Discovery Turbo
| Discovery Turbo | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched |
19 May 2005 (Portugal and Latin America) 1 March 2007 (United Kingdom) September 22, 2008 (Asia and Australia) |
| Closed |
7 July 2014 (Asia except Australia) 4 August 2014 (Portugal) |
| Owned by | Discovery Networks Western Europe |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) |
| Audience share |
UK: 0.1% (September 2014, BARB) |
| Formerly called |
Discovery Wings Discovery Kids |
| Replaced by | DMAX Asia |
| Sister channel(s) | Discovery Channel |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Sky (UK and Ireland) | Channel 524 |
| DirecTV | Channel 736 |
| Movistar Colombia (Colombia) | Channel 360 |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 221 |
| Smallworld Cable (UK) | Channel 523 |
| WightFibre (UK) | Channel 81 |
| Foxtel (Australia) |
Channel 634 (Discovery Turbo MAX, HD Digital) Channel 635 (Discovery Turbo MAX +2, HD Digital) |
| Conexion digital express (Bogotá and Kennedy, Colombia) | Channel 49 (Digital) |
| HV televisión (Bogotá and Soacha, Colombia) | Channel 42 (Digital) |
| FJ CableTV Bogotá Fibra Optica (Colombia) | Channel 95 (Digital - Standard and Premium) |
| Cablevisión (Argentina) | Channel 111 (Digital) |
| Claro Colombia (Colombia) | Channel 313 (Digital) |
| IPTV | |
| Claro TV (Dominican Republic) | Channel 310 |
| Streaming media | |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
Discovery Turbo (known as Discovery Turbo MAX in Australia) is a television channel devoted to programming about transport.
History
It launched on 1 March 2007, replacing Discovery Wings and Discovery Kids.[1]
The original logo from March 1, 2007 to September 30, 2011 for UK and Latin America except in Asia and Australia on July 7, 2014.
It also launched in Asia and Australia in 2008, available formerly on SelecTV until the closure of its English service in late 2010.[2][3]
It was officially announced that Discovery Turbo Asia ends its broadcast on July 7, 2014 at 5:59 am as rebranded to DMAX Asia starting at 6:00 am as the same day.
It was also briefly available as an on-demand service in the US in the late 2000s.
Discovery Turbo MAX in Australia
In Australia, the channel is known as Discovery Turbo MAX, with similar branding and content to other Discovery Turbo channels around the world. It launched on 15 November 2009. It also has a timeshift channel called Discovery Turbo MAX +2, which is simply are two hour delayed version of the main channel. It is exclusively available to Foxtel subscribers.
Programmes on Discovery Turbo
U.K. and Ireland
- A Bike is Born
- A Racing Car is Born
- American Chopper
- Auto Trader
- Delboy's Garage
- Bangla Bangers
- Beetle Crisis
- British Biker Build-Off
- Campervan Crisis
- Car That Rocks with Brian Johnson
- Chasing Classic Cars
- Chop Shop: London Garage
- Desert Car Kings
- Fast N' Loud
- Fifth Gear
- The Garage
- The Great Biker Build-Off
- Inside West Coast Customs
- Martin Shaw: Aviators
- Monster Garage
- Overhaulin'
- Street Customs
- Thunder Races
- Warlock's Rising
- World's Toughest Drive
- Wreck Rescue
Asia (2008–2014) and Australia
- A Bike is Born
- The AA Torque Show
- Air Dogs
- Airplane Repo
- American Icon: The Hot Rod
- American Chopper
- American Hot Rod
- American Trucker
- Auto Trader
- Bangla Bangers
- Beetle Crisis
- Biker Build-Off
- British Biker Build-Off
- Campervan Crisis
- Car Chasers
- Car Crazy Central
- Car Science
- Carfellas
- Chasing Classic Cars
- Chop Shop: London Garage
- Classic Car Club
- Dallas Car Sharks
- Desert Car Kings
- Drift Style
- Engineering The World Rally
- Extreme Car Hoarders
- Extreme Machines
- FantomWorks
- Fast N' Loud
- Fifth Gear
- FlightPathTV
- Flying Heavy Metal
- The Garage
- Getting Afloat
- The Great Biker Build-Off
- Hard Shine
- Heartland Thunder
- High Tech Rednecks
- I Could Do That
- In a Fix
- Inside West Coast Customs
- Kit: An Autobody Experience
- Kustomizer'
- Last Car Standing
- Martin Shaw: Aviators
- Mean Green Machines
- Million Dollar Auctions
- Motor City Motors
- Monster Garage
- Off Limits
- Off The Road
- Overhaulin'
- Patrick Dempsey: Racing to Le Mans
- Pit Crews
- Playing Parking Only
- Racer Girls
- Railroad Alaska
- Redline TV
- Restoration Garage
- Retro Car Kings
- Rides
- The Road to Le Mans
- The Secret Club of Speed
- The Secret Life of Formula One
- Street Customs
- Top Marques
- Thunder Races
- Trick My Truck
- Trick My What?
- Twist the Throttle
- Ultimate Biker Challenge
- Ultimate Car Build-Off
- Unique Whips: Special Edition
- What's in the Barn?
- Wheeler Dealers
- Wreck Rescue
- Wrecked
- Wrecks to Riches
Latin America
- A Bike is Born
- American Chopper
- American Hot Rod
- Auto Trader
- Beetle Crisis
- Campervan Crisis
- Chasing Classic Cars
- Concorde: The Final Flight
- Destroyed in Seconds
- The Detonators
- Engineering Le Mans
- Extreme Machines
- Firepower
- Flight Deck
- Flying Heavy Metal
- Futureweapons
- The Garage
- The Great Biker Build-Off
- The Greatest Ever
- Hard Shine
- Heartland Thunder
- Hyperspeed
- Kit Car Crisis
- Los CARvotta
- Marine Machines
- Mark Williams On The Rails
- Martin Shaw: Aviators
- Monster Garage
- Overhaulin'
- Racer Girls
- Robocars
- Sunrides Earth
- Trainspotting
- Trains With Pete Waterman
- Ultimate Biker Challenge
- Ultimate Car Build-Off
- Vroom Vroom
- Warbots
- Weaponology
- Weaponizers
- Weeeee Cars
- Weird Wheels
- What's My Car Worth?
- Wheeler Dealers
- World's Biggest Airliner: Building The Airbus A380
- Wrecks to Riches
External links
References
- ↑ "Discovery Goes Into Turbo Mode!". MediaWeek. 7 October 2008.
- ↑ Addington, Tim (15 March 2007). "SelecTV adds five Discovery channels to platform". B&T Weekly. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
- ↑ Chessell, James (20 August 2010). "Bruce Gordon's SelecTV to make changes". The Australian. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
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