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DISCOVERY HEALTH MEDIA PARTNERS WITH ACCENTHEALTH TO PROVIDE ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING TO PHYSICIANS’ OFFICES NATIONWIDE
Silver Spring, MD
January 16, 2007
Discovery Health Media Enterprises and AccentHealth today announced a new content partnership. AccentHealth, the nation’s only health TV programming service to provide health and wellness content to more than 10,000 physician’s offices across the country, now features a customized block of Discovery Health’s original programming initially focused in the areas of early childhood development and healthy cooking. Senior Medical Contributor for Discovery Health, Dr. Mehmet Oz, will join the Discovery programming block as host later this year, providing viewers with valuable health and wellness information through AccentHealth waiting room services. Discovery Health joins AccentHealth’s current schedule of programming with content produced by CNN and hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Robin Meade. Len Tacconi, president of Discovery Health Media Enterprises and Richard Ruth, CEO of AccentHealth, made the announcement.
“Through this partnership, Discovery Health continues its mission to reach consumers where and when they need reliable and targeted information about health and wellness,” said Tacconi. “We share AccentHealth’s commitment to physicians and their patients and look forward to introducing new audiences to Discovery Health’s ground-breaking programming and trusted voices of experience.”
“We are happy to expand our list of programming partners to include Discovery Health for the health and wellness content they can provide,” said Ruth. “Delivering the highest quality patient education programming that is relevant for the doctor’s office environment is the foundation on which AccentHealth has been built; we continually look for ways to help physicians help their patients to lead happier, healthier lives.”
About AccentHealth
AccentHealth, a division of Ascent Media Group, is America's #1 Integrated Health Media Company offering advertisers multiple consumer touch points in physician waiting rooms. The AccentHealth Waiting Room TV Network, produced in conjunction with CNN, reaches 135 million viewers annually in 185 Nielsen markets. The programming features customized content on a variety of topics, including medical breakthroughs, parenting issues, nutrition, fitness, safety and wellness. The program has won recognition from the Telly Awards, the Cindy Awards, the American Academy of Nursing, the Health Information Awards and the Society of Professional Journalists. Our integrated office promotions further engage our viewers and provide advertisers additional exposure in targeted physician practices. Visit www.accenthealthmedia.com.
About Discovery Health Media Enterprises
Discovery Health Media Enterprises includes the Discovery Health and FitTV television networks and online assets including www.discoveryhealth.com, as well as its Continuing Medical Education (CME) business and Discovery’s first stand-alone VOD service, Discovery Health On-Call. Discovery Health Media Enterprises is part of Discovery Communications, Inc., the leading global real-world media company with operations in 170 countries and territories reaching 1.4 billion cumulative subscribers. DCI’s over 100 networks of distinctive programming represent 29 trusted brands including Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet. DCI’s other properties consist of Discovery Education and COSMEO, a revolutionary online homework help service, as well as Discovery Commerce, which operates more than 100 Discovery Channel Stores in the U.S. Discovery brings the real world to the whole world through its global multiplatform initiatives including Discovery Travel Media, Discovery Mobile and multiple broadband services. DCI’s ownership consists of four shareholders: Discovery Holding Company (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB), Cox Communications, Inc., Advance/Newhouse Communications and John S. Hendricks, the Company’s Founder and Chairman. More information about Discovery and its businesses can be found at www.discovery.com.