Discovery Travel & Living (UK & Ireland)

Discovery Travel & Living

Launched	1998
Owned by	Discovery Networks Western Europe
Audience share	0.0% (June 2011, BARB)
Formerly called	Discovery Travel & Adventure (1998-2005)
Sister channel(s)	Animal Planet Discovery Channel Discovery HD Discovery History Discovery Home & Health Discovery Real Time Discovery Science Discovery Shed Discovery Turbo DMAX Investigation Discovery Quest
Availability
Satellite
Sky	Channel 265
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 273
UPC Ireland	Channel 210
Smallworld Cable	Channel 211

Discovery Travel & Living (UK & Ireland) is a TV channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland and is a channel from Discovery Networks Western Europe. Discovery Travel & Living was launched as Discovery Travel & Adventure in 1998. In early 2005, it was repositioned and rebranded as Discovery Travel & Living as a part of a "lifestyle" package from Discovery Communications, also including Discovery Home & Health and Discovery Real Time.

Nowadays, much of the schedule is taken up by programmes about real estate, most notably A Place in the Sun and its spinoffs, as well as House Doctor.

A one hour timeshifted version named Discovery Travel & Living +1 launched on Sky on 24 November 2008.^[1] The timeshift channel closed on 20 January 2009 to make way for the launch of Investigation Discovery.

References

^ "Simply replaces Baby Channel with Simply Movies". The Airwaves. November 25, 2008. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110724094204/http://www.theairwaves.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3558&Itemid=39.

External links

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Cinema

Production companies and studios	Aardman Animations • BBC Films • British Lion Films • Ealing Studios • Film4 Productions • Goldcrest Films • Hammer Film Productions • HandMade Films • The Pinewood Studios Group (Pinewood Studios • Shepperton Studios) • Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden • Working Title Films

Newspapers, magazines and other periodicals

Newspapers

National	Berliner: The Guardian • The Observer • Broadsheet: Financial Times • The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph • The Sunday Times • Compact: i • The Independent, The Independent on Sunday • The Times • Middle-market: Daily Express, Sunday Express • Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday • Tabloid: Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror • Morning Star • The People • Daily Star, Daily Star Sunday • The Sun • Sunday Sport

Regional and local	Local newspapers in England • Regional newspapers in England • Newspapers in Northern Ireland • Newspapers in Scotland • Newspapers in Wales

Other resources	Canary Wharf • Defunct newspapers • Editors • Fleet Street • History • Journalists • Specialist newspapers • List by circulation

Magazines and
other periodicals

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Radio

National stations

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Commercial	Analogue/digital: Absolute Radio • Classic FM • Talksport • Digital: Absolute 80s • Absolute Radio 90s • Absolute Radio Extra • Amazing Radio • BFBS Radio • Digital One (multiplex) • Jazz FM • Planet Rock • Premier Christian Radio • Smooth Radio UK • UCB UK

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Other stations

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Facilities and
places

Broadcasting House • MediaCityUK

Other resources

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Television

Principal channels

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BSkyB	Digital: Challenge • Pick TV • Sky1 • Sky2 • Sky 3D • Sky Arts • Sky Atlantic • Sky Betting and Gaming • Sky Living • Sky Livingit • Sky Living Loves • Sky Movies • Sky Movies Box Office • Sky News • Sky Sports • Sky Sports F1 • Sky Sports News

Channel 4	Analogue/digital: Channel 4 • Digital: E4 • Film4 • More4 • S4C

Channel 5	Analogue/digital: Channel 5 • Digital: 5* • 5USA

Discovery	Digital: Animal Planet • Discovery Channel • Discovery History • Discovery Home & Health • Discovery Real Time • Discovery Science • Discovery Shed • Discovery Travel & Living • Discovery Turbo • DMAX • Investigation Discovery • Quest • HD: Discovery HD

ITV Network	Analogue/digital: ITV (ITV1 • STV • UTV • Channel Television) • Digital: ITV2 • ITV3 • ITV4 • CITV

UKTV	Digital: Alibi • Blighty • Dave • Eden • GOLD • Good Food • Home • Really • Watch • Yesterday

Services and
platforms

Facilities and
places

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Other resources

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Companies and organisations

Companies

Major companies	Aegis Group • Archant • BBC (BBC Worldwide) • Bloomsbury Publishing • British Sky Broadcasting • BT Group • Channel 4 • Chime Communications • Chrysalis Group • Daily Mail and General Trust • Economist Group • EMAP • EMI Group • Endemol UK • Global Radio • Guardian Media Group • Haymarket Group • Informa • IPC Media • ITN • ITV • Johnston Press • Mecom Group • News International • Newsquest • Northern & Shell • Pearson (Penguin Group • Pearson Education) • Press Holdings • Reed Elsevier • Reuters • STV Group • Syco • TalkTalk • Trinity Mirror • UBM • UTV Media • Virgin Media • WPP • Yell Group

Other resources	Broadcasting companies • Defunct media companies • Publishing companies (List of largest UK book publishers) • Record labels

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museums

BBC Academy • National Film and Television School • National Media Museum

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Student media	Student television

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