Science Channel

Science Channel

Logo used since 2016
Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.[citation needed]
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Parent	Warner Bros. Discovery Networks
Sister channels	List Adult Swim Animal Planet American Heroes Channel Boomerang Cartoon Network Cartoonito Cinemax CNN Cooking Channel Destination America Discovery Channel Discovery en Español Discovery Family Discovery Familia Discovery Life Food Network HBO HGTV HLN Investigation Discovery Magnolia Network Motor Trend Oprah Winfrey Network TBS TLC TNT Travel Channel TruTV Turner Classic Movies
History
Launched	October 7, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-10-07)
Former names	Quark! (prelaunch, 1994–1996) Discovery Science Network (1996–1998) Discovery Science Channel (1998–2002) The Science Channel (2002–2007)
Links
Website	Science Channel
Availability
Streaming media
Affiliated Streaming Service	Discovery+
Service(s)	Philo, DirecTV Stream, Sling TV, FuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, Vidgo

Science Channel (often simply branded as Science; abbreviated to SCI) is an American pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.^[1] The channel features programming focusing on science related to wilderness survival, engineering, manufacturing, technology, space, space exploration, ufology and prehistory.

As of November 2023^[update], Science Channel is available to approximately 34,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2013 peak of 78,000,000 households. Along with American Heroes Channel, Boomerang, Cooking Channel, Destination America, Discovery Family, and Discovery Life, Science Channel is among the less prevalent networks of Warner Bros. Discovery.^[2]

In recent years, Science Channel has lost carriage with the growth of streaming alternatives including its parent company's Max, and has generally been depreciated by Warner Bros. Discovery in current retransmission consent negotiations with cable and streaming providers. Science Channel is still a major provider to Discovery+, a sister streaming service to Max.