Discovery Channel Poland is a Polish television channel. It shows factual entertainment programming, just as its many siblings around the world.
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| Country | Poland |
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| Broadcast area | Poland |
| Headquarters | Media Business Centre Warsaw, Poland |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Polish English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
| Parent | TVN Warner Bros. Discovery |
| Sister channels | Animal Planet Discovery Science Discovery Historia Discovery Life DTX Investigation Discovery TLC |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.discoverychannel.pl |
Discovery Channel has been available in Poland at least since 1998 when the Wizja TV platform launched. The dedicated Polish schedule was launched in 2002.[1]
The channel started using the new Discovery Channel logo on 1 July 2009.[2][3]
With a share of overall viewing of 0.67 percent, the eponymous American basic cable channel was the 17th most watched television channel in Poland in 2011, according to Nielsen statistics.[4] It is by far the most popular of the dedicated documentary channels available in Poland.
On 18 April 2012 Discovery Channel Poland started broadcasting in 16:9 picture format.
The HD version of the Discovery Channel Poland was launched on 17 January 2013 and replaced Discovery HD Showcase on all major TV platforms in Poland.
References
edit- ^ "Discovery Polska wprowadziła regionalną ramówkę dla Discovery Channel". Mediamikser.pl. October 30, 2002. Archived from the original on August 21, 2011.
- ^ "Opis kanału". Discovery Media Polska. Archived from the original on 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
- ^ "Discovery odświeża wizerunek swoich kanałów". Wirtualnemedia.pl. June 4, 2009. Archived from the original on July 22, 2009. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
- ^ "Rok 2011: 4 godz. przed TV, Polsat wyprzedził TVN, "Ranczo" hitem". media2.pl. 3 January 2012. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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