'''Discovery Communications''' Inc (DCI) describes itself as "the leading global real-world media and entertainment company". Discovery Communications is publicly traded entity. The company started as a single channel in 1985, the Discovery Channel.
DCI now produces multiple channels such as BBC America, TLC, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, the Oprah Winfrey Channel, The Hub, the Investigation Discovery Kidschannel, The Military Channel, and, in partnership with the New York Times, the The Discovery Times Channel. In December 2004 it was revealed that it would launch The Military Channel.
*Former President - [[Judith McHale]]