Discovery Communications, Inc. History/page four 1990 January Discovery launches The Discovery Interactive Library, cable television's first entry into the interactive video market.

February Discovery forms its first corporate programming partnership, signing an agreement with Mobil Corporation, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), and the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi ARAMCO). The agreement supports the world television premiere of Arabia: Sand, Sea & Sky.

April Discovery enters the home video arena via direct home video sales. Initial offerings include a minimum of one video per month.

Discovery passes the 50 million subscriber mark according to AC. Nielsen's May Universe Estimate. Discovery stands at 50,367,000 households and ranks as the 7th largest coble network.

Discovery ronks #1 in non-subscriber interest (43%) in second annual Beta non-subscriber survey -- well ahead of CNN (35%), ESPN (35%) and AMC (33%).

May Discovery announces that it will double its original programming hours and offer nearly seven times as many hours of originally created anthologies for its upcoming season.

September Nielsen announces that Discovery is available to 52.5 million households, making it the sixth largest coble network and surpassing MN.

1991 March Discovery's Production Unit launches its quarterly Discovery Specials with the world television premiere of Citizen Carter, a chronicle of Jimmy Corter's post­ presidential years.

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Discovery Communications, Inc. History/page five

April Discovery continues as a top-ranked seNice in nonsubscriber interest, according to the Beta sUNey.

May Discovery reaches definitive agreement to purchase The Learning Channel from Financial News Network and Infotechnology, Inc.

September Discovery airs The Second Russian Revolution, an unprecedented six-part series on the rise and fall of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. The critically acclaimed series features extensive inteNiews with Kremlin and KGB insiders.

October Discovery Networks, a unit of the newly-formed Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI), launches the new Learning ChanneL devoted to making a world of ideas accessible to its viewers.

The Learning Channel premieres Teacher TV, a joint production with the National Education Association (NEA) "by, for and about teachers."

1992 January Discovery gains its largest audience ever - 1.68 million viewers - with Wings Over the Gult, which showcases the aircraft used during the 1991 Persian Gulf war.

Discovery reports its highest-ever monthly prime-time ratings, with a 1.3 average during January, according to A.C. Nielsen. All other ratings categories increase as well.

February Discovery Communications signs agreement with the Center for Democracy and the new Russian Federation to provide Russian citizens with programming teaching principles of Democracy.

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February Yankelovich Monitor study finds that Discovery is the most recognized environmental cable network, according to a sUNey of television viewers.

March Discovery offers its viewers a fresh look at the 1992 presidential hopefuls with its timely special, The Presidential Candidates: Address to the Nation. The two-hour program is anchored by CBS News veteran Walter Cronkite.

April Discovery presents its most ambitious original production, In the Company of Whales, a feature length film that captures the true beauty and essence of the world's largest mammals. The film is hosted by the world's foremost whale expert, Roger Payne.

The Learning Channel launches Teacher TV as a weekly series in response to the overwhelmingly positive feedback of teachers to the November 1991 pilot.

May The announces its fall season lineup, its most ambitious ever, with 33 percent of programming original, co-produced or commissioned.

Discovery is again #1 in non-subscriber interest (62%) versus CNN (52%) and the Family Channel (43%). Discovery's new acquisition, The Learning Channel, is ranked # 1 in non-subscriber interest among new channels (35%), outranking Comedy Central (28%) and the Sci-Fi Channel (26%).

June 17 The Discovery Channel marks its 7th anniversary ranked as the 5th largest cable network with 57.8 million subscribers.

July Discovery receives its first prime-time Emmy nomination as In the Company of Whales is nominated by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the category of Informational Special.

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Discovery Communications, Inc. History/page sevpn

August The Learning Channel announces the launching in December of Ready, Set, learn!, a daily six-hour commercial-free block designed to engage two-to-six year olds in enriching programming solely devoted to enhancing their readiness for school.

October 1 A year after its relaunch, The Learning Channel celebrates its one-year anniversary with a subscribership of 17.6 million, up from 15.5 million, its count on October 1, 1991.

December 11 Discovery Communications, Inc. leaps into television's new technology field as it announces Your Choice TV™ -- a venture designed to help organize the hundreds of new viewing options made possible by digital compression.

1993 January Discovery Communications, Inc. consolidates ownership of The Discovery Channel - as part of a strategy to create a global brand for the company's highly successful U,So cable network, The Discovery Channel. DCI also consolidates ownership of The Learning Channel - U.K., which is currently a three- hour-a-day educational television seNice available only on cable in the United Kingdom, -~.-II II II II

THE LEARNING CHANNEL

The Learning Channel (TLC) is the only cable network that consistently offers people of all ages -- from pre-schoolers on -- an enjoyable, entertaining way to learn and satisfy their natural curiosity. Relaunched October 1, 1991, this new viewer friendly service features stimulating, provocative non-fiction that awakens the power of the mind. TLC signature series and specials explore the humanities, arts, sciences, entertainment and much more that enriches and delights.

