blog is governed by the Discovery.com visitor agreement. ...discovery.blogs.com/everest/Quest: Mountain Gorillas: Discovery Channel
Endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda have an ally in Dr. Lucy Spelman. ... Visitor Agreement. This blog is governed by the Discovery.com visitor agreement. ...discovery.blogs.com/quest/The Discovery Channel (formerly The Discovery Channel) is an American satellite and cable TV channel (also delivered via IPTV, terrestrial television and internet television in other parts of the world), founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It provides documentary programming focused primarily on popular science, technology, and history. In the U.S., the programming for the main Discovery network is primarily focused on "reality-based" television themes, such as speculative investigation (with shows such as Mythbusters, Unsolved History, and Best Evidence), automobiles, and occupations (Dirty Jobs and Deadliest Catch); it also features documentaries specifically aimed at families and younger audiences. A popular annual feature is Shark Week.
Programming
main: List of programs broadcast by Discovery Channel 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; the popular science shows MythBusters and How It's Made; Dirty Jobs about blue collar occupations; a quiz show Cash Cab, FutureWeapons, about cutting edge weapons technology and Man vs Wild, showing how a man can survive in the wild. Christopher Lowell won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2000 for The Christopher Lowell Show, which aired on the Discovery Channel from 1998-2001.
Pro Cycling Team
main: Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Shortly before the 2004 Tour de France, Discovery Channel announced it would become the primary sponsor of a professional bicycling team starting in 2005, featuring seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. However, after the 2007 victory with the Spaniard Alberto Contador Discovery Channel announced its retirement from cycling sponsorship. This sponsorship ended after the 2007 cycling season.
Discovery Channel Radio
Discovery Channel Radio was a channel on the both major United States satellite radio services.
The programming consisted of audio versions of popular programs from its multitude of TV channels. Discovery was previously on XM Satellite Radio but was dropped in early September 2005. Sirius Satellite Radio dropped Discovery Radio from its slate on February 21, 2007.
Store
Discovery Channel also lent its branding to retail stores in malls and other locations across America, as well as an online store. Educational gifts were the store's 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, and the website remains in operation.
