Discovery Science (TV channel)
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| Launched | 20 July 1997 |
| Network | Discovery Networks Western Europe Discovery Networks CEEMEA |
| Owned by | Discovery Networks EMEA (Discovery Communications) |
| Picture format | 576i 4:3/16:9 SDTV (PAL) |
| Audience share | UK 0.1% ~0.0% (+1) (November 2012, BARB) |
| Language | English Dubbed: Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Turkish |
| Broadcast area | Europe |
| Headquarters | London, UK Warsaw, Poland |
| Formerly called | Discovery Sci-Trek (1997-2003) Discovery Science Channel (2003-2008) |
| Sister channel(s) | Animal Planet Discovery Channel Discovery HD Discovery Home & Health Discovery Historia Discovery History Discovery MAX Discovery Shed Discovery Travel & Living Europe Discovery Travel & Living Italy Discovery Turbo Discovery World DMAX Germany, Austria, Switzerland & Liechtenstein DMAX United Kingdom & Ireland Investigation Discovery Quest Real Time Italy TLC Netherlands TLC Poland TLC UK and Ireland |
| Timeshift service | Discovery Science +1 |
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| Satellite | |
| Sky (UK & Ireland) | Channel 525 Channel 557 (+1) |
| Cyfra+ (Poland) | Channel 77 |
| Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland) | |
| N (Poland) | Channel 78 |
| Cable | |
| UPC Netherlands | Channel 302 |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 202 |
| CAIW (Netherlands) | Channel 111 |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 219 Channel 220 (+1) |
| Smallworld Cable (UK) | Channel 535 |
| UPC Ireland | Channel 211 |
| UPC Polska | Channel 377 |
| WightFibre (UK) | Channel 77 |
| Kabel Noord (Netherlands) | Channel 255 |
| Delta NV (Netherlands) | Channel 352 |
| CAI Harderwijk (Netherlands) | Channel 135 |
| Stichting Kabelnet Veendam (Netherlands) | Channel 76 |
| IPTV | |
| Glashart Media (Netherlands) | Channel 64 |
| KPN (Netherlands) | Channel 108 |
| MaxTV (Croatia) | Channel 107 |
| MaxTV (Macedonia) | Channel 106 |
| Internet television | |
| UPC Horizon (Netherlands) | TV kijken |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
Discovery Science is a European television channel which features programming in the fields of space, technology and science. The channel originally launched as Discovery Sci-Trek, which focused on science fiction. Its programming is mainly in English and locally subtitled or dubbed. It is available through numerous satellite, cable, terrestrial and IPTV distributors across Europe and the Middle East. In some countries the advertisement and the announcements between programs are localized.
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History [edit]
The channel launched as the Discovery Sci-Trek Channel in 1998,[1] initially focusing on science fiction programming.
A move away from this format to more general science programming came with the channel rebranding itself as the Discovery Science Channel on 1 April 2003.[2][3] Later on, the name was shortened to just 'Discovery Science'.
A 1 hour timeshift channel of Discovery Science launched in the UK and Ireland on Monday 21 April 2008 on Sky 549, which replaced a 90 minute timeshift of Discovery Channel, known as Discovery +1.5.[4]
Programming [edit]
- Beyond Tomorrow
- Building the Ultimate
- Extreme Engineering
- How It's Made
- How Do They Do It?
- How Machines Work
- Invention Nation
- Nextworld
- Race to Mars
- Raging Planet
- Rough Science
- Ten Ways
- The Big Experiment
- Understanding
- Universe (with John Hurt narrating)
Logos [edit]
Throughout its life as the Discovery Sci-Trek Channel, the channel used an image of the rings of Saturn as its logo and in idents. When relaunching as the Discovery Science Channel, it became a stylised molecule, with the Discovery Channel globe as one of its atoms.
Since then, the channel has followed its United States counterpart The Science Channel, currently known as 'Science', in logo trends. In March 2008, Discovery Science adopted a modified version of the periodic table logo used from 2007, and in 2012, the channel adopted the new 'Morph' logo introduced in 2011.
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Logo used when the channel was known as Discovery Sci-Trek, from 1998 to 2003.
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Logo used from the rebranding to Discovery Science Channel, used from 2003 to 2008.
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Modified version of the Science Channel logo, used from 2008 to 2012.
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Current logo - a modified version of the current Science logo.
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "Which TV channels were on sky digital at launch ?". Digital Spy Forums. January 2, 2011.
- ^ "Discovery Sci-Trek Change Log". KingOfSat. April 1, 2003.
- ^ "Discovery Science Channel Change Log". KingOfSat. April 1, 2003.
- ^ Analoguesat (April 21, 2008). "Discovery Science +1 28E". Satellites.co.uk.
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