PARENT COMPANY: Discovery Communications, Inc.

LAUNCH DATE: November 1980 (Acquired by Discovery Communications in May 1991)

RE-LAUNCH: October 1, 1991

AFFILIATES: 1498 cable systems in top 100 DMA's

SATELLITE: Satcom C-3, transponder 2

SUBSCRIBERS: 18.8 million households (Nielsen Universe Estimate, February 1993) Does not include alternate technologies distribution.

EXECUTIVES: Founder, Chairman and CEO Discovery Communications, Inc.

Ruth Otte President and COO Discovery Networks

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Gregory B. Moyer Executive Vice President Programming Group Discovery Communications, Inc.

John B. Ford Senior Vice President Programming The Learning Channel

Bill Goodwyn Vice President Affiliate Sales and Relations The Learning Channel

Chris Moseley Senior Vice President Marketing & Communications Discovery Networks

Bill McGowan Senior Vice President Advertising Sales Discovery Networks

PRESS CONTACTS: Jim Boyle (ext. 5670) Vice President Communications

Susan Murrow (ext. 5432) Director Programming Publicity

Vicki Stearn (ext. 5436) Senior Manager Communications

Krista Van Lewen (ext. 5274) Manager Corporate Communications

DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 7700 Wisconsin Avenue I Bethesda, Maryland I 20814-3522 (301) 986-1999 I (301) 986-4826 FAX 2/93

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ALASKAN BEARS I

• • Going where no camera has gone before, the producers • • • • • • of Alaskan Bears create respect and concern for these • • • • • • awe-inspiring creatures. • • • • • • • ·• • ·• • Filming with the aid ofbear experts from the Alaska • • • • • • State Department ofFish and Game, Alaskan Bears' • • • • • • camera crews were able to get incredibly close to their • • • • subjects in never-beFore-seen, remote areas of Alaska. • • • •· • • The one-hour special focuses on how the bears have • • • • • • adapted to a tough Alaskan environment. • • • • • • • • Extraordinary footage shows bears preparing for • • • • ·• hibernation, searching for food, and going on "spring • • • • • • break" - a period when the usually isolated creatures • • • • • • enjoy each others' company. Breathtaking • • • • • • cinematography captures the land in which they live: • • • • • • volcanic mountains and rugged shorelines. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ·• • • • ·• • ·• • • • • • • • • • • • • · • · • ·• • • • • • • • • • A DISCOVERY ORIGINAL PRODUCTIO!\. • • ·• REACH IT IT'S YOUR WORLD REACH IT.

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FRONTIERS OF FLIGHT SKYBOUND X-PLANES WINGS

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THE BIG WET

Once a year, the dry

reaches of Northern

Australia are battered by • torrential monsoon rains.

Where does a koala bear

go in the downpour? Does

the duckbill platypus

mind the monsoons?

Viewers will find out in

The Big Wet, a new one-hour documentary

• offering a rare glimpse ofan annual natural

drama. For some it's a time of regeneration; for

others, a moment ofreckoning.

Produced in Australia, The Big Wet

looks at how one ofthe most unusual • • • • ecosystems on earth reacts to the • • • • variables ofthe monsoon. • • • • • • A DISCOVERY ORIGINAL PRODUCTION. ·• • • • •

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ARTHURC.CLARKE'S WORLD OF JUSTICE FILES TERRA X STRANGE POWERS

Justice Files, • The Curse ofthe Pharaoh. • Magic... • Discovery's • Atlantis. Ancient astro- • • new hour- • nauts visiting Corsica • long series, • and Malta. Is there any • presents a • truth to these myths • gripping • and legends? Yesterday's • alternative to • mysteries get solved by • tabloid TV crime shows and superficial coverage of • today's scientists in • • America's crime explosion. Emmyaward-winning • Terra X, the returning ABC News correspondent Forrest Sawyer leads viewers half-hour series. Was through real cases, getting into the story with real cops there really a pharaoh's and real victims. Painstakingly reconstructed stories curse? Yes, but it wasn't use actual video, participants and eyewitnesses. Justice mystical. It was a cleverly Files doesn't stop with the crimes. It delves into the laid Egyptian bacterial reasons for crime, examining how each type ofcrime • booby trap that poisoned • affects society and how to • some ofthe discoverers of • prevent similar crimes in the • King Tutankhamen's tomb. • future. Star attorney Arthur • To find out more, viewers • Miller describes how laws have • can turn to Terra X. • changed as a result ofthe cases • • profiled in Justice Files. • Host: Forrest Sawyer •

