Scripps Networks Interactive Inc.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
PO Box 51850, Knoxville, TN 37950-1850, United States
(865)694-2700, http://www.scrippsnetworks.com

Primary SIC: Cable & Other Pay Television Services, Primary NAICS: Cable and Other Subscription Programming
Description: Scripps Network Interactive Inc. began in 1878 when Edward W. Scripps founded E.W. Scripps Company. In 2008, the E.W. Scripps Company split into two publicly-traded companies, one of them being Scripps Network Interactive, Inc. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Scripps Network Interactive is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company's focus is creating national lifestyle brands, including its popular national television networks, associated interactive businesses and consumer-oriented online comparison shopping services. The company is a lifestyle and interactive services company with respected, high-profile cable television and interactive brands. Scripps Network Interactive operates through two business segments: lifestyle media and interactive services. Lifestyle media (formerly Scripps Networks) includes HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living, Great American Country, a minority interest in Fox-BRV Southern Sports Holdings, LLC, and Internet-based businesses, including RecipeZaar.com, HGTVPro.com, FrontDoor.com and Ecologue, that are associated with the aforementioned television brands. Interactive services (formerly Scripps Interactive Media) includes online comparison shopping and consumer information services under the names Shopzilla, BizRate and uSwitch.Communications: operates five leading lifestyle cable networks including Home & Garden Television (home building and decoration), the Food Network (70%-owned, culinary programs), DIY - Do It Yourself Network (home repair and improvement), Fine Living (90%, travel and fine living), and Great American Country (country music videos and programs).