Discovery History

Discovery History
Discovery History logo
Launched 1 October 1998
Owned by Discovery Networks Northern Europe
Picture format 16:9, 576i (SDTV)
Audience share 0.03%
0.02% (+1) (April 2017 (2017-04), BARB)
Formerly called Discovery Civilisation (1999-2006)
Discovery Civilization (2006-2007)
Discovery Knowledge (2007-2010)
Sister channel(s) Animal Planet
Discovery Channel
Discovery HD
Discovery Home & Health
Discovery Science
Discovery Shed
Discovery Turbo
DMAX
Investigation Discovery
Quest
Quest Red
TLC
Timeshift service Discovery History +1
Availability
Satellite
Sky Channel 171
Channel 271 (+1)
Cable
Virgin Media Channel 262
Channel 263 (+1)
Virgin Media Ireland Channel 212
WightFibre Channel 78
IPTV
Eir Vision Channel 535
Streaming media
Virgin TV Anywhere Watch live (UK only)
Virgin TV Anywhere Ireland Watch live (Ireland only)

Discovery History is a channel with programming about history from Discovery Networks Northern Europe.

History

The channel was initially known as the Discovery Civilisation Channel, later dropping 'Channel' from the name, and was devoted to documentaries regarding history and civilizations, historic, ancient or present, launched on Sky DIgital on 1st October 1998[1]. On 1 November 2007, Discovery Civilisation was re-branded as Discovery Knowledge,[2] by Heavenly.[3] The new channel was still focused on history and natural history, but the schedule now included programming on engineering, crime and technology.

After just over three years, on 7 November 2010, Discovery Knowledge was rebranded as Discovery History.[4] The idea behind this rebranding was to take the channel's focus back to becoming "the only UK channel dedicated to factual history", to counter the fact that its competitors History and Yesterday had begun showing more reality and scripted programming, respectively.

In February 2013, A+E Networks, who operate History, lost a High Court battle to stop Discovery from using the Discovery History brand in the UK.[5]

Programming

See also

References

  1. ↑ Boehm, Erich (1998-08-19). "Discovery unveils digital TV nets". Variety. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  2. ↑ "Discovery launches Knowledge channel". Digital Spy. 20 September 2007.
  3. ↑ "Discovery Knowledge". Heavenly. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  4. ↑ "Discovery to launch dedicated history channel". Media Week. 7 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "AETN loses High Court battle with Discovery". Broadcast. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
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