Discovery World (international TV channel)

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Discovery World
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 ; 25 years ago  ( 1998-10-01 )
Closed 31 December 2020 ; 3 years ago  ( 2020-12-31 )
Replaced by
Former names Discovery Civilisation Channel (1998-2008)
Availability
(at time of closure)
Streaming media
Ziggo GO Netherlands ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only)

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 .

History [ edit ]

In 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 [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Which TV channels were on sky digital at launch ?" . Digital Spy Forums. January 2, 2011.
  2. ^ "Discovery launches Knowledge channel" . Digital Spy. 20 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Discovery Knowledge" . Heavenly. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010 . Retrieved 8 November 2010 .
  4. ^ "DNI Fast Facts: EMEA" (PDF) . Discovery Communications. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26 . Retrieved 2009-05-15 .
  5. ^ "Kanalbyte hos Discovery" . Resume. April 18, 2008. Archived from the original on December 25, 2008.
  6. ^ Jan-Hein Visser (April 17, 2008). "Discovery Civilisation wordt Discovery World" . Totaal TV.
  7. ^ "High Stakes Adventure, Precision Machines, Raw Power: Specialty Service Discovery Velocity Launches February 12" . Press release . Retrieved 20 January 2015 . [ permanent dead link ]
  8. ^ "DStv replaces Discovery World with Discovery Family" . Telecompaper. March 28, 2016.
  9. ^ "Change Log Discovery World Italia" . KingOfSat.net . Retrieved 22 September 2019 .
  10. ^ "Change Log Discovery World Portugal" . KingOfSat.net . Retrieved 22 September 2019 .
  11. ^ "Change Log Discovery World Nordic" . KingOfSat.net . Retrieved 22 September 2019 .
  12. ^ Jarco Kriek (25 November 2020). "Zender minder bij Ziggo, KPN en T-Mobile: Discovery World stopt" (in Dutch). TotaalTV.nl . Retrieved 26 November 2020 .
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