DTX (TV channel)
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DTX (previously known as Discovery Turbo Xtra) was a television channel focused on programming about cars owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. It was a CEEMEA version of Discovery Turbo.
Broadcast area | Poland Albania Hungary Romania Czech Republic Slovakia Russia and CIS Ukraine Turkey MENA |
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Network | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Programming | |
Picture format | HDTV 1080i SDTV 576i |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
Sister channels | Animal Planet Discovery Channel Discovery Science Food Network Investigation Discovery TLC Travel Channel |
History | |
Launched | September 17, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-09-17) (Poland) April 1, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-04-01) (Middle East) |
Replaced | Discovery World |
Closed | March 9, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-03-09) (Russia) 5 January 2024; 5 months ago (2024-01-05) (Central Europe and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Turkey) |
Former names | Discovery Turbo Xtra (2013–2016) |
The channel was launched under the name Discovery Turbo Xtra to replace the European version of Discovery World, with the first launch in Poland on 17 September 2013.[1] The channel roll-out in 2015 in Albania and in 2016 in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Baltics, Russia, CIS, Ukraine, Turkey and MENA. In the Middle East, it was launched on 1 April 2016 on beIN Network.[2] A few months later the network was rebranded worldwide as DTX.
On 9 March 2022, Discovery Inc. pulled their channels from the Russian market after the nation's invasion of Ukraine.[3]
DTX and Discovery Science began to cease their operations at the end of 31 December 2023, with all networks wound down by 5 January 2024.[4][5][6][7]