Discovery Channel (Europe) is the Pan-European version of the

Discovery Channel Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Chan ...

. Over the years, the Discovery Channel has been split into many different channels for specific regions. Most language regions in Western Europe now have their own versions of the channel, and the Pan-European is therefore now mostly available in countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The channel is broadcast from the United Kingdom and holds an

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licence. The channel was registered as "Discovery Channel Europe" until August 2006, when it changed its name to "Discovery (Central & Eastern Europe inc. Russia)". Later it changed back to Discovery Channel (Europe).Ofcom Television Broadcast Licensing
/ref> Discovery Channel (Europe) was launched from the UK in 1989. It launched on the Astra satellite in 1993. Eventually it split into different channels for different markets: *Discovery Channel Africa *Discovery Channel Bulgaria * Discovery Channel Denmark *Discovery Channel Estonia * Discovery Channel Finland * Discovery Channel Flanders *

Discovery Channel France Discovery Channel is a French pay television channel that was launched on 1 September 2004. Until then, France had been the only region in Western Europe not reached by the Discovery Channel. It initially reached 3.2 million subscribers via the C ...

* Discovery Channel Germany * Discovery Channel Hungary * Discovery Channel Italy *Discovery Channel Latvia * Discovery Channel Netherlands * Discovery Channel Norway * Discovery Channel Poland * Discovery Channel Portugal * Discovery Channel Russia *Discovery Channel Serbia *Discovery Channel Slovenia *Discovery Channel Spain * Discovery Channel Sweden *Discovery Channel Turkey * Discovery Channel UK and Ireland Some of the countries that still receive the European version are

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, parts of the

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File:Discovery1985.svg, One logo (from 1 April 1989 to 18 September 1995)

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