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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.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, Investigation Discovery, Animal Planet, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, Science Channel, Velocity, Eurosport and its web-native Discovery Digital Networks business, led by Seeker and SourceFed.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, followed by John C. Malone with 29%Led by Seeker and SourceFed Studios, Discovery connects with millennial audiences through daily shows, weekly series, web docs and live online events – from DNews and Rituals with Laura Ling to The Philip DeFranco Show and Nuclear Family. Discovery has 375 million monthly online streams of its programming.Discovery launched Discovery Channel Online, the network's website, on July 4, 1995.In April 2014, Discovery announced a partnership with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to launch digital studio New Form.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.On November 10, 2015, Malone's other two companies, Liberty Global and Discovery Communications, made a joint investment of $195–400 million in Lionsgate and acquired a 3.4% stake in the company.In December 2015, Discovery launched the company's first U.S. TVE streaming service, Discovery GO, connecting viewers with live and on-demand access to shows and series from nine U.S. networks in the Discovery portfolio – Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science Channel, Velocity, Destination America, American Heroes Channel and Discovery Life.Discovery Communications partnered with the World Wildlife Fund to fund conservation of 1 million acres of land for Tigers in Bhutan and India as well as produce and distribute content to raise awareness through Project C.A.T. (Conservation Acres for Tigers) in October 2016.