Discovery Science (European TV channel)
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Discovery Science is a pay television network, operated by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. It targets several European countries' television markets. It primarily features programming in the fields of space, technology and science. The channel originally launched as Discovery Sci-Trek. Its programming is mainly in English and locally subtitled or dubbed. It is available through numerous subscription services across Europe. In some countries the advertisement and the announcements between programs are localized.
Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | |
Network | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Programming | |
Language(s) | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Timeshift service | Discovery Science +1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
Sister channels | List
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History | |
Launched | 1 October 1998; 25 years ago (1998-10-01) |
Closed | 9 March 2022; 2 years ago (2022-03-09) (Russia) 5 January 2024; 3 months ago (2024-01-05) (Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Middle East, Africa, and Turkey) 26 February 2024; 51 days ago (2024-02-26) (France) |
Replaced by | TLC (France) |
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Discovery Science, alongside DTX, ceased broadcasting in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East on 5 January 2024. The channel started to be removed from the TV operators from 1 January 2024.[1][2][3][4] However, the channel continues to broadcast in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland, the Nordic region and the Netherlands.