Discovery World (TV channel)

Discovery World

Launched	1998
Network	Discovery Networks Benelux
Owned by	Discovery Networks International Discovery Communications
Picture format	576i 4:3 SDTV (PAL)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Broadcast area	Western Europe Northern Europe
Headquarters	London, UK
Formerly called	Discovery Civilisation Channel (1998-2008)
Replaced by	DTX (Eastern Europe) Discovery Family (Middle East and Africa)
Sister channel(s)	Animal Planet Discovery Discovery Home & Health Discovery Historia Discovery History DMAX Spain Discovery Real Time Discovery Science Discovery Shed Discovery Travel & Living Europe Discovery Turbo DMAX Germany, Austria, Switzerland & Liechtenstein DMAX United Kingdom & Ireland Investigation Discovery Quest TLC Netherlands
Availability
Satellite
OSN (MENA)	Channel 502 (SD)
Cable
Ziggo Netherlands	Channel 203
CAIW Netherlands	Channel 112
Kabel Noord Netherlands	Channel 254
Delta NV Netherlands	Channel 353
CAI Harderwijk Netherlands	Channel 134
Stichting Kabelnet Veendam Netherlands	Channel 75
IPTV
Glashart Media Netherlands	Channel 63
KPN Netherlands	Channel 110
Streaming media
Ziggo GO	ZiggoGO.tv (Netherlands only)

Discovery World is a European television channel which features programming in the fields of travel, culture and history. Discovery World offers a mix of history, culture, real-life stories, investigation, mystery shows, factual series and documentaries. Its programming is mainly in English and locally subtitled or dubbed. In some countries the advertisements and announcements between programs are localized.

History

In Europe the channel started as Discovery Civilisation, also called Discovery Civilisation Channel, in the UK in 1998 and later followed by other European countries.^[1] Discovery Civilisation focused on history-related programs. On April 18, 2008, the channel changed its name into Discovery World and extended its program lineup to also include programs about culture, crime and "mysterious phenomena".^[2]^[3]^[4]

Logos

Original logo (1998-2003).
Logo used from 2003 until 2008.
Current logo (2008 to present).

Programming

Prototype This!
NextWorld
Amazing Medical Stories
Discovery Atlas
Dr. G: Medical Examiner
Everest: Beyond the Limit
Final 24
Monarchy
More Industrial Revelations Europe
Most Evil
Weaponology
Polish Mountaineers in the Himalayas
Polish Socialist Films - From the Archives of WFO
Crime Investigations
Biographies
Psychic Witness
Survivorman
Zero Hour

References

↑ "Which TV channels were on sky digital at launch ?". Digital Spy Forums. January 2, 2011.
↑ "DNI Fast Facts: EMEA" (PDF). Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
↑ "Kanalbyte hos Discovery". Resumé. April 18, 2008.
↑ Jan-Hein Visser (April 17, 2008). "Discovery Civilisation wordt Discovery World". Totaal TV.

External links

Netherlands

Discovery Communications
Ownership	Discovery Communications, Inc.; affiliated with Advance Publications; and John S. Hendricks, the Company's Founder and Chairman
United States and Canadian Channels	American Heroes Animal Planet Destination America Discovery Discovery en Español Discovery Familia (U.S. Spanish) Discovery Family Discovery Life Investigation Discovery Canada (licensed) Oprah Winfrey Network Canada (licensed) Science TLC Velocity Discovery Digital Networks
CTV Specialty TV (Canada)	Animal Planet Discovery Discovery Science Discovery Velocity
Asia-Pacific	Animal Planet Asia Australia and New Zealand India Discovery Asia Australia and New Zealand India Philippines Discovery Asia Discovery Kids Asia Australia Discovery Science Discovery Turbo Australia India New Zealand DMAX Eurosport 1 Eurosport News Eve Food TV (New Zealand) Investigation Discovery (India) Living Channel (New Zealand) Setanta Sports Asia TLC Asia Australia and New Zealand India Philippines TLC HD World
Benelux	Animal Planet Discovery Discovery HD Showcase Discovery Science Discovery World Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 Investigation Discovery TLC
Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA)	Animal Planet Europe, Middle East & Africa Germany Poland Turkey Discovery Africa Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein Hungary Middle East Poland Romania Russia Turkey Discovery Family Discovery Life (Poland) Discovery Showcase HD Discovery Historia (Poland) Discovery Science Discovery Travel & Living DKids DLife DMAX Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein MENA DTX Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 Eurosport News Fatafeat IDX Investigation Discovery Metro (Poland) Quest Arabiya TLC Germany Poland
Latin America/U.S. Hispanic	Animal Planet Discovery Discovery Civilization Discovery Home & Health Discovery Kids Discovery Science Discovery Theater Discovery Turbo Discovery World Investigação Discovery (Brazil) Investigation Discovery Mega (Chile) TLC
Nordic	6'eren (Denmark) Animal Planet Canal 9 (Denmark) Discovery Denmark Finland Norway Sweden Discovery Science Discovery World Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 FEM (Norway) Frii (Finland) Investigation Discovery Kanal 4 (Denmark) Kanal 5 Denmark Sweden Kanal 9 (Sweden) Kanal 11 (Sweden) Kutonen (Finland) Max (Norway) TLC (Sweden) TV5 (Finland) TVNorge (Norway) VOX (Norway)
Southern Europe	Animal Planet (Italy) Discovery France Italy Portugal Discovery Travel & Living (Italy) Discovery Science France Italy DKiss (Spain) DMAX Italy Spain Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 Eurosport News Focus (Italy) Frisbee (Italy) Giallo (Italy) Investigation Discovery (France) Discovery Family (France) K2 (Italy) NOVE (Italy) Real Time (Italy) Vivolta^JV (France)
UK and Ireland	Animal Planet Discovery Discovery History Discovery Home & Health Discovery Science Discovery Turbo Discovery World DMAX Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 Investigation Discovery Quest Quest Red TLC
Other	"I Love the World"
Former	3net Canal 8 Sport Discovery Channel Radio Discovery Geschichte Discovery Health Channel Discovery Home & Health Southeast Asia Discovery Kids Canada Discovery Kids United Kingdom Discovery Kids on NBC Discovery People Discovery Real Time France Discovery Real Time UK and Ireland Discovery Travel & Living UK and Ireland Discovery Turbo Asia Discovery Wings Eurosport 2 Xtra Eurosport DK FitTV Fyi Canada GXT HowStuffWorks Ready Set Learn! SBS Radio Nordic Travel Channel PixL

