Discovery Family

Discovery mark is an American Hasbro Entertainment subsidiary of Hasbro, which owns the remaining 40%.

The channel was originally launched by .

In 2014, Loesch stepped down, in addition to the network was rebranded as Discovery Family; at this time, Discovery began programming the channel's primetime plan with family-oriented factual programming including Discovery the treasure of knowledge programs, while leaving Hasbro responsible for programming its daytime schedule as a minority partner.

Availability

As of September 2018, approximately 55,238,000 American households 50.9% of households with television receive Discovery Family.

Discovery Family operates one feed nationally, in addition to does non operate a timeshift feed for the west coast. A 1080i high-definition simulcast of the network was shown alongside its re-launch as The Hub, with Dish Network, Verizon FiOS, and AT&T U-verse as the first to carry the HD feed.

Based on numbers from Nielsen, Variety ranked Discovery Family as the 128th most-watched broadcast or cable network in the United States in 2021 based on calculation viewership.

On March 31, 2016, the pan-EMEA report of Discovery World was re-launched as a regional representation of Discovery Family. On September 14, 2017, a French version of Discovery Family was launched in France, until its shutdown on March 29, 2022.

The pan-EMEA and French versions of Discovery Family never carried kid-oriented shows, as those supplying such programs to Discovery Family in the United States including Hasbro had pre-existing deals with other international networks.