subsidiary industry technology founded june 5 2013 ; 3 years ago 2013 06 05 1 san francisco california u.s. headquarters san francisco california u.s. key people jim louderback former ceo philip defranco senior vice president owner discovery communications 2 3 number of employees 75 website www.discoverydn.com discovery digital networks is a san francisco based multi channel internet television and digital cable network that creates produces and distributes web television shows on niche topics . it operates as the online video arm of discovery communications since its acquisition in may 2012 . 3 it operates as the provider for 6 distinct networks revision3 testtube animalist seeker the defranco network and rev3games . 4 contents 1 networks 1.1 revision3 1.2 defranco networks 1.3 testtube 1.4 animalist 1.5 rev3games 1.6 seeker 2 history 2.1 production and distribution 3 see also 4 references 5 external links networks edit revision3 edit revision3 is the consumer review and miscellaneous network launched in 2005 as well as being the company name from 2005 to 2013 . the network has primarily technology based shows hosted and produced by patrick norton and gaming shows hosted and produced by adam sessler . the network is known for creating personalities which consumers can trust buying advice from . the network also creates and hosts comedic political diy and movie related content . the name refers to the revisioning of video programming according to founders jay adelson kevin rose and david prager . the first revision was cable television adding general interest channels catering to the most common denominator . the second revision was pc based internet video independent films no business model no loyalty no audience . the third revision or revision3 is tv and internet converged . ipods tivo mobile broadband enable mass loyal audience to shift to on demand niche content . 5 defranco networks edit main article philip defranco in 2013 ddn acquired the company set up by philip defranco defranco creative . 6 a new subsidiary was formed under ddn called defranco networks and merchandise which he will now completely operate under as senior vp . this set up 2 individual subsidiaries of under defranco networks sourcefed a daily pop culture news and comedy show and for human peoples defranco s storefront turned feel good channel with unique content . these networks are all hosted under ddn . testtube edit testtube is the education and documentary network launched in 2013 . 7 the network was created to appeal to fans of discovery channel properties even including their own talent and formats . it is most well known for its short science based shows such as dnews based on the discovery news website how stuff works content and hard science the experimental education show . the network also produces documentary and inspirational content . animalist edit animalist is an animal based network that launched in late 2013 . 8 the network handles shows for famous animals such as lil bub produces educational shows on animals and also produces helpful content for pet owners . it closely mirrors programming formats on discovery s animal planet . their daily show animalist news is hosted by amberly gochoel catie wayne and alex farnham . rev3games edit rev3games is a revision3 web television channel with shows about video games . the channel launched on march 13 2012 . adam sessler was the editor in chief and executive producer of rev3games until april 2014 . seeker edit seeker is a digital network dedicated to the spirit of adventure and pursuit of wonder . the network launched on march 3 2014 . 9 history edit on may 3 2012 discovery communications announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire revision3 . 3 the transaction closed on june 1 2012 . 3 on december 5 2012 discovery launched dnews with current stories about science and technology drawn from the discovery website discovery news . 10 on may 23 2013 discovery launched a sister site to itself called testtube . 11 it separates documentary type shows from the main site including the long running scam school to better market to the existing discovery channel audience . on may 30 2013 discovery acquired the company set up by philip defranco defranco creative . 6 a new subsidiary was formed under revision3 called phil defranco networks and merchandise which he will now completely operate under as senior vp . on october 4 2013 discovery launched an animal based sister site called animalist . it produces original shows about animals aimed at viewers of discovery s animal planet . production and distribution edit many of the shows are produced and owned by discovery digital networks however some of ddn s shows are produced independently . ddn handles the distribution and marketing aspects of these external shows but does not produce the content . in february 2008 ddn completed work on its own studio where their own shows are recorded . the shows have been distributed through a wide range of platforms and distribution partners including virgin america s in flight entertainment system cnet tv itunes discovery.com bittorrent youtube pyrotv miro tivo zune apple devices android and xbox . the shows have also been distributed in wide variety of formats including quicktime windows media video theora webm and xvid . an embeddable flash html5 player is also available . in september 2011 revision3 programming began to air on cable television on the rebranded youtoo tv the former american life network which ended after the sale to discovery communications . in september 2012 ddn partnered with youtube to create techfeed an original channel about technology made by ddn featuring existing hosts . 12 in march 2013 the company launched an official ddn xbox 360 app for xbox live gold members . 13 see also edit digg techtv twit.tv multi channel network list of youtube personalities references edit discoverydn.com whois dns & domain info domaintools . whois . 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launches tech feed http revision3.com blog 2013 03 26 revision3 xbox 360 live app out now external links edit official website v t e discovery digital networks subsidiary of discovery communications principals chairman jay adelson ceo jim louderback founder kevin rose founder david prager subsidiaries revision3 phil defranco networks & merchandise testtube animalist current shows dan 3.0 epic meal time geekbeat.tv io9 we come from the future lifehacker penn point pixelperfect the philip defranco show sourcefed the vloggity cancelled shows co op diggnation gigaom show ifanboy systm thebroken tom s top 5 the game show web drifter wine library tv xlr8r tv the game show the young turks the totally rad show rev3games tekzilla v t e discovery communications ownership discovery communications inc. ; affiliated with advance publications ; and john s. hendricks the company s founder and chairman united states and canadian channels american heroes animal planet destination america discovery 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