Discovery Communications, Inc.
One Discovery Place
Silver Spring,
MD 20910
United States - Map
Phone: 240-662-2000
Fax: 240-662-1868
Web Site: http://corporate.discovery.com
| Discovery Communications, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a media and entertainment company worldwide. It provides original and purchased programming across various distribution platforms with approximately 100 television networks in 35 languages. The company operates cable and satellite television networks in the United States, including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Health, Discovery Kids, Science Channel, Planet Green, Investigation Discovery, Military Channel, FitTV, and HD Theater. It also distributes a network of 21 international television brands, including Discovery Channel; Discovery Channel; Discovery Science; Investigation Discovery; Discovery Turbo; Discovery World; HD Networks, Discovery Lifestyle Networks, such as Discovery Travel & Living, Discovery Home & Health, and Discovery Real Time; DMAX; Discovery Kids; People+Arts, Discovery en Español, and Discovery Familia. In addition, the company provides education services, including Discovery Education Streaming, an online video-on-demand teaching service; and Discovery Education Assessment, a service that enables K-12 educators to measure student progress. Additionally, it offers sound, music, mixing sound effects, and other related services to motion picture studios, independent producers, broadcast networks, cable channels, advertising agencies, and interactive producers; and operates an e-commerce site, DiscoveryStore.com. Discovery Communications has a joint venture agreement with Hasbro Inc. The company is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland. |
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| Key Statistics |
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| | Pay | Exercised | Mr. David M. Zaslav , 48
Chief Exec. Officer, Pres, Director and Member of Exec. Committee |
$
5.50M |
$
9.68M | Mr. Brad Singer , 42
Chief Financial Officer and Sr. Exec. VP |
$
933.00K |
$
0 | Mr. Bruce Campbell , 41
Pres of Digital Media & Corp. Devel. |
$
1.75M |
$
626.00K | Mr. Joseph A. LaSala Jr., 54
Sr. Exec. VP, Sec. and Gen. Counsel |
$
1.05M |
$
0 | Ms. Adria Alpert Romm ,
Sr. Exec. VP of HR |
$
1.01M |
$
478.00K |
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Dollar amounts are as of
31-Dec-08
and compensation values are for the last fiscal
year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of
options exercised during the fiscal year.
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