Company Profile
Updated: 16-OCT-09Discovery Communications Inc.
Public Company, Headquarters Location
1 Discovery Pl., Silver Spring, MD 20910-3354, United States
(240)662-2000, http://www.corporate.discovery.com
Primary SIC: Cable & Other Pay Television Services, Primary NAICS: Cable and Other Subscription Programming
Description: Communications: Provider of cable television services and programming. Retail: Nature-oriented products store chain, catalog sales. More
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Great-Grandmother's New World Comes to Earth with New Book by Paris Tompkins.
Pediatrics Week; 11/21/2009; 699 words; ...published by Silicon Publishing, Inc. Character dolls and books...also tools of learning and discovery. You can order the book...Keywords: Silicon Publishing, Inc., Entertainment, Children, Retail, Communications, Books, Publishing, Other...
HSW International Joins in Founding Sharecare, Inc. and Will Provide Technology Development Services To Build Its Web 3.0 Platform.
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Allan Singer Named Executive Vice President of Distribution and Strategy, OWN: THE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK.
Entertainment Newsweekly; 11/20/2009; 708 words; ...President of Satellite Services, Inc., where he managed content...venture between Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications, OWN: THE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK...homes, on what is currently the Discovery Health Channel. The venture...
Chorus for iPhone[R] Now Available.
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Just about everyone has heard of the Discovery Channel, it's programs and specials have become synonymous with nature and learning. It is one of the US's top cable channels, operating and owning other channels such as Discovery People, the Learning Channel, Animal Planet, and the Travel Channel. The company also sells videos and computer software, as well as magazines and nature merchandise. Discovery's major competitors include Time Warner and Viacom. Revenues for 1998 exceeded $1.1 billion.
Recent News Articles
- Fitch Initiates 'BBB' IDR on Discovery; Proposed Issuance Rated 'BBB'; Outlook Stable.(Discovery Communications Inc. Discovery Enterprises Worldwide)
Wireless News - August 18, 2009 - National Science Competition Names Top 10 Finalists.(Discovery Communications Inc.)(3M Foundation)
Wireless News - August 11, 2009 - Discovery Channel offers content on Qualcomm's Flo TV.(TECHNOLOGY)(Discovery Communications Inc. Discovery Channel)
San Diego Business Journal - August 10, 2009 - Discovery Communications, Inc. Announces Completion of Syndication of $500 Million Incremental Credit Facility.
PR Newswire - May 13, 2009
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