Discovery Turbo (Asia)
| Discovery Turbo (Asia) | |
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| Launched | 2004 |
| Owned by | Discovery Communications |
| Formerly called | Discovery Real Time (prior to 1 October 2008),[1] Discovery Home & Leisure |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| TelkomVision Indonesia | Channel 501 |
| Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 734 |
| TrueVisions DSTV (Thailand) | Channel 72 |
| Indovision (Indonesia) | Channel 225 |
| Cignal Digital TV (Philippines) | Channel 39 |
| Tata Sky (India) | Channel 221 |
| Airtel digital TV (India) | Channel 347 |
| DishHD (Taiwan) | Channel 6594 |
| Reliance Digital TV (India) | Channel 560 |
| Cable | |
| SkyCable (Philippines) | Channel 122 |
| Global Destiny (Philippines) | Channel 58 |
| Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 55 |
| Parasat Cable TV (Philippines) | Channel 253 |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 426 |
| First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 71 |
| Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) | Channel 634 |
| Hathway (India) | Channel 504 |
| IPTV | |
| now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 212 |
| HKBN bbTV (Hong Kong) | Channel 316 |
Discovery Turbo (Asia) is a male oriented factual television channel devoted to programming about cars, bikes, boats, and planes. The channel is owned by Discovery Networks Europe. The channel recently replaced Discovery Real Time, although the European and British version still remains.
It was formerly available on SelecTV from 15 March 2007 until the closure of its English service in late 2010.[2][3]
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[edit] Programming
- The AA Torque Show
- American Chopper
- American Hot Rod
- Auto Trader
- Bangla Bangers (formerly Chop Shop: London Garage)
- Biker Build Off
- British Biker Build Off
- Beetle Crisis
- Campervan Crisis
- Classic Car Club
- Drift Style
- Engineering The World Rally
- Fifth Gear
- FlightPathTV
- Flying Heavy Metal
- The Garage
- Getting Afloat
- Hard Shine
- Heartland Thunder
- Is Born series
- In a Fix
- Kustomizer
- Martin Shaw: Aviators
- Mean Green Machines
- Off the Road
- Overhaulin
- Pit Crews
- The Reality of Speed
- Redline TV
- Rides
- Riding With Rossi
- The Road to Le Mans
- Street Customs
- Street Tuner Challenge
- Top Marques
- Trick My Truck
- Twist the Throttle
- Ultimate Car Build Off
- Wheeler Dealers
- Why We Race: The Mustang Challenge
- Wreck Rescue
- Wrecks To Riches
[edit] Logos
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First Discovery Turbo logo used 2004-2009 but still used in India
[edit] References
- ^ "Discovery Goes Into Turbo Mode!". MediaWeek. 7 October 2008.
- ^ Addington, Tim (15 March 2007). "SelecTV adds five Discovery channels to platform". B&T Weekly. http://www.bandt.com.au/news/selectv-adds-five-discovery-channels-to-platform. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
- ^ Chessell, James (20 August 2010). "Bruce Gordon's SelecTV to make changes". The Australian. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/city-beat/bruce-gordons-selectv-to-make-changes/story-fn4xq4cj-1225907617882. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
[edit] External links
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