Discovery Channel Europe

Discovery Channel (Europe)
Broadcast area	Parts of the Balkans and Central Europe; Cyprus; Greece; Malta;
Network	Discovery EMEA
Programming
Picture format	576i (SDTV); 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Discovery, Inc.
History
Launched	1 April 1989; 35 years ago

Discovery Channel (Europe) is the Pan-European version of the Discovery Channel.

Over the years, the Discovery Channel has been split into many different channels for specific regions. Most language regions in Western Europe now have their own versions of the channel, and the Pan-European is therefore now mostly available in countries in Central and Eastern Europe.

The channel is broadcast from the United Kingdom and holds an Ofcom licence. The channel was registered as "Discovery Channel Europe" until August 2006, when it changed its name to "Discovery (Central & Eastern Europe inc. Russia)".^[1] Later it changed back to Discovery Channel (Europe).^[2]

Discovery Channel (Europe) was launched from the UK in 1989. It launched on the Astra satellite in 1993. Eventually it split into different channels for different markets:

Some of the countries that still receive the European version are Cyprus, Greece, Malta, parts of the Balkans and Central Europe.

Logo

One logo (from 1 April 1989 to 18 September 1995)

References

^ Television Broadcast Licensing Update August 2006 Archived May 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ Ofcom Television Broadcast Licensing

[1] Television Broadcast Licensing Update August 2006 Archived May 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Ofcom Television Broadcast Licensing

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