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<html> <head> <title>Discovery Communications</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Discovery Communications COMPANY Discovery Holding Company was spun off from <a href="/company/445/000124073/">Liberty Media</a> in 2005, and went public as Discovery Communications in 2008. Parent of the cable television networks Discovery Channel, TLC (acquired 1991), Animal Planet (acquired 1996), Travel Channel (acquired 1997). Rebroadcasts <a href="/tv/830/000054668/">BBC</a> content as BBC America, and co-owns Oprah Winfrey Network. Also operates a retail chain: The Nature Company was acquired in 1996 and rebranded as Discovery Channel Stores. Acquired <a href="/company/771/000171258/">Revision3</a> in 2012 for a reported $30M. Official Website: <a href="http://www.discoveryholdingcompany.com/">http://www.discoveryholdingcompany.com/</a> Industry: <a href="/lists/619/000098325/">Media</a> Ticker: NASDAQ:DISCA (etc) Corporate headquarters: <a href="/geo/663/000124291/" class=proflink>Englewood, CO</a> Sales: $707M (2007) Employees: 3,600 (2008) EXECUTIVES <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/193/000164698/">Robert R. Bennett</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Liberty Media, 1997-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000124561/">John C. Malone</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Cable TV billionaire, Liberty Media</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/778/000177247/">Judith A. McHale</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Discovery Channel, 1995-2006</td> </tr> </table> CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/193/000164698/">Robert R. Bennett</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Liberty Media, 1997-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/939/000171426/">Paul A. Gould</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Allen & Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000124561/">John C. Malone</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Cable TV billionaire, Liberty Media</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/943/000171430/">M. LaVoy Robison</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Executive Director, Anschutz Foundation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/298/000177764/">J. David Wargo</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>New Mountain Capital</td> </tr> </table> BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/254/000177720/">Gene W. Schneider</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-2009</tt></td> <td>United Cable Television Corp.</td> </tr> </table> EMPLOYMENT <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/834/000030744/">Bill Nye</a></td> <td><center>TV Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Nov-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Bill Nye the Science Guy</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=124560" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2013 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/168/000000168/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/168/168/s168.jpg" width=128> Presidential Candidates 2007</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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