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'''Discovery Communications, Inc.''' (DCI) describes itself as "the leading global real-world media and entertainment company". <ref name="about">[http://corporate.discovery.com/our-company/overview/ "Company Overview"], ''Discovery Communications'', Accessed Feb. 15, 2013.</ref> Discovery Communications is publicly traded entity. The company started as a single channel in 1985, the Discovery Channel. <ref name="glance">[http://corporate-media.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/pdf/q3-2012-at-a-glance.pdf/ "Discovery at a Glance"], ''Discovery Communications'', Accessed Feb. 15, 2013.</ref>
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 channel, The Military Channel, and in partnership with the New York Times, The Discovery Times. <ref name="glance"></ref>
Discovery Communications posted $4.235 billion in total revenues in 2011.<ref>Discovery Communications "[http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NDYxMDYwfENoaWxkSUQ9NDg5Mjk3fFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1 2011 Annual Report"], organizational website, accessed February 13, 2013</ref> CNN Money ranked Discovery Communications as the 7th fast-growing company in the country in 2012.<ref>CNN Money, [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortunefastestgrowing/2011/snapshots/7.html 100 fastest growing businesses], Accessed 2/11/2013.</ref>
