Discovery History is a British channel with programming about history from Warner Bros. Discovery.
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| Programming | |
|---|---|
| Picture format | 576i SDTV |
| Timeshift service | Discovery History +1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
| Sister channels | List
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| History | |
| Launched | 1 October 1998 |
| Former names | Discovery Civilisation (1999-2006) Discovery Civilization (2006-2007) Discovery Knowledge (2007-2010) |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Virgin TV Go | Watch live (UK only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (Ireland only) |
History
editOn 19 August 1998, Discovery announced they would launch several new digital channels to coincide with the launch of Sky Digital platform, one of which would be Discovery Civilisation Channel, which launched on 1 October 1998.[1] It was devoted to documentaries regarding history and civilisations, historic, ancient or present.
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 operates History, lost a High Court battle to stop Discovery from using the Discovery History brand in the UK.[5]
Programming
edit- Industrial Revelations
- Finding the Fallen
- Time Team
- Planes That Never Flew
- Wartime Secrets with Harry Harris
- Weaponology
- World War 1 in Colour
- Unsolved History
- Tanks!
- Aircraft Stories
- The Tower
- Killzone
- Century of Warfare
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Discovery unveils digital TV nets". 19 August 1998.
- ^ "Discovery launches Knowledge channel". Digital Spy. 20 September 2007.
- ^ "Discovery Knowledge". Heavenly. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ "Discovery to launch dedicated history channel". Media Week. 7 October 2010.
- ^ "AETN loses High Court battle with Discovery". Broadcast. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
External links
edit- Discovery Channel UK
- Discovery History presentation in The Ident Gallery
- Discovery Knowledge presentation on TVARK
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