Discovery HD is the international name of the
high-definition television channels owned by
Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA, a subsidiary of
Warner Bros. Discovery.
The international Discovery HD (later Discovery HD World in Asia-Pacific markets, now
Discovery Asia) first launched in Korea in February 2005 as a programming block. In December 2005, Discovery HD Japan and
Discovery HD Canada (since renamed Discovery World HD, now
Discovery Velocity) launched as 24-hour channels, becoming the 100th and 101st Discovery networks overall. After that, Discovery HD expanded into other markets as follows:
*February 2006 in
Germany
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and
Austria
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on the
Sky Germany satellite platform. (Closed November 29, 2012 and was replaced by an HD-simulcast of
Discovery Channel Germany.)
*May 2006 in the
United Kingdom
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and
Ireland
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on
Sky Digital with the launch of the
Sky+ HD Sky HD may refer to:
* Sky+ HD, a high-definition television service provided by British Sky Broadcasting Group in the United Kingdom and Ireland
* Sky HD (Italy), a high-definition television service provided by Sky Italia in Italy
* Sky HD (South ...
service.
*October 2006 in
Poland
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on the
n platform and the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
.
*November 1, 2006 in the
Nordic countries
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when
Canal Digital launched their HD package in
Sweden
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, with
Denmark
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,
Finland
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and
Norway
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following in 2007.
*January 18, 2007 in
Singapore
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on the
StarHub TV platform.
*January 31, 2008 in
Hong Kong
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on
now TV.
*2008 in
Russia
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on
NTV Plus.
* March 1, 2009 in
South Korea
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on
Skylife
*April 1, 2009 in the
Czech Republic
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on
Sky Link as Discovery HD Showcase
*June 2008 in
Australia
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on
Foxtel HD+ and
Turkey
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on
HD-Smart.
*May 2009 in the
Philippines
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on
SkyCable
*20 July 2009 in
Italy
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,
Discovery Channel HD on
Sky Italia
*December 2009 in
Southern Africa
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on
DStv
*On 26 January 2010,
Discovery Real Time France was replaced by Discovery HD Showcase, on
Canalsat and
Belgacom TV
*February 2010 in the
Middle East
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The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
&
North Africa
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on
OSN
*February 2010 in India as Discovery HD World India.
*March 5, 2010 in
India
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on
Sun Direct DTH
*April 1, 2010 in the
United Kingdom
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on
Virgin Media
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.
*June 2, 2010 in
Portugal
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on
Zon as Discovery HD Showcase.
*September 1, 2010 in
Romania
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on
UPC Romania DVB-C as Discovery HD Showcase
*September 6, 2010 in
Portugal
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on
Cabovisão DVB-C as Discovery HD Showcase
*May 15, 2012 Discovery Benelux began to replace Discovery HD Showcase by an HD simulcast of Discovery Channel in the Netherlands.
*On 18 September 2012, Discovery HD Showcase France ceased transmissions, replaced by
Discovery Channel HD and
Discovery Science HD, always exclusively on
Canalsat ; in Belgium (Belgacom TV), Discovery Science wasn't made available
*December 4, 2012 in
Brazil
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as Discovery Channel HD, like the USA channel he simulcasts the main Discovery Channel SD feed, but airs high-definition versions of programming when available.
*December 14, 2012 in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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on
Logosoft as Discovery HD Showcase
*June 2, 2014 in
Flanders
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(
Belgium
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) as Discovery Channel HD, replacing Discovery HD Showcase. Although not officially announced, it will probably be a HD simulcast of the SD feed.
* March 1, in
Kazakhstan
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on
Otau TV as Discovery Showcase HD Kazakhstan in HD and SD versions with Kazakh, Russian an English audio tracks.
*In July 2019 in Portugal, Discovery Showcase HD was replaced by
Discovery Channel HD, on
Nowo.
*On 16 October 2019, Discovery Channel HD was added into
Astro from Malaysia through Channel 572.
*April 8, 2022:
Discovery, Inc. and
WarnerMedia
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merged to form a single company,
Warner Bros. Discovery, under Discovery Inc.'s CEO
David Zaslav
The first American HD Discovery channel has the name
Velocity
Velocity is a measurement of speed in a certain direction of motion. It is a fundamental concept in kinematics, the branch of classical mechanics that describes the motion of physical objects. Velocity is a vector (geometry), vector Physical q ...
and launched in June 2002.
A second Discovery HD channel, called 'Discovery Channel HD', was launched in the USA on
Dish Network the week of August 13, 2007. This new channel simulcasts the main Discovery Channel feed, but airs high-definition versions of programming when available. It is also available on DirecTV and various U.S. cable operators along with fellow sister high definition version networks TLC, Animal Planet, and Science Channel.
In the
United Kingdom
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and
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
, Discovery HD began to simulcast the main
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 that is best known for its ongoing reality television shows and promotion of pseudoscience.
It init ...
feed in
high-definition on June 30, 2011, rather than use a separate schedule.
On 1 December 2014, Discovery HD Showcase changed its name to Discovery Showcase HD (with the words HD and Showcase inverted).
References
External links
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Television stations in Denmark
Television channels and stations established in 2005