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Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. As of June 2012, Discovery Channel was the third most widely distributed subscription channel in the United States, behind now-sibling channel TBS and The Weather Channel;[2] it is available in 409 million households worldwide, through its U.S. flagship channel and its various owned or licensed television channels internationally.[3]

Discovery Channel
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersSilver Spring, Maryland
Programming
Language(s)
  • English
  • Spanish (with SAP)
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 480i letterbox for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery
ParentWarner Bros. Discovery Networks
Sister channels
History
LaunchedJune 17, 1985; 37 years ago (1985-06-17)[1]
Former namesThe Discovery Channel (1985–1995)
Links
Websitewww.discovery.com

It initially provided documentary television programming focused primarily on popular science, technology, and history, but by the 2010s had expanded into reality television and pseudo-scientific entertainment.[4][5][6]

As of September 2018, Discovery Channel is available to approximately 88,589,000 pay television households in the United States.[7]

History

John Hendricks founded the channel and its parent company, Cable Educational Network Inc., in 1982.[8] Several investors (including the BBC, Allen & Company and Venture America) raised $5 million in start-up capital to launch the network.

The Discovery Channel began broadcasting on June 17, 1985. It was initially available to 156,000 households and broadcast for 12 hours each day between 3 p.m. and 3 am. About 75 percent of its program content had never been broadcast on U.S. television before.[9] In its early years, the channel's focus centered on educational programming in the form of cultural and wildlife documentaries, and science and historical specials. It also broadcast some Soviet programming during this time, including the news program Vremya.[10] The channel also carried two teletext services over its VBI during this time, Infotext (offering news from the Associated Press, as well as information about agribusiness and agriculture, including commodity prices from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on a 15-minute delay), and Datavizion (offering trivia, strange news stories, games and a satellite TV guide); both services originated from WHA-TV in Madison, Wisconsin, and were run by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[11][12] In 1988, the channel premiered the nightly program World Monitor (produced by The Christian Science Monitor). Also in 1988, the channel debuted an annual programming stunt called Shark Week; the week-long event gained in popularity during the 1990s and continues to be shown each summer. By 1990, the channel was available in over 50 million households.[citation needed]

The channel began to shift its focus in the early 2000s to attract a broader audience, by incorporating more reality-based series focusing on automotive, occupations, and speculative investigation series; though the refocused programming strategy proved popular, Discovery Channel's ratings began to decline by the middle of the decade. The drop in viewership was widely attributed to an over-reliance on a few hit series, such as Monster Garage and American Chopper.[citation needed] Some critics[13] said such shows strayed from Discovery's intention of providing more educationally based shows aimed at helping viewers learn about the world around them. In 2005, Discovery changed its programming focus to include more popular science and historical themes.[14] The network's ratings eventually recovered in 2006.[15]

On January 4, 2006, Discovery Communications announced anchor Ted Koppel, executive producer Tom Bettag and eight other former staff members from the ABC newsmagazine Nightline were joining Discovery Channel. The network was nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards that year for shows including The Flight that Fought Back (a documentary about the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001) and Deadliest Catch (a reality series about a group of seafood fishermen).

In 2007, Discovery Channel's top series included the Emmy Award- and Peabody Award-winning Planet Earth, Dirty Jobs, MythBusters, and Deadliest Catch. Discovery Channel's 2008 lineup included Fight Quest and Smash Lab.[16]

On September 1, 2010, 43-year-old James Jay Lee entered the Discovery Communications headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, armed with a handgun. Lee fired at least one shot and held several employees hostage; he was later shot dead by police.[17][18] Lee had published criticisms of the network at Savetheplanetprotest.com.[18]

In December 2015, Discovery Communications launched its TV Everywhere service, Discovery Go, which features live and video-on-demand content from Discovery Channel and eight of its sister networks.[19]

Programming

Programming on the flagship Discovery Channel in the U.S. is primarily focused on reality television series, such as speculative investigation (with shows such as MythBusters, Unsolved History, and Best Evidence), automobiles, and occupations (such as Dirty Jobs and Deadliest Catch). A popular annual feature on the channel is Shark Week, which airs on Discovery during the summer months.[20]

Discovery has also featured documentaries specifically aimed at families and younger audiences. Other popular programs have included How It's Made, Cash Cab, and Man vs. Wild.

