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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.
Broadcast area | |
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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) |
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]
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