[1] The channel suffered significant losses, in part because few cable providers were willing to carry it.

By the end of its first year on the air, it was only available in 11 million homes, less than half of what most cable channels need to turn a profit.

In mid-1998, it was announced that Discovery Communications would buy 50 percent of the channel and take operational control.

[5] For DirecTV customers, the channel was replaced by Discovery Health on December 1, 1999.

[6] In February 2000, Discovery announced that they intended to pull the plug on the channel.