Discovery en Español

Discovery en Español
 
CountryUnited States
HeadquartersMiami, Florida, United States
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
History
Launched1998; 25 years ago (1998)
Links
Websitediscoveryenespañol.com
Availability
Streaming media
Fubo TVLive Stream

Discovery en Español is an American pay television channel that was launched as the Spanish-language version of the Discovery Channel. It is operated by the Latin American division of Warner Bros. Discovery International in Miami, Florida.

As of February 2015, approximately 6,476,000 American households (5.6% of households with television) receive Discovery en Español.[21]

Non-television ventures

Pro Cycling Team

Shortly before the 2004 Tour de France, Discovery Channel announced it would become the primary sponsor of a professional bicycling team starting in 2005, featuring the then-seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, whose wins were voided after he was proven to have cheated via doping. After the 2007 victory with the Spaniard Alberto Contador, Discovery Channel discontinued the cycling sponsorship.[22][23]

Discovery Channel Radio

Discovery Channel Radio was a radio network whose programming consisted of audio versions of popular programs from the Discovery Communications family of television channels. Discovery Channel Radio was previously carried by XM Satellite Radio, until its removal from the provider in early September 2005. Sirius Satellite Radio dropped Discovery Radio from its lineup on February 21, 2007; it was also carried on both of Canada's major satellite radio services.[citation needed]

Store

Discovery Channel lent its brand to retail stores in malls and other locations across America, and to an online store. The store's specialty products were educational gifts, videos, books, CD-ROMs and educational kits, most of which were manufactured with the Discovery Channel brand name.[citation needed]

The Discovery Channel stores first opened in 1995. By 1997, the chain had 17 US and 1 UK stores. At that time, the chain was building a flagship store in Washington, DC, with three levels themed to various environments—sea and underground, land and outer space, aviation and science—to be opened in February 1998, with another flagship store in San Francisco to be opened in November 1998.[24]

On May 17, 2007, Discovery Communications announced it would close its standalone and mall-based stores. Hudson Group will continue to operate the Discovery Channel Airport Stores, and the website remains in operation.[25]

Telescope

Discovery Channel funded the construction of the Lowell Discovery Telescope, in partnership with Lowell Observatory.[26]

Website

Discovery.com is the Discovery Channel's official website, which primarily provides information on the channel's programming and additional content, including games, tied to those shows.[citation needed]

Marketing and branding

 
The logo of Discovery Channel from 1987 to 1995.

The Discovery Channel's first logo was a television screen picturing a map of the world. For two decades, starting in 1987, the channel's logo incorporated the Discovery wordmark rendered in the Aurora Bold Condensed font with a circular shape in front of it. The circle usually took the form of a rising sun, or an animated version of the Vitruvian Man. Discovery Channel's previous slogans had been "Explore Your World" and "There's No Thrill Like Discovery." Keeping with its changing focus away from strictly educational programming toward reality TV, the slogan was changed in the early 2000s to "Entertain Your Brain".[citation needed]

In 1995, the channel's name was simplified to "Discovery Channel", dropping "The" from its name. A globe became a permanent part of the logo, and an underline was added to the bottom of the logo. During this time, the company started expanding and launched several new networks. Many of the sister networks used logo designs similar to the one used by Discovery, often incorporating the globe and using the same typeface. Networks that had logos based on Discovery's included Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Science, Discovery Wings and Discovery Home & Leisure.[citation needed]

