DOC: The Documentary Channel
| Documentary Channel | |
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| Launched | January, 2006 |
| Owned by | Independent |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Slogan | Passionate. Perspective. |
| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Website | Documentary Channel |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Dish Network | Channel 197 |
| DirecTV | Channel 267 |
| Cable | |
| Available on some cable systems | Check local listings |
Documentary Channel is a specialty channel that features documentary programming. It airs independent documentary films from around the world, including those never-before-seen in the United States.
Documentary Channel launched in January 2006, and is independently owned and operated. It is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and has offices in New York City and Los Angeles.
Documentary Channel's signature series, DocTalk, enters its third season July 1, 2011. DocTalk is a weekly half hour program featuring filmmakers and their newest documentary film projects and releases.
The channel was founded by Oscar nominated and Emmy winning documentarian Tom Neff. [1] The channel is currently run by James Ackerman, who became the President and CEO in May 2009. [2]
Documentary Channel won its first Emmy Award, for Outstanding Documentary, in September 2007, for Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire. [3]
[edit] Carriage
Documentary Channel is currently available via Dish Network and DirecTV, the latter of which added the channel on March 31, 2010. The press release claims the DirecTV launch doubles DOC's distribution base to 25 million. [4]
[edit] External links
- An Idea Whose Time Has Come DigitalFilmmaker article on Documentary Channel's launch
[edit] References
- ^ A conversation with Tom Neff, Documentary Channel Nashville Business Journal March 13, 2009
- ^ Ackerman named board chairman at Documentary Channel Nashville Business Journal April 29, 2008
- ^ Nashville-based Documentary Channel grabs an Emmy Nashville Business Journal October 17, 2007
- ^ Documentary Channel Inks DirecTV Deal, Lifts Sub Count To 25 Million Multichannel News March 29, 2010