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THE LOW CHOLESTEROL PASQUALE'S GRAHAM KERR GREAT CHEFS GOURMET KITCHEN EXPRESS

Emmy Award-winning • Great Chefs. Every city in • Viewers learn how to "IfI sing when I cook, the • • • • chef Graham Kerr - the • America has them - the • prepare gourmet food food will be happy." So • • Galloping Gourmet - • • that's good for you on says Pasquale Carpino, • local stars ofthe culinary • ~ • • presents his "mini/maxi" • • The Low Cholesterol • cosmos who elevate • and fans ofhis returning method offood • • Gourmet. Discovery's • regional favorites to • half-hour series and best- preparation: minimum • • returning half-hour series • international standards. • selling cookbook must risk (low-cholesterol, • • is hosted by health expert • From Chicago's smoky ribs • agree. On Pasquale's low-fat, low-calorie) with • • and best-selling author .J • to New Orleans' Cajun • Kitchen Express, Carpino maximum flavor (full of • • Lynn Fischer. Each show • • 'I • spice, Discovery's returning • whips up full course aroma, color and texture). • • brings zippy, zesty recipes • half-hour series comes • gourmet meals (grilled J And while his concoctions • • that are low in fat, sugar • back with 26 new episodes • lobster tails with tarragon; have lost what's bad for • • and sodium but loaded • this fall, dropping into the pear and mandarin you, his new fast-paced • with flavor. Medical • kitchens ofAmerica's flambe) in just 21 minutes, half-hour shows are • experts, nutritionists and • • • • Great Chefs to learn their • all the while belting out still full of zany humor, • other experts visit Lynn's • secrets. Along the way, • arias from Rigoletto. helpful hints and celebrity kitchen to deliver advice • • guests. Recipes are viewers will also feast on and timely health tips. All • • ...... prepared in association the culture, music and facts are supervised and ·• • with the American unique atmosphere ofthe approved by the National • • Heart Association. cities the Great Chefs serve. • Cancer Institute. Includes • • • • CABLE PREMIERE • • 6 world premieres this fall. • • • • • • • • • A DISCOVERY ORIGI"AL • ~ • • • • • PRODUCTION. • • • • • • • •

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DISCOVERY SMITHSONIAN ON THE GO TREASURES

Where can viewers ride the rapids in a New Zealand • Leave it to the largest • river one day and shop a chic Paris boutique the • collection ofknowledge • next? Who can tell them where to eat in Moscow, • and treasures in the world • how much to pay for souvenirs in Cairo, and how to • to rekindle the keen • • • catch a cab in New York City? Discovery on the Go • exhilaration oflearning. • • can. Discovery on the Go is the travel anthology on • Host and noted author • • Discovery. Hour-long episodes are culled from the • David McCullough guides • • best of series including Rand McNally Video Trips, • viewers through • A World Away and America Coast To Coast. • Smithsonian Treasures, • • the Emmy Award-winning • • • • half-hour series drawing • • on the richness ofthe • • • Smithsonian collections. • • • Always upbeat and down- to-earth, episodes challenge

viewers to explore subjects

such as modern art, space

• travel and aviation. • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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DISCOVERY JOURNAL PRIMETIME SPECIALS

• Discovery brings a keen premieres, Life in the • • eye to world events with Shadows and Out

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WILDLIFE MOTHER NATURE CHRONICLES

Like nature herself, Mother What happens when Nature is a varied, diverse master cinemato- and rich collection oflife on graphers turn their earth. Surprising explorations talents to revealing the into the habits offamiliar full spectrum of animal animals. Exciting encounters behavior? You get with the unusual and Wildlife Chronicles, the • unknown. And a continuing : returning half-hour reevaluation ofman's nature series that brings relationship with his you intimate portraits of fellow offspring ofMother animals and glorious, Nature. Daily half-hour • breathtaking views of shows in this returning anthology are drawn from two ofthe anthology's best programs: their world. Winner of Wild Side - a revealing glimpse ofnon-exploitative, mutually respectful relationships cable's ACE Award, between animals and man hosted by Sir David Attenborough; and Profiles ofNature ­ Wildlife Chronicles an intimate examination ofanimal behavior, focusing on habitat, social skills and records sea otter's

parenting. extraordinary patience -'" and knowledge as they pursue dinner. • Filmmakers also follow

a four day old baby elephant on his first trek.

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