With its shift to reality-driven programming in the 2000s, Discovery introduced the slogan "Let's All Discover", with promos featuring the line being completed with a phrase relevant to the program (such as for MythBusters, "...why no myth is safe.").[citation needed]

On March 31, 2008, Discovery unveiled a new logo, which took effect on-air on April 15, 2008 (coinciding with the fourth season premiere of Deadliest Catch). The new logo was designed by Viewpoint Creative, and integrated Discovery's long-time globe iconography into the "D" lettering of the wordmark, creating a monogram that was usable as a standalone icon. The launch was accompanied by a new advertising campaign, "The World is Just Awesome", which featured scenes of Discovery personalities singing an adapted version of the song "I Love the Mountains". Discovery Channel president John Ford explained that the campaign was intended to "showcase our earned place in the greater pop culture landscape".[27]

In August 2013 (coinciding with Shark Week), the aforementioned monogram became the main on-air logo as part of a new imaging campaign, "Grab Life By the Globe", which was designed to emphasize the channel's current focus on personality-driven programming. The logo was portrayed in promos with visual effects relevant to their respective program.[28]

On April 1, 2019, Discovery unveiled a new logo, maintaining a refreshed version of the previous globe and D monogram. The new branding is accompanied by another new imaging campaign, "The World is Ours", which features scenes of Discovery personalities singing the Blue Swede version of "Hooked on a Feeling". The static version of the globe icon uses a non-standard projection that shows all continents, reflecting Discovery's presence as an international brand.[29]

International

Discovery Channel reaches 431 million homes in 170 countries. Discovery Communications currently offers 29 network brands in 33 languages. In a number of countries, Discovery's channels are available on digital satellite platforms with multiple language soundtracks or subtitles including Spanish, German, Russian, Czech, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Turkish, Greek, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian, Arabic, Slovene, Japanese, Korean and Serbian. In 2011, a separate Tamil-language channel was launched. In Bulgaria, Discovery has, since 2000–2001, displayed Bulgarian subtitles by all cable providers and since 2010 – with Bulgarian dubbing for some shows.

Canada

The Canadian version of Discovery was established in 1995, and is currently owned by a joint venture between Bell Media (via the subsidiary CTV Specialty Television; ESPN Inc. is a minority partner in this subsidiary due its ties to sports channel TSN) and Discovery Inc.

The channel airs similar programming to its U.S. counterpart, but also airs domestically-produced programs to comply with local broadcasting regulations (which, in the past, included the daily science newsmagazine Daily Planet cancelled in 2018). Some of its original series (such as, most prominently, How It's Made) have been picked up in the U.S. by Discovery's sister networks (such as Science Channel), but others have not necessarily aired on Discovery's networks. Since 2018, the channel has increasingly aired blocks of fiction programming with science- or technology-oriented themes.

Europe

In the United Kingdom, Discovery Channel UK airs some common programs as the U.S. version, including MythBusters, American Chopper, How It's Made and Deadliest Catch. The channel is carried as a basic subscription channel on the SKYdigital satellite service and digital cable provider Virgin Media. Discovery UK also operates Discovery HD, Discovery Knowledge, Discovery Turbo, Discovery Science, Animal Planet, DMAX, Discovery Real Time, Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Travel & Leisure and Discovery Shed. Many of these channels also have timeshifted versions. In the Republic of Ireland, the UK version of Discovery Channel is available on most cable providers in that country, but with local advertisements.

In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Discovery Channel is part of the Premiere digital network and supplies specific programs to other networks like ZDF and kabel eins. Discovery Communications is also owner of the documentary-channel XXP. The channel was bought in the spring of 2006 from its former shareholders Spiegel TV and "dctp". All programs are dubbed into German. The channel is now known as "DMAX", presumably to associate the channel with Discovery.

