Discovery World (international TV channel)
Discovery World is a former European pay television channel which featured programming in the fields of travel, culture and history. It used to be a pan-European television channel. Discovery World offered a mix of history, culture, real-life stories, investigation, mystery shows, factual series and documentaries. At time of closure its programming was mainly in English and subtitled in Dutch.
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| Broadcast area | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Russian |
| Picture format | 576i 16:9 SDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery (Discovery, Inc. at the time) |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 October 1998 |
| Closed | 31 December 2020 |
| Replaced by |
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| Former names | Discovery Civilisation Channel (1998-2008) |
| Availability (at time of closure) | |
| Streaming media | |
| Ziggo GO Netherlands | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
History
editIn Europe the channel started as Discovery Civilisation, also called Discovery Civilisation Channel, in the UK the 1 October 1998, alongside the Sky Digital's launch and later followed by other European countries.[1] Discovery Civilisation focused on history-related programmes. On 1 November 2007, it was re-branded as Discovery Knowledge in the UK.[2][3] On 18 April 2008 Discovery Civilisation changed its name into Discovery World across Europe and extended its programme lineup to also include programmes about culture, crime and "mysterious phenomena".[4][5][6]
In 2013, the channel got replaced by Discovery Turbo Xtra in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2015 the Canadian version was relaunched as Discovery Velocity.[7] On 31 March 2016, the channel got replaced by Discovery Family in Africa and the Middle East.[8] The network has closed down in Italy,[9] Portugal[10] and Scandinavia.[11]
Discovery World, along with Fine Living closed on 31 December 2020, when it last aired in the Netherlands and Belgium.[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Which TV channels were on sky digital at launch ?". Digital Spy Forums. January 2, 2011.
- ^ "Discovery launches Knowledge channel". Digital Spy. 20 September 2007.
- ^ "Discovery Knowledge". Heavenly. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ "DNI Fast Facts: EMEA" (PDF). Discovery Communications. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ "Kanalbyte hos Discovery". Resumé. April 18, 2008. Archived from the original on December 25, 2008.
- ^ Jan-Hein Visser (April 17, 2008). "Discovery Civilisation wordt Discovery World". Totaal TV.
- ^ "High Stakes Adventure, Precision Machines, Raw Power: Specialty Service Discovery Velocity Launches February 12". Press release. Retrieved 20 January 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "DStv replaces Discovery World with Discovery Family". Telecompaper. March 28, 2016.
- ^ "Change Log Discovery World Italia". KingOfSat.net. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Change Log Discovery World Portugal". KingOfSat.net. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Change Log Discovery World Nordic". KingOfSat.net. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ Jarco Kriek (25 November 2020). "Zender minder bij Ziggo, KPN en T-Mobile: Discovery World stopt" (in Dutch). TotaalTV.nl. Retrieved 26 November 2020.