Discovery Health Channel (DHC) was a U.S. cable television specialty channel dedicated to television programming that highlighted various aspects of health and wellness. Launched on August 2, 1999, the network was a media property of Discovery Communications Inc., the parent company of other popular cable TV networks such as Discovery Channel, TLC, and Animal Planet.
A version of DHC was set up in Canada as well; Discovery Health Canada was a joi...
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Discovery Health Channel (DHC) was a U.S. cable television specialty channel dedicated to television programming that highlighted various aspects of health and wellness. Launched on August 2, 1999, the network was a media property of Discovery Communications Inc., the parent company of other popular cable TV networks such as Discovery Channel, TLC, and Animal Planet.
A version of DHC was set up in Canada as well; Discovery Health Canada was a joint venture between Canadian media giant CW Media and Discovery Communications Inc; it evolved into Twist TV on November 2, 2010. Another version of the channel in the United Kingdom has since been renamed Discovery Home & Health.
In the beginning, DHC started out rerunning material from other Discovery Communications entities, most notably the medical-based reality show programming from TLC. As the network matured, it began producing its own programming in the reality show genre, mostly dealing with babies (Babies: Special Delivery, Birth Day)...
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