In the Netherlands, the Discovery Channel is included on most cable, IPTV and DVB-T providers. Nearly all of the programs are broadcast in their original language, but they are subtitled in Dutch as is the policy of all Dutch television stations. Some programs and most promotions and program announcements have a Dutch voice-over. In Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, a Flemish Discovery Channel launched (previously the Dutch version was available for IPTV, DVB-C and DVB-S) on cable (and digital) television on October 1, 2009.

In Italy, the Discovery Channel (and HD) is distributed via satellite by Sky Italia as part of the documentary pack. In addition, Italy has four Discovery-branded channels: Discovery Science, Discovery Real Time, Discovery Animal Planet and Discovery Travel and Living.

In Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia and Slovenia, Discovery Channel is carried by most cable television and IPTV providers with all the content subtitled in the respective languages. Additionally, it is also available on digital satellite platforms in Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia (sometimes requiring an additional fee). In Poland, nc+ broadcasts the programs dubbed in Polish and in original English. A few other channels from Discovery are also in offer, like Discovery Historia, launched in cooperation with Polish broadcaster TVN, which later ended.

In Spain, the channel shares a schedule and programs with Portugal and is available on most satellite and cable platforms, making it possible to broadcast both in Spanish and Portuguese. In Spain, all programs are dubbed; whereas in Portugal, most of them are subtitled. In addition, Portugal has three Discovery-branded channels: Discovery Turbo (focusing on motorsports), Discovery Science (focusing on science and technology) and Discovery Civilization (focusing on historical events). These channels follow the same model as the original Discovery Channel, except for the absence of advertising. Spanish advertisements are broadcast on the Portuguese feed, non-subtitled or dubbed.

Australia and New Zealand

In Australia, the Discovery Channel is part of a six-channel package (not including timeshifts) on digital subscription television, available on Foxtel, Optus TV and AUSTAR.

In New Zealand, the Australian version of Discovery is broadcast on SKY Network Television.

Southeast Asia

In South East Asia, Discovery Channel is available on digital subscription television. Discovery Channel Asia still shows crime programs (such as Most Evil and The FBI Files). Many programs feature development and society in Asian countries, especially in India and China. Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore have other channels branched from the main Discovery Channel, including Discovery Turbo, Discovery Science, Discovery Home & Health and Discovery Travel & Living.

The Philippines has its own semifeed derived from the Southeast Asian channel, in which offers regional variations with local advertisements during the commercial breaks.

India

Discovery Channel was launched in 1998 in India broadcasting originally in English and Hindi. In June 2010, a Bengali audio track was added to the channel as well as a Telugu track in October 21 of that same year.[30][31] On August 15, 2011, a separate Tamil-language channel was launched[32] with an estimate audience of 10 million households.[33][34] Discovery recently launched Discovery Plus, a new streaming service for India priced at ₹300 per year, offering content in eight languages—English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Marathi.[35]

South Africa

In South Africa, Discovery Channel shares a schedule and programming with all of Africa, the Middle East and Turkey. Discovery Channel and sibling channels Discovery World, TLC,[36] Investigation Discovery and Animal Planet are available on the DStv/Multichoice platform.

Controversies

RFID

In August 2008, it was reported by The Consumerist that Discovery Channel had preempted an episode of MythBusters examining RFID security in regard to its implementation in credit cards before its original broadcast because the episode would upset credit card companies, who are major advertisers on Discovery Channel.[37] It was later determined that the decision not to investigate the issue was made by Beyond Productions, the MythBusters production company, and was not made by Discovery Channel or their advertising department.[38]

Enigmatic Malaysia

An ad promoting Enigmatic Malaysia, a special series on the network meant to highlight the cultural heritages of Malaysia, mistakenly featured Balinese Pendet dancers. This prompted outrage from Balinese dancers, who posted messages demanding that Malaysia apologize over the misinformation, which then sparked a series of street protests.[39] Further demands were made from the local governments, cultural historians and the tourism ministry in Indonesia for Malaysia to clarify the situation.[40] The Malaysian government reportedly offered an apology, which was rejected by the Indonesian tourism minister, since the apology was given informally by phone, the Indonesian tourism minister demanded a written apology to make it more accountable.[41]

