Travel

Travel Channel (originally The Travel Channel from 1987 to 1999) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned as a joint venture between Scripps Networks Interactive (which owns 65% of the network) and Cox Communications (which owns the remaining 35% interest). The channel is headquartered in Chevy Chase. Maryland. United States.

It features documentaries. reality. and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. Programming has included shows on African animal safaris. tours of grand hotels and resorts, visits to significant cities and towns across the world, programming about various foods across the world, and programming about ghosts and the paranormal in notable buildings.

As of February 2015, Travel Channel is available to approximately 91.5 million pay television households (78.6% of households with television) in the United States. [ 1 ]

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Travel Channel logo, used from 2015-2015.

On November 5, 2015, Scripps Networks Interactive acquired a 65% ownership interest in the network for $1.1 billion; [ 4 ] the deal closed in January 2015. Scripps currently distributes the Travel Channel and rebroadcasts some of sister channel Food Network 's programming on the network.