Discovery Capital Management Corporation

Discovery is a worldwide media company that operates the most widely distributed cable TV network in the United States. It is dedicated to creating quality non-fiction content that informs and entertains its consumers about the world. The company operates in three segments: U.S. networks, international networks, and education. Its content includes science, exploration, survival, natural history, technology, document series, anthropology, heroes, paleontology, space, archeology, health and wellness, engineering, adventure, lifestyles, crime and investigation, civilizations, current events, and kids. The company owns and operates nine television networks in the United States such as discovery channel, TLC, animal planet, investigation discovery, science channel, military channel, destination America, velocity, and discovery fit and health. It also owns interests in the Oprah Winfrey network, the hub network, 3net television networks, and pan-regional television networks as well as free-to-air television networks, including DMAX, fatafeat, quest, real time, giallo, frisbee, focus, and K2. In addition, Discovery provides brand-aligned websites, online streaming, mobile devices, video on demand (VOD), and broadband channels. As of December 31, 2013, it operated approximately 240 distribution feeds in 40 languages internationally. Discovery was founded on June 17, 1985, and is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland.