Discovery Real Time
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| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) |
| Timeshift service | Discovery Real Time +1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Discovery Networks UK |
| Sister channels | Animal Planet Discovery Channel Discovery HD Discovery History Discovery Home & Health Discovery Science Discovery Shed Discovery Travel & Living Discovery Turbo DMAX Investigation Discovery Quest |
| History | |
| Launched | 9 March 1992 |
| Closed | 30 April 2013 |
| Replaced by | TLC |
| Former names | TLC (The Learning Channel) (1992-1997) Discovery Home & Leisure (1997-2005) |
Discovery Real Time was a factual television channel owned by Discovery Networks UK.
History
Overview
It was originally launched in the United Kingdom on 9 March 1992 as The Learning Channel, a British version of the American network of the same name. It was initially broadcast as a daytime channel from Intelsat, mostly aimed at cable systems where it would broadcast on the Discovery Channel's frequency.[1][2]
When the Discovery Channel launched on Astra satellite on 22 July 1993, it didn't initially carry TLC in the daytime. From 5 September 1994, it shared a transponder on the Astra 1C satellite with the Discovery Channel, which started its broadcasts at 4.00pm.[3] It was later rebranded as Discovery Home & Leisure on 3 April 1997,[4] but full day broadcasting started with the launch of Sky Digital in October 1998. On 22 May 2001, a timeshift channel called Discovery Home & Leisure +1 was launched.[5]
From 1997 to 2002, the logo was a blue oblong containing a window, however this was changed to a red background featuring a stylised 'H&L', staying like this until 2005.
The channel was relaunched as Discovery Real Time on 7 May 2005 in the British market. The channel aimed at complementing the female-skewed Discovery Home & Health (which itself replaced Discovery Health).[6] A sister channel called Discovery Real Time Extra was launched on 22 August 2005.[7] On 20 March 2009, it was replaced with Discovery Shed.
Discovery Real Time is also available in some other regions, including France and Italy. The channel used to be available in Asia, but since October 2008, it has become the Asian version of Discovery Turbo.
Demise
The channel closed along with Discovery Travel & Living at 6.00am on 30 April 2013, to be replaced by TLC and Investigation Discovery +1. The last one as Discovery Real Time's signature programme was Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting,[8] given that TLC chasing a completely different demographic than the old version and treating it as a new channel launch rather than a return.
In 2018, the channel launched in South Africa for MultiChoice's DStv on 15 April 2019, as well as StarTimes (channel 161 satellite, channel 158 terrestrial) and in 2020 on Canal+ Afrique (channel 47 and 400).
References
- ^ "POPULAR EDUCATION CONTENT FOR UK CHANNEL". Screen Digest. March 1992. Archived from the original on 2013-05-01.
- ^ "Satnews 072". Newsgroup: rec.video.satellite. 9 Mar 1992.
- ^ "SATELLITE JOURNAL ITL VOL2 NO 18". Newsgroup: rec.video.satellite. 5 Sep 1994.
- ^ "MediaScan/Sweden Calling DXers 2268". Newsgroup: rec.radio.info. April 3, 1997.
- ^ "More + from Discovery". The Airwaves. May 22, 2001. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011.
- ^ Shelley, Darren (2005-04-14). "Discovery to rebrand Health, Home & Leisure". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 2006-09-01. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
- ^ "Three new channels for Sky viewers". The Airwaves. August 22, 2005. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011.
- ^ Hadley, Paul (2013-04-24). "Changes to Discovery channels this month". Entertainment Interactive. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
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