Discovery History

Discovery History
Launched	26 January 1999
Owned by	Discovery Networks Western Europe
Picture format	16:9, 576i (SDTV)
Audience share	0.1% 0.0% (+1) (June 2011, BARB)
Formerly called	Discovery Civilisation (1999-2007) Discovery Knowledge (2007-2010)
Sister channel(s)	Animal Planet Discovery Channel Discovery HD Discovery Home & Health Discovery Real Time Discovery Science Discovery Shed Discovery Travel & Living Discovery Turbo DMAX Investigation Discovery Quest
Timeshift service	Discovery History +1
Website	www.yourdiscovery.com/web/discovery-history/
Availability
Satellite
Sky	Channel 522 Channel 557 (+1)
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 217
UPC Ireland	Channel 212
Smallworld Cable	Channel 522

Discovery History is a channel with programming about history from Discovery Networks Europe.

History

Discovery Knowledge logo

The channel was initially known as Discovery Civilisation and was devoted to documentaries regarding history and civilizations, historic, ancient or present. On 1 November 2007, Discovery Civilisations was re-branded as Discovery Knowledge,^[1] by Heavenly.^[2] The channel focused on history, natural history, engineering and crime

Discovery Knowledge +1 launched on Sky, Channel 551, on 30 June 2008. It moved to channel 557 on 20 January 2009 to make way for the launch of Investigation Discovery.

On 7 November 2010, Discovery Knowledge was rebranded as Discovery History.^[3] This takes 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 began showing more reality and scripted programming, respectively.

Programming

• Industrial Revelations
• Finding the Fallen
• Time Team
• Planes That Never Flew
• Wartime Secrets with Harry Harris
• Weaponology
• World War 1 in Colour
• Unsolved History

See also

• Investigation Discovery (US)
• Discovery World (TV channel)
• List of channels on Virgin TV
• List of channels on Sky
• List of documentary television channels

References

1. ^ "Discovery launches Knowledge channel". Digital Spy. 20 September 2007. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a76030/discovery-launches-knowledge-channel.html. 
2. ^ "Discovery Knowledge". Heavenly. http://www.heavenly.co.uk/brand-development-work/discovery-knowledge. Retrieved 8 November 2010. 
3. ^ "Discovery to launch dedicated history channel". Media Week. 7 October 2010. http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/1033505/Discovery-launch-dedicated-history-channel/. 

External links

• Discovery History
• Discovery History presentation in The Ident Gallery
• Discovery Knowledge presentation on TVARK

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