Romanian RCS&RDS

In November 2012, the Romanian RCS&RDS, the largest company of its kind on the internal market, interrupted its carriage of Discovery Communications channels, including Discovery Channel. The CEO of Discovery Communications Mark Hollinger sent an open letter in his attempt to counteract the action of RCS&RDS, attracting the attention to the negation of the alleged right of the viewer to choose the viewed channels.[42] In turn, RCS&RDS issued a press statement accusing of hypocrisy Hollinger's discourse attentive at the needs of viewers and attracted attention to the fact that, during negotiations, the main preoccupations of the Discovery representatives was maintaining as high as possible tariffs and monetary gains”.[43]

After 4 years of absence, on December 30, 2016, the Discovery Channel and its sister channel TLC returned to the RCS&RDS CATV, IPTV and DTH networks.[44]

Eaten Alive

Eaten Alive was a television program in which wildlife filmmaker Paul Rosolie was purportedly going to be "eaten alive" by an anaconda. It aired on December 7, 2014.[45] When the special aired, the anaconda attacked Rosolie but did not swallow him, as its title had implied, prompting numerous complaints of a bait and switch.[46][47]

Naked and Afraid

Naked and Afraid is an active series that first premiered on June 23, 2013. One man and one woman are thrown alone into the wild with nothing and left to survive. Though the show blurs some of the bodies of the actors, they are fully naked which sparked a controversy and received critical reception. Focus on the Family's PluggedIn highlighted "that the show's near-constant nudity is simply impossible to ignore".[48] Parents Television Council, One Million Moms, and American Family Association have boycotted the network.[49]

