Discovery Family
Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Slogan	Better Together
Headquarters	Silver Spring, Maryland , United States
Programming
Language(s)	English Spanish (via SAP audio track)
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (60%) Hasbro (40%)
Sister channels	Boomerang Cartoon Network Cartoonito American Heroes Channel Animal Planet CNN CNN International Cooking Channel The CW Destination America Discovery Channel Discovery en Espanol Discovery Familia Discovery Life Food Network HGTV Investigation Discovery Magnolia Network Motor Trend Oprah Winfrey Network Science Channel TLC TNT Travel Channel
History
Launched	October 7, 1996 ; 27 years ago  ( 1996-10-07 )
Former names	Discovery Kids (1996-2010) The Hub (2010-2013) Hub Network (2013-2014)
Links
Website	http://www.discovery.com/discovery-family-channel
Availability
Cable
Available on most cable systems	Check local listings for details
Satellite
DirecTV / Stream	Channel 294 Channel 1294 ( VOD )
Dish Network	Channel 179
C-Band	AMC 11-Channel 610 (4DTV Digital)
SKY Mexico	Channel 271
DirecTV ( Latin America )	Channel 330

Discovery Family (formerly Discovery Kids ) is a cable , and satellite television network in the United States . Discovery Family replaced the Hub Network, the Hub, and Discovery Kids and has a joint venture of both Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and Hasbro Entertainment . ^[1] The headquarters for the television channel is in Silver Spring , Maryland , United States . on October 16, 2010, the Discovery Kids channel was renamed after a final marathon of Kenny the Shark . The channel is 40% owned by Hasbro and 60% owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. ^[2]

Discovery Family tried to advertise towards children and their families by offering a range of content to choose from. These include history, science, food and family living. Movies air as well. The channel maintained some of the Hub's content until it slowly went away. Also, My Little Pony , Littlest Pet Shop , Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps , Pound Puppies , Handy Manny , Jungle Junction , and Dinotrux , however, has stayed on the channel.

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• Discovery Family's Official Website