Television in the Netherlands
NPO	NPO 1 NPO 2 NPO 3 NPO 101 NPO Best NPO Cultura NPO Nieuws NPO Politiek NPO Sport NPO Zapp Xtra BVN^{[gl 1]}
RTL	RTL 4 RTL 5 RTL 7 RTL 8 RTL Z RTL Crime RTL Lounge RTL Telekids
Talpa	NET 5^{[gl 2]} SBS 6^{[gl 2]} TV 538^{[gl 3]} SBS 9^{[gl 2]} Veronica^{[gl 2]}
Fox	24Kitchen BabyTV^{[gl 4]} Fox^{[gl 5]} Fox Sports^{[gl 5]} Fox Sports Eredivisie^{[gl 5]} Fox Sports International^{[gl 5]} National Geographic Nat Geo Wild Sky News^{[gl 4]}
Viacom	Comedy Central Comedy Central Family^{[gl 6]} Comedy Central Extra MTV MTV Brand New MTV Live HD MTV Music 24 Nickelodeon Nick Jr. Nick Music Nick Toons Spike VH1 Europe VH1 Classic Europe
Discovery	Animal Planet Discovery Discovery Science Discovery World Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 Investigation Discovery TLC
Disney-ABC	Crime & Investigation Network^{[gl 7]} Disney XD Disney Channel Disney Junior History^{[gl 7]} Viceland ^{[gl 7]}
AMC	AMC CBS Reality^{[gl 8]} Extreme Sports Channel JimJam Outdoor Channel^{[gl 9]} ShortsTV^{[gl 10]}
Turner	Boomerang Cartoon Network CNN International
Ziggo	Ziggo Sport Ziggo Sport Totaal Ziggo Sport Select Ziggo Sport Voetbal Ziggo Sport Golf Ziggo Sport Racing Ziggo Sport Extra 1 and 2 Ziggo TV
NBCUniversal	CNBC Europe E! Euronews^{[gl 11]}
Sony	Film1 Premiere Film1 Action Film1 Family Film1 Drama Film1 Sundance
Stingray Digital	Stingray Brava Stingray Djazz Stingray iConcerts Stingray Lite TV
Scripps	Fine Living Food Network Travel Channel
MuziekKiosk	Nashville TV SchlagerTV TV Oranje
VRT	één Canvas Ketnet
BBC	BBC One BBC Two BBC Four CBBC Cbeebies BBC First BBC Entertainment BBC World News
ARD/ZDF	Das Erste ZDF NDR Fernsehen WDR Fernsehen
Regional	AT5 L1 TV NH Omroep Brabant TV Omroep Flevoland TV Omroep Zeeland TV Omrop Fryslân TV RTV Drenthe RTV Noord RTV Oost RTV Rijnmond RTV Utrecht TV Gelderland TV West
Other	100% NL TV 192TV DanceTrippin TV Family 7 FashionTV Motorsport.tv ONS OutTV Pebble TV RTV-7 Slam!TV Xite
International channels	Al Jazeera English Arte CGTN Mediaset Italia Mezzo TV RTL Sat.1 TRT Türk TV5MONDE TVE Internacional
Defunct	13th Street Universal Adventure One The Box The Box Comedy Canal+ Consumenten 24 Discovery Travel & Living ESPN America ESPN Classic Euro 7 Family 24 Film1 Festival Filmnet Fox 8 Fox Kids Fox Life Geschiedenis 24 Het Gesprek Hallmark Channel HBO 1/2/3 Jetix Kindernet MGM Channel NBC Super Channel NostalgieNet NPO Doc NPO Humor TV RTL-Véronique Spirit 24 Sport1 Sport 7 Sterren 24 SuperSport Syfy TCM/TNT Classic Movies TMF TMF Dance TMF NL TMF Pure TNT Talpa/Tien TV10 TV10 Gold V8 Vesta TV Weer en Verkeer Yorin Zone Club Zone Horror Zone Reality
↑ a joint venture with VRT 1 2 3 4 through SBS Broadcasting B.V. ↑ a joint venture with Telegraaf Media Groep 1 2 distributed by Fox Networks Group Europe 1 2 3 4 through Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV, a joint venture with Eredivisie CV, Endemol and KNVB ↑ a joint venture with Endemol 1 2 3 through A&E Networks UK, a joint venture with Sky plc ↑ a joint venture with CBS ↑ a joint venture with Outdoor Channel Holdings Inc. ↑ a joint venture with Shorts International ↑ Media Globe Networks (53%), NBCUniversal News Group (25%) and European public broadcasters (22%)

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