About Us
Discovery Communications has created a consumer health information portal at DiscoveryHospital.com that is licensed to hospitals. Discovery Communications, one of the world's most trusted media brands, owns the award-winning cable health programming brands, Discovery Health, FitTV and DiscoveryHealth.com. DiscoveryHealth.com receive millions of visits every month and Discovery Health TV is the leading cable health channel in America with more than 55 million households. Hospitals are now able to license the health content from these sources to compliment the community focused information on their website.
Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI) is the leading global real-world media and entertainment company. DCI has grown from its core property, the Discovery Channel, first launched in the United States in 1985, to current global operations in 152 countries with 180 million total subscribers.
DCI's programming is tailored to the specific needs of viewers around the globe, and distributed through 77 separate feeds in 33 languages. DCI's 33 networks of distinctive programming represent 14 entertainment brands including TLC, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, Discovery Kids, and a family of digital channels. DCI's other properties consist of Discovery.com and 165 Discovery Channel retail stores. DCI also distributes BBC America in the United States.
ConnectivHealth is a network of powerful health information brands that enables the delivery, distribution and organization of important health information for physicians, health care professionals, hospitals and schools through customized channels. Each brand serves a critical information need in the marketplace with the single goal of improving health. Privately held, the ConnectivHealth network includes: PeerClip, HealthTeacher, VerusMed and Discovery Hospital, through a partnership with Discovery Health Ventures.