Discovery Kids (stylised as Discovery K!ds) was an Australian subscription television channel, aimed at 2-6 year olds screening factual and educational programming.[1] The channel launched on Foxtel on 3 November 2014.[2]
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| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Australia |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific |
| Sister channels | Discovery Channel Animal Planet Discovery Science Discovery Turbo TLC |
| History | |
| Launched | 3 November 2014 |
| Replaced | Discovery Home & Health |
| Closed | 1 February 2020 |
| Links | |
| Website | www www |
| Availability (at time of closure) | |
| Streaming media | |
| Foxtel Go | Channel 718 |
The channel replaced Discovery Home & Health, whose select programming moved to TLC.[1]
The channel ceased operations on 1 February 2020, after which the channel space created in 2007 by Discovery Home & Health ceased to exist. No reason was given to why it ceased.
Programming
edit- Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom
- Ace: Animal Countdown Extraordinaire
- The Adrenaline Project
- Adventure 8 Zoo Games
- All About Animals
- America's Cutest
- Animal Atlas
- Annedroids
- Art Ninja
- Be the Creature
- Cats 101
- Crafty Kids Club
- Creature Mania
- Danger! Wild Animals
- Deadly 60
- Deadly Art
- Deadly Nightmares of Nature
- Dino Dan
- Dogs 101
- Doki
- Earth to Luna!
- Endurance
- Feeding Time
- Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman
- Finding Stuff Out
- Fishtronaut
- The Fixies
- Gastronuts
- The Green Squad
- Head Rush
- Hero Squad
- Horrible Histories
- Insectibles
- Jungle Book Safari
- Junior Bake Off
- Junior Vets
- Kids vs Film
- Kika & Bob
- Make it Big, Make it Small
- Making Stuff
- Meet the Menagerie
- Must Love Cats
- Officially Amazing
- On the Spot
- One Minute Wonders
- Operation Ouch!
- Papyrus
- Pet School
- Pok & Mok
- Quirky Science
- Secret Millionaires Club
- Tales of Tatonka
- Think Big
- Thomas Edison's Secret Lab
- Totally Wild
- Underdog to Wonderdog
- We're Talking Animals
- Wild But True
- Wild Kratts
- You're Called What!
- Zoo Clues
References
edit- ^ a b "The Brand New World of Discovery Networks is just AWESOME!" (PDF) (Press release). Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific. 9 October 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ Knox, David (4 September 2014). "Foxtel overhauls pricing, HD channels as content battle heats up". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2014.