See also

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External links

  • Official website

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This article is about the TV channel in the United States For other uses see Discovery Channel disambiguation Discovery Channel known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995 and often referred to as simply Discovery is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros Discovery a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav As of June 2012 update Discovery Channel was the third most widely distributed subscription channel in the United States behind now sibling channel TBS and The Weather Channel 2 it is available in 409 million households worldwide through its U S flagship channel and its various owned or licensed television channels internationally 3 Discovery ChannelCountryUnited StatesBroadcast areaNationwideHeadquartersSilver Spring MarylandProgrammingLanguage s English Spanish with SAP Picture format1080i HDTV downscaled to 480i letterbox for the SDTV feed OwnershipOwnerWarner Bros DiscoveryParentWarner Bros Discovery NetworksSister channelsList Adult Swim American Heroes Channel Animal Planet AT amp T SportsNet Boomerang Cartoon Network Cartoonito Cinemax CNN Cooking Channel The CW Destination America Discovery en Espanol Discovery Family Discovery Familia Discovery Life Food Network HBO HGTV HLN Investigation Discovery Magnolia Network Motor Trend Oprah Winfrey Network Science Channel TBS TLC TNT Travel Channel TruTV Turner Classic MoviesHistoryLaunchedJune 17 1985 37 years ago 1985 06 17 1 Former namesThe Discovery Channel 1985 1995 LinksWebsitewww wbr discovery wbr comIt initially provided documentary television programming focused primarily on popular science technology and history but by the 2010s had expanded into reality television and pseudo scientific entertainment 4 5 6 As of September 2018 update Discovery Channel is available to approximately 88 589 000 pay television households in the United States 7 Contents 1 History 2 Programming 3 Discovery en Espanol 4 Non television ventures 4 1 Pro Cycling Team 4 2 Discovery Channel Radio 4 3 Store 4 4 Telescope 4 5 Website 5 Marketing and branding 6 International 6 1 Canada 6 2 Europe 6 3 Australia and New Zealand 6 4 Southeast Asia 6 5 India 6 6 South Africa 7 Controversies 7 1 RFID 7 2 Enigmatic Malaysia 7 3 Romanian RCS amp RDS 7 4 Eaten Alive 7 5 Naked and Afraid 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistoryJohn Hendricks founded the channel and its parent company Cable Educational Network Inc in 1982 8 Several investors including the BBC Allen amp Company and Venture America raised 5 million in start up capital to launch the network The Discovery Channel began broadcasting on June 17 1985 It was initially available to 156 000 households and broadcast for 12 hours each day between 3 p m and 3 am About 75 percent of its program content had never been broadcast on U S television before 9 In its early years the channel s focus centered on educational programming in the form of cultural and wildlife documentaries and science and historical specials It also broadcast some Soviet programming during this time including the news program Vremya 10 The channel also carried two teletext services over its VBI during this time Infotext offering news from the Associated Press as well as information about agribusiness and agriculture including commodity prices from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on a 15 minute delay and Datavizion offering trivia strange news stories games and a satellite TV guide both services originated from WHA TV in Madison Wisconsin and were run by the University of Wisconsin Madison 11 12 In 1988 the channel premiered the nightly program World Monitor produced by The Christian Science Monitor Also in 1988 the channel debuted an annual programming stunt called Shark Week the week long event gained in popularity during the 1990s and continues to be shown each summer By 1990 the channel was available in over 50 million households citation needed The channel began to shift its focus in the early 2000s to attract a broader audience by incorporating more reality based series focusing on automotive occupations and speculative investigation series though the refocused programming strategy proved popular Discovery Channel s ratings began to decline by the middle of the decade The drop in viewership was widely attributed to an over reliance on a few hit series such as Monster Garage and American Chopper citation needed Some critics 13 said such shows strayed from Discovery s intention of providing more educationally based shows aimed at helping viewers learn about the world around them In 2005 Discovery changed its programming focus to include more popular science and historical themes 14 The network s ratings eventually recovered in 2006 15 On January 4 2006 Discovery Communications announced anchor Ted Koppel executive producer Tom Bettag and eight other former staff members from the ABC newsmagazine Nightline were joining Discovery Channel The network was nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards that year for shows including The Flight that Fought Back a documentary about the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 during the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001 and Deadliest Catch a reality series about a group of seafood fishermen In 2007 Discovery Channel s top series included the Emmy Award and Peabody Award winning Planet Earth Dirty Jobs MythBusters and Deadliest Catch Discovery Channel s 2008 lineup included Fight Quest and Smash Lab 16 On September 1 2010 43 year old James Jay Lee entered the Discovery Communications headquarters in Silver Spring Maryland armed with a handgun Lee fired at least one shot and held several employees hostage he was later shot dead by police 17 18 Lee had published criticisms of the network at Savetheplanetprotest com 18 In December 2015 Discovery Communications launched its TV Everywhere service Discovery Go which features live and video on demand content from Discovery Channel and eight of its sister networks 19 ProgrammingMain