Discovery Channel (Australia)

Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel logo
Launched	July 1995
Owned by	Discovery Communications[1]
Picture format	576i (SDTV 16:9) 720p (HDTV 16:9)
Audience share	1.2% (February 2008, [2])
Country	Singapore Australia
Language	English
Broadcast area	Australia, New Zealand
Replaced	Quest
Sister channel(s)	Animal Planet Discovery Home & Health Discovery Science Discovery Turbo MAX Travel and Living Channel
Timeshift service	Discovery +2 (Channel 612)
Website	discoverychannel.com.au
Availability
Satellite
Foxtel	Channel 608
Austar	Channel 608
SKY Network Television	Channel 070
Cable
Foxtel	Channel 608
Austar	Channel 608
Optus	Channel 608
TelstraClear InHomeTV	Channel 70
IPTV
Xbox 360	Channel 608

The Discovery Channel logo used from launch til 29 March 2009.

Discovery Channel (Australia) is a television channel available on cable and satellite television in Australia. The Australian version of the Discovery Channel was previously operated by XYZnetworks,^[3] who also own the exclusive distribution rights for the channel.^[1]

It was launched in July 1995, replacing the Quest documetary channel launched in April 1995 by XYZ.^[4]

Since the renaming of Travel & Adventure to Travel & Living, much of the travel genre programming (including first run series) has been removed from the Channel. On 29 March 2009 Discovery rebranded in line with Discovery US, complete with new IDs and the slogan 'The World Is Just Awesome.'

The Discovery Channel has many sister stations including Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Science, Discovery Travel & Living and Discovery Turbo. Both Discovery Channel and Turbo have timeshift channels, which rebroadcast programming 2 hours later.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Foxtel "Foxtel - Channel Shareholdings" archived from the original on 18 May 2008 http://web.archive.org/web/20080518161427/http://www.foxtel.com.au/288.htm 
2. ^ Ratings Week 5 (27/1/2008 - 2/2/2008)
3. ^ Channels :: XYZ Networks
4. ^ "Network News". Variety 396 (7): pD5. 4 October 2004. 

External links

• Discovery Channel Official Site

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