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Discovery Channel (British and Irish TV channel)

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Discovery Channel
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
Ireland
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format2160p UHDTV
(downscaled to 1080i and 16:9 576i for the HDTV and SDTV feeds, respectively)
Timeshift serviceDiscovery Channel +1
Ownership
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Sister channelsAnimal Planet
CNN International
Cartoon Network
Boomerang
Cartoonito
Discovery History
Discovery Science
Discovery Turbo
DMAX
Eurosport
Food Network
HGTV
Investigation Discovery
Quest
Quest Red
Really
TLC
TNT Sports
History
Launched1 April 1989
Links
Websitediscoveryuk.com
Availability
Streaming media
Sky GoWatch live (UK and Ireland only)
Virgin TV GoWatch live (UK only)
Watch live (+1) (UK only)
Virgin TV AnywhereWatch live (Ireland only)

Discovery Channel (often referred to as simply Discovery) is a British pay television channel, operated by Warner Bros. Discovery. Its programming is based on programming produced by Discovery Networks Europe, Discovery Channel Canada and Discovery Channel from the US.

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History

It first became available in the UK on 1 April 1989 when Discovery Channel Europe was launched. It was the first extension of the Discovery Channel outside the United States.[1]

Prior to 1993, satellite viewers in the UK could receive the channel from Intelsat satellites at 27.5° West. In July 1993, the Discovery Channel launched on the Astra 1C analogue satellite on the popular 19.2° East position where it used to broadcast only in the evening, starting at 4 pm. On Astra, the daytime space was filled by CMT Europe until 1994, when TLC (later on Discovery Home & Leisure) moved there. Eventually, Discovery Home & Leisure would broadcast until 4 pm when Discovery Channel would take over, and broadcast for ten hours until 2 am.

On 19 August 1998, it was announced that with the launch of Sky Digital on 1 October 1998, The original namesake American channel would expand its broadcast hours to begin at 8 am, now broadcasting for 18 hours per day. This did not apply to the analogue version which kept its start time at 4 pm. On the same day, it was announced that several new Discovery networks would launch, one of which was the timeshift service Discovery +1, the first of its kind in the UK.[2]

Analogue broadcasts were terminated in 2001.

On 22 May 2006, Discovery HD was made available on Sky as part of the Sky HD launch line-up. It was also made available on Virgin Media's cable service on 1 April 2010.[3] From 30 June 2011 Discovery HD began to simulcast Discovery Channel in high-definition rather than use a separate schedule.

The channel briefly had a 90-minute timeshift, called Discovery Channel +1.5. It launched on 25 June 2007.[4][5] It was replaced by Discovery Science +1 on 21 April 2008.[6]

An Irish advertising feed was launched in 2010. Sky Media Ireland operates the channel's output in terms of advertising, sponsorship and scheduling.[7]

In January 2011, Discovery Channel UK released its new look which places its emphasis on the D-globe logo. The project was created by DixonBaxi and Double G Studios.[8][9]

On 25 January 2017, Discovery UK announced that they were in a dispute over the fees paid by Sky for broadcast rights and for a time it seemed as though the channels could be removed from the platform after the end of that month.[10] However, an agreement was reached and programming continued uninterrupted.[11]

On 28 November 2022, Discovery launched on BT TV and it launched in the BT TV Player as well and it will be added from value packages as well.

Programming

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 January 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Discovery unveils digital TV nets". 19 August 1998.
  3. ^ "Virgin Media customers to get Discovery HD channel and more HD programmes on demand". Virgin Media. 10 February 2010. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Discovery launches second timeshift service". The Airwaves. 25 June 2007. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Discovery launch new timeshifted channel". Digital Spy. 25 June 2007.
  6. ^ "Discovery replaces 90-minute timeshift". Digital Spy. 21 April 2008.
  7. ^ O'Carroll, Tristan (1 December 2009). "Discovery appoints Sky Media for TV ad sales in Ireland". Media Week. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Discovery". theident.gallery.
  9. ^ "Discovery". theident.gallery.
  10. ^ "Discovery UK is threatening to switch off its channels on Sky in an extraordinary disagreement". Business Insider. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  11. ^ Armstrong, Ashley (31 January 2017). "Discovery and Sky reach eleventh-hour deal to stop Eurosport blackout". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
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