article List of Discovery Channel original programming Programming on the flagship Discovery Channel in the U S is primarily focused on reality television series such as speculative investigation with shows such as MythBusters Unsolved History and Best Evidence automobiles and occupations such as Dirty Jobs and Deadliest Catch A popular annual feature on the channel is Shark Week which airs on Discovery during the summer months 20 Discovery has also featured documentaries specifically aimed at families and younger audiences Other popular programs have included How It s Made Cash Cab and Man vs Wild Discovery en EspanolDiscovery en Espanol CountryUnited StatesHeadquartersMiami Florida United StatesProgrammingLanguage s SpanishPicture format1080i HDTV downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed HistoryLaunched1998 25 years ago 1998 LinksWebsitediscoveryenespanol wbr comAvailabilityStreaming mediaFubo TVLive StreamDiscovery en Espanol is an American pay television channel that was launched as the Spanish language version of the Discovery Channel It is operated by the Latin American division of Warner Bros Discovery International in Miami Florida As of February 2015 approximately 6 476 000 American households 5 6 of households with television receive Discovery en Espanol 21 Non television venturesPro Cycling Team Main article Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Shortly before the 2004 Tour de France Discovery Channel announced it would become the primary sponsor of a professional bicycling team starting in 2005 featuring the then seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong whose wins were voided after he was proven to have cheated via doping After the 2007 victory with the Spaniard Alberto Contador Discovery Channel discontinued the cycling sponsorship 22 23 Discovery Channel Radio Discovery Channel Radio was a radio network whose programming consisted of audio versions of popular programs from the Discovery Communications family of television channels Discovery Channel Radio was previously carried by XM Satellite Radio until its removal from the provider in early September 2005 Sirius Satellite Radio dropped Discovery Radio from its lineup on February 21 2007 it was also carried on both of Canada s major satellite radio services citation needed Store This article is about the US chain of stores For the former gadget store chain in the United Kingdom see The Discovery Store Discovery Channel lent its brand to retail stores in malls and other locations across America and to an online store The store s specialty products were educational gifts videos books CD ROMs and educational kits most of which were manufactured with the Discovery Channel brand name citation needed The Discovery Channel stores first opened in 1995 By 1997 the chain had 17 US and 1 UK stores At that time the chain was building a flagship store in Washington DC with three levels themed to various environments sea and underground land and outer space aviation and science to be opened in February 1998 with another flagship store in San Francisco to be opened in November 1998 24 On May 17 2007 Discovery Communications announced it would close its standalone and mall based stores Hudson Group will continue to operate the Discovery Channel Airport Stores and the website remains in operation 25 Telescope Main article Lowell Discovery Telescope Discovery Channel funded the construction of the Lowell Discovery Telescope in partnership with Lowell Observatory 26 Website Discovery com is the Discovery Channel s official website which primarily provides information on the channel s programming and additional content including games tied to those shows citation needed Marketing and branding The logo of Discovery Channel from 1987 to 1995 The Discovery Channel s first logo was a television screen picturing a map of the world For two decades starting in 1987 the channel s logo incorporated the Discovery wordmark rendered in the Aurora Bold Condensed font with a circular shape in front of it The circle usually took the form of a rising sun or an animated version of the Vitruvian Man Discovery Channel s previous slogans had been Explore Your World and There s No Thrill Like Discovery Keeping with its changing focus away from strictly educational programming toward reality TV the slogan was changed in the early 2000s to Entertain Your Brain citation needed In 1995 the channel s name was simplified to Discovery Channel dropping The from its name A globe became a permanent part of the logo and an underline was added to the bottom of the logo During this time the company started expanding and launched several new networks Many of the sister networks used logo designs similar to the one used by Discovery often incorporating the globe and using the same typeface Networks that had logos based on Discovery s included Animal Planet Travel Channel Discovery Science Discovery Wings and Discovery Home amp Leisure citation needed With its shift to reality driven programming in the 2000s Discovery introduced the slogan Let s All Discover with promos featuring the line being completed with a phrase relevant to the program such as for MythBusters why no myth is safe citation needed On March 31 2008 Discovery unveiled a new logo which took effect on air on April 15 2008 coinciding with the fourth season premiere of Deadliest Catch The new logo was designed by Viewpoint Creative and integrated Discovery s long time globe iconography into the D lettering of the wordmark creating a monogram that was usable as a standalone icon The launch was accompanied by a new advertising campaign The World is Just Awesome which featured scenes of Discovery personalities singing an adapted version of the song I Love the Mountains Discovery Channel president John Ford explained that the campaign was intended to showcase our earned place in the greater pop culture landscape 27 In August 2013 coinciding with Shark Week the aforementioned monogram became the main on air logo as part of a new imaging campaign Grab Life By the Globe which was designed to emphasize the channel s current focus on personality driven programming The logo was portