DOC: The Documentary Channel

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The Documentary Channel
Launched January, 2006
Owned by Independent
Country United States
Broadcast area National
Headquarters Nashville, Tennessee
Website documentarychannel.com DOC
Availability
Satellite
Dish Network Channel 197
Cable
Comcast (Nashville) Channel 241
Charter (Nashville) Channel 176

DOC: The Documentary Channel is a digital cable television channel that airs documentary programming. It features documentaries from around the world, including those never-before-seen in the United States and tends to focus on programming from independent filmmakers.

DOC launched in January 2006, is independently owned and operated, and is currently available via Dish Network. DOC is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and has offices in New York City and Los Angeles.

DOC was founded by Oscar nominated and Emmy winning documentarian Tom Neff. The television channel won its first Emmy award, for Outstanding Documentary, in September, 2007, for Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire.

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