The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) is an American multinational basic cable television network which launched on January 1, 2011, and it replaced the Discovery Health Channel, which merged with FitTV to become Discovery Life. OWN (also known as the “OWN Network”) is a joint venture between Warner Bros. Discovery and Harpo Studios, conceptualized largely by popular talk show host, Oprah Winfrey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey_Network