Discovery Science (European TV channel)
| Discovery Science | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 1 October 1998 |
| Network | Discovery Networks International |
| Owned by | Discovery, Inc. |
| Picture format |
1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Audience share |
UK: 0.07% 0.03% (+1) (April 2017, BARB) |
| Language |
English Dubbed: Bulgarian, Czech, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Turkish |
| Broadcast area | Europe, Middle East, Africa |
| Headquarters |
London, UK Warsaw, Poland |
| Formerly called |
Discovery Sci-Trek (1997-2003) Discovery Science Channel (2003-2008) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Animal Planet Discovery Discovery HD Discovery Home & Health Discovery Historia Discovery History Discovery MAX Discovery Shed Discovery Travel & Living Discovery Turbo Discovery World DMAX Germany, Austria, Switzerland & Liechtenstein DMAX United Kingdom & Ireland Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 Fine Living Food Network Investigation Discovery Quest Quest Red Real Time Italy TLC Netherlands TLC Poland TLC (Romania) TLC UK and Ireland Travel Channel |
| Timeshift service | Discovery Science +1 |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| StarSat (South Africa) |
Channel 525 Channel 302 |
| Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland) | Channel 77 |
| nc+ (Poland) | Channel 79 |
| Videocon d2h (India) | Channel 607 |
| Sky (UK & Ireland) |
Channel 167 Channel 267 (+1) |
| Canalsat (France) | Channels 85 & 551 (HD) |
| OSN (MENA) | Channel 504 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 202 (HD) |
| CAIW (Netherlands) | Channel 111 |
| Virgin Media (UK) |
Channel 259 Channel 260 (+1) |
| Virgin Media 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 |
| Numericable (France) | Channel 137 (SD/HD) |
| UPC Romania | Channel 308 |
| IPTV | |
| Glashart Media (Netherlands) | Channel 64 |
| KPN (Netherlands) | Channel 108 |
| Max TV (Macedonia) | Channel 106 |
| Canalsat (France) |
Channel 85 (SD/HD) Channel 551 (HD) |
| VMedia (Canada) | Channel 87 (HD) |
| BT TV (UK) | Channel 336 |
| Plusnet (UK) | Channel 336 |
| eir Vision (Ireland) | Channel 525 |
| Streaming media | |
| Ziggo GO | ZiggoGO.tv (Netherlands only) |
| Horizon | Horizon.tv (Ireland only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
Discovery Science is a pay television network, a subsidiary of American Discovery Networks International, it targets several European countries' television markets. It primarily features programming in the fields of space, technology and science. The channel originally launched as Discovery Sci-Trek. Its programming is mainly in English and locally subtitled or dubbed. It is available through numerous subscription services across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In some countries the advertisement and the announcements between programs are localized.
History
The channel launched in the UK & Ireland as the Discovery Sci-Trek on 1 October 1998, later followed by other European countries,[1] 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 placeholder 90-minute timeshift of Discovery Channel, known as Discovery +1.5.[4]
Programming
- Beyond Tomorrow
- Building the Ultimate
- Burn Notice
- Extreme Engineering
- Food Factory
- How It's Made
- How Do They Do It?
- How Machines Work
- Invention Nation
- Mad About You
- Nextworld
- Pasik
- Race to Mars
- Raging Planet
- Rough Science
- Ten Ways
- The Big Experiment
- Through the Wormhole
- Triunfo del amor
- Understanding
- " space trek"
- Universe (narrated by John Hurt)
- The Gadget Show
Logos
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.
See also
References
- ↑ https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/discovery-unveils-digital-tv-nets-1117479609/
- ↑ "Discovery Sci-Trek Change Log". KingOfSat. 1 April 2003.
- ↑ "Discovery Science Channel Change Log". KingOfSat. 1 April 2003.
- ↑ Analoguesat (21 April 2008). "Discovery Science +1 28E". Satellites.co.uk.
