Travel Channel

38°57′44.7″N 77°5′6.8″W / 38.962417°N 77.085222°W / 38.962417; -77.085222

Travel Channel
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersNew York, New York, U.S.[1]
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
ParentWarner Bros. Discovery
Sister channels
History
LaunchedFebruary 8, 1987; 37 years ago (1987-02-08)
ReplacedHome Theater Network
Former namesThe Travel Channel (1987–1997)
Links
Websitewww.travelchannel.com
Availability
Streaming media
Affiliated Streaming ServiceMax
Service(s)Philo, Sling TV, Hulu With Live TV, FuboTV, Vidgo, DirecTV Stream

Travel Channel (stylized as Trvl Channel since 2018) is an American pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, who previously owned the channel from 1997 to 2007. The channel is headquartered in Manhattan, with offices in Silver Spring, Maryland and Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

Travel Channel 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 around the world, programming about various foods around the world, and programming about ghosts and the paranormal in notable buildings.

As of November 2023, Travel Channel is available to approximately 67,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 96,000,000 households.[2]

  1. ^ "Discovery Selects 230 Park Avenue South as New Global Headquarters – Discovery, Inc". 2024.
  2. ^ "U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023". wrestlenomics.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2019.