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|}} | operating_income = |}} | net_income = |}} | assets = |}} | equity = |}} | divisions = List of Divisions | num_employees = 5,486 (2014) | traded_as = , , and NASDAQ-100 Components (DISCA and DISCK) S&P 500 Components (DISCA and DISCK) | homepage = }} Discovery Communications, Inc. is an American global mass media and entertainment company based in Silver Spring, Maryland. The company started as a single channel in 1985, The Discovery Channel. Discovery also is a provider of educational products and services to schools, including a series of K-12 digital textbooks, through Discovery Education, and Discovery Digital Networks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our Mission )〕 DCI both produces original television programming and acquires content from producers worldwide. This non-fiction programming is offered through DCI's more than 50 network entertainment brands, including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, Science Channel, Velocity, American Heroes Channel, Discovery Family,Discovery Life and a family of digital channels. Despite being publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange, the Newhouse family exercise the largest stake in the company, 31%, through privately held Advance Publications. Discovery Digital Network shows are offered through multiple services, including Animalist.com, TestTube.com, Sourcefed.com, YouTube, iTunes, and more than 40 other distribution partners and devices.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Discovery Digital Networks )〕 Discovery has 375 million monthly online streams of its programming.〔()〕 Discovery launched Discovery Channel Online, the network's website, on July 4, 1995.〔Media Globalization and the Discovery Channel Networks By Ole J. Mjos, http://books.google.com/books?id=EdKMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT181&dq=discovery+online+launches+1995&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cug0U-yWN-nSsASQ1IGYDQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=discovery%20online%20launches%201995&f=false〕 In April 2014, Discovery announced a partnership with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to launch digital studio New Form.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brian Grazer, Ron Howard Launch 'New Form' Digital Studio With Discovery )〕 In May 2014, Discovery and Liberty Global announced an agreement to form a 50:50 joint venture to acquire All3Media, a producer and distributor of TV programming.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS AND LIBERTY G… : Discovery Communications )〕 ==Corporate governance== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Discovery Communications」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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