The Travel Channel was launched on February 1, 1987; it was founded by TWA Marketing Services (a subsidiary of Trans World Airlines), most likely to boost airline sales.
The Discovery Channel (Discovery Communications) acquired a 70% ownership stake in the channel in 1997 and subsequently acquired the remaining 30% interest in 1999.
Available data shows that viewership peaked in Spring 2008 at 27.78 million views per 7 days, and has been in decline ever since. As of Spring 2017, the channel got 17.25 million views.
On October 1, 2018, Travel Channel revealed a new logo stylized as Trvl Channel and shifted a majority of its programming to “the paranormal, the unsolved, the creepy and terrifying”, akin to its counterpart Destination America when they drifted to paranormal programming themselves full-time in mid-2017.
Programming includes Vampires in America and Alien Abduction.
The Travel Channel remains a part of the Discovery Channel family. It maintains a corporate office in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Travel ChannelThe Travel Channel was launched on February 1, 1987; it was founded by TWA Marketing Services (a subsidiary of Trans World Airlines), most likely to boost airline sales.
The Discovery Channel (Discovery Communications) acquired a 70% ownership stake in the channel in 1997 and subsequently acquired the remaining 30% interest in 1999.
Available data shows that viewership peaked in Spring 2008 at 27.78 million views per 7 days, and has been in decline ever since. As of Spring 2017, the channel got 17.25 million views.
History
On October 1, 2018, Travel Channel revealed a new logo stylized as Trvl Channel and shifted a majority of its programming to “the paranormal, the unsolved, the creepy and terrifying”, akin to its counterpart Destination America when they drifted to paranormal programming themselves full-time in mid-2017.
Programming includes Vampires in America and Alien Abduction.
The Travel Channel remains a part of the Discovery Channel family. It maintains a corporate office in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Valerie says
My family absolutely loves the devotion of all things Paranormal from all around the world. This is what made us full time viewers of your channel. One channel for all things Paranormal and Beyond.
Thank you ????????
Janine Ewald says
Mountain monsters by the fire episodes should be reshown. These shows are great and would make a great introduction for season 9 of mountain monsters. We would really love to see these 8 by the fire shows again. You only have the first 4 episodes in your menu, not all 8. Why is this? Please reshow these episodes or make all of them available to watch in your stored menu items. This would be greatly appreciated.
Julie says
I love the shows on travel channel but there is a big problem.
The background music on your shows is SO loud that it’s hard to hear what is being said. Everyone i know agree’s. It’s very annoying. Who can we contact & how do we contact the person (s) that can fix this problem.
Thank you