Discovery, Inc.

Discovery, Inc. was an American multinational mass media and factual television conglomerate based in New York City that was in operation from 1982 to April 8, 2022. It operated factual and lifestyle television brands like the namesake Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Science Channel and TLC. In 2018, the company acquired Scripps Networks Interactive, adding networks such as Food Network, HGTV and Travel Channel to its portfolio. Since the purchase, Discovery described itself as serving members of "passionate" audiences, and also placed a focus on streaming services built around its properties. Discovery owned or had interests in local versions of its channel brands in international markets, in addition to its other major regional operations such as Eurosport (a pan-European sports channel brand, most prominently the rightsholder of the Olympic Games throughout most of Europe), GolfTV (an international golf-focused streaming service, which is the international digital rightsholder of the PGA Tour), Discovery Communications Nordic (which operates general-interest channels in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland), TVN Group in Poland, and a portfolio of various free-to-air channels in Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. 0n May 18, 2021, AT&T announced its proposal to merge its acquired media subsidiary WarnerMedia with Discovery, Inc. The transaction was approved by the European Commission (EC) in December 2021 and was completed on April 8, 2022, forming Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).