Science (TV channel)

Not to be confused with Science Channel, produced by the Japan Science and Technology Agency.

Science
Launched	October 1996
Owned by	Discovery Communications, Inc.
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Country	United States
Language	English
Headquarters	Silver Spring, MD, U.S.
Formerly called	Discovery Science (1996-2002) The Science Channel (2002-2007) Science Channel (2007-2011)
Sister channel(s)	Discovery Channel TLC The Hub Animal Planet OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Planet Green Investigation Discovery Military Channel Discovery Fit & Health Velocity Discovery en Español Discovery Familia
Website	Official Site
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	Channel 284 (SD/HD) Channel 1284 (VOD)
Dish Network	Channel 193 (SD/HD)
C-Band	AMC 11-Channel 612 (4DTV Digital)
Cable
Verizon FiOS	Channel 122 (SD) Channel 622 (HD)
IPTV
AT&T U-Verse	Channel 258 (SD) Channel 1258 (HD)

Science is a United States cable, satellite and IPTV Television Network produced by Discovery Communications. Science features programming in the fields of space, technology, prehistory and animals.

History

Discovery Science was launched in October 1996 as a part Discovery's new suite of four digital channels that were rolled out simultaneously.^[1] Plans for the new networks were announced in November 1994. Back then the channel's working name was "Quark!", but that was changed before launch.^[2]

The name was changed to The Science Channel in 2002 only in United States. A complete "makeover" took place in April 2003^{[citation needed]}, airing newer and more up-to-date television programming.

An 1080i high definition simulcast called Science Channel HD was launched September 1, 2007, along with Discovery Channel HD, TLC HD and Animal Planet HD.

In December 2007, Science Channel debuted a brand new on-air look and changed its logo to an element box that is colored orange and white.

On June 8, 2011 it dropped "Channel" from its name and launched a new logo. ^[3]

International

International versions of Science Channel are transmitted in South East Asia, Europe, The UK, Sweden, Canada, Latin America and Australia as Discovery Science.

Programming

Science broadcasts a number of science-related television series and films originally produced by or aired on Discovery Channel, e.g. Beyond Tomorrow, among some others. There have also been a few television programs produced for Science , such as MegaScience and What The Ancients Knew. Programs from other Discovery Networks, PBS and the BBC are either regularly or occasionally aired. Television series produced in the 1990s, e.g. Discover Magazine, and Understanding, can be viewed on weekdays. Science also broadcasts programs such as "Moments of Impact" and "An Idiot Abroad."

Series

Below is a selected list of some series that aired on Science.

• An Idiot Abroad
• Beyond Tomorrow
• Brink
• Build It Bigger
• Building the Ultimate
• Brainiac Science Abuse
• Catch It Keep It
• Colossal Construction
• Cosmos
• Dark Matters
• Deconstructed
• Destroyed in Seconds
• Discover Magazine
• Ecotech
• Engineered
• Exodus Earth
• Extreme Engineering
• Extreme Machines
• Factory Made
• Firefly (repeats)
• Head Games
• Head Rush^[4]
• How It's Made (see also List of How It's Made episodes)
• How Do They Do It?
• How the Universe Works
• Ingenious Minds
• Invention Nation
• It's All Geek to Me
• Junkyard Wars
• Mantracker
• Meteorite Men
• Monster Bug Wars
• Mythbusters
• Oddities
• Patent Bending
• Paleoworld
• Popular Science's Future Of
• Raging Planet
• Science of the Movies
• Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible
• Solar Empire
• Stuck with Hackett
• Survivorman
• The Day The Universe Changed
• The Gadget Show
• Through the Wormhole (with Morgan Freeman)
• Understanding
• Wonders of the Solar System

Specials and miniseries

• Base Camp Moon - Returning to the moon, harvesting moon dust for oxygen/water, robotics (Robonaut), etc.
• Hawking - About the early work of British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
• Tank on the Moon - Concentrates on Russian attempts to launch an unmanned rover to the Moon before the successful American Apollo program.
• Prophets of Science Fiction - About the greatest sci-fi authors of all times.
• Science of Star Wars - Explains that the cutting edge technology of Star Wars might be useful and possible to invent in real life.
• Futurecar - The latest technology of today may be used to create cars and sometimes funny cars in the future.
• Perfect Disaster - Predicting violent natural disasters that could happen in the near future.
• What the Ancients Knew - Truly innovative inventions of the ancient world.
• Mars Rising - A six-part series on the possible future missions to mars.
• 2057 - Predictions on the future technology of the body, city, and the world.
• NextWorld - Predicting the future of the world, humanity, and life.
• Punkin Chunkin - A one-hour condensed version of the World Championship pumpkin chunking contest in Sussex County, Delaware. Traditionally aired on Thanksgiving.
• Dinosaur Revolution - A four-part miniseries on the natural history of dinosaurs. The last two episodes were planned to air on Discovery Channel, but a last-minute schedule change landed them on Science.

Upcoming

• Bugging Out - Sneak Preview October 19th

Former logos

• 

  Discovery Science Network

• 

  Discovery Science Channel - used from September 1999 to 2002

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  The Science Channel - used from 2002 to December 2007

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  Redesigned 'periodic table-style' Science Channel logo - used from December 2007 until June 8, 2011

• 

  Same as previous (used to denote HD programming)

• 

  logo used in south east asia

• 

  Science morph logo introduced June 9 2011 (along with name change to merely "Science")

See also

• List of documentary channels
• Discovery Science (UK)
• Discovery Science (Canada)

References

1. ^ "Discovery channels energy into expansion". The Washington Post. October 28, 1996. 
2. ^ "Discovery plans launch of four newly created nets". Multichannel News. November 21, 1994. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-16467630.html. 
3. ^ Science Channel Rebranding As Science Broadcasting & Cable April 5, 2011
4. ^ Kari Byron of MythBusters Hosts Head Rush on Science Channel Beginning August 23; press.discovery.com

External links

• Official website
• Discovery Science Europe
• Discovery Science Asia