TLC is an American cable TV specialty channel which initially focused on educational content. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed networks. The channel is one of the few cable networks also legally available in Canada under its original American interpretation. TLC imports a significant amount of programming material from the United Kingdom mostly through its parent company's ties to the BBC. It also produces U.S. versions of some shows as... well as original programming . Other shows come from other Discovery brands, such as I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant. A High Definition simulcast of TLC was launched on 1 September 2007.
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