DOC: The Documentary Channel
The DOC: Documentary Channel is a specialty channel that features documentary programming. It airs independent documentary films from around the world, including those never-before-seen in the United States.
Documentary Channel launched in January 2006, and is independently owned and operated. It is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and has offices in New York City and Los Angeles.
Documentary Channel's signature series, DocTalk, enters its third season July 1, 2011. DocTalk is a weekly half hour program featuring filmmakers and their newest documentary film projects and releases.
The channel was founded by Oscar nominated and Emmy winning documentarian Tom Neff. The channel is currently run by James Ackerman, who became the President and CEO in May 2009.
Documentary 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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