Discovery Holding Company

Discovery Holding Company
Company typeHolding Company
IndustryBroadcasting & Cable TV
PredecessorLiberty Media
Founded2005 (2005)
DefunctSeptember 18, 2008 (2008-09-18)
FateMerged operations with Discovery Communications, LLC and Advance/Newhouse Communications
SuccessorDiscovery Communications
HeadquartersPrincipal executive offices located at Meridian, Colorado
Key people
John C. Malone, CEO & Chairman
Robert R. Bennett, President and Director
ProductsHolding Company focused on media
RevenueDecrease US$6,497 million[1]
Number of employees
3,800, essentially all with subsidiaries
Websitediscoveryholding.com
(archived)

Discovery Holding Company was an American company headquartered in Meridian, Colorado. The postal designation of nearby Englewood was commonly listed as the company's location in corporate filings and news accounts.

The company used to hold a 66-2/3% ownership stake in Discovery Communications, LLC, and operated Ascent Media and AccentHealth, LLC. On September 17, 2008, Discovery Holdings divested its interest in Ascent Media, and reorganized its remaining businesses around a new publicly traded holding company, Discovery Communications, Inc.

  1. ^ "Discovery Communications Reports Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2016 Results". Discovery Communications. February 14, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.

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