Discovery Channel (Australia)
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| Discovery Channel logo | |
| Launched | July 1995 |
| Owned by | Discovery Communications[1] |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9) 720p (HDTV 16:9) |
| Audience share | 1.2% (February 2008, [2]) |
| Country | Singapore Australia |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Australia, New Zealand |
| Replaced | Quest |
| Sister channel(s) | Animal Planet Discovery Home & Health Discovery Science Discovery Turbo MAX Travel and Living Channel |
| Timeshift service | Discovery +2 (Channel 612) |
| Website | discoverychannel.com.au |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Foxtel | Channel 608 |
| Austar | Channel 608 |
| SKY Network Television | Channel 070 |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel | Channel 608 |
| Austar | Channel 608 |
| Optus | Channel 608 |
| TelstraClear InHomeTV | Channel 70 |
| IPTV | |
| Xbox 360 | Channel 608 |
Discovery Channel (Australia) is a television channel available on cable and satellite television in Australia. The Australian version of the Discovery Channel was previously operated by XYZnetworks,[3] who also own the exclusive distribution rights for the channel.[1]
It was launched in July 1995, replacing the Quest documetary channel launched in April 1995 by XYZ.[4]
Since the renaming of Travel & Adventure to Travel & Living, much of the travel genre programming (including first run series) has been removed from the Channel. On 29 March 2009 Discovery rebranded in line with Discovery US, complete with new IDs and the slogan 'The World Is Just Awesome.'
The Discovery Channel has many sister stations including Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Science, Discovery Travel & Living and Discovery Turbo. Both Discovery Channel and Turbo have timeshift channels, which rebroadcast programming 2 hours later.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Foxtel - Channel Shareholdings" archived from the original on 18 May 2008 http://web.archive.org/web/20080518161427/http://www.foxtel.com.au/288.htm
- ^ Ratings Week 5 (27/1/2008 - 2/2/2008)
- ^ Channels :: XYZ Networks
- ^ "Network News". Variety 396 (7): pD5. 4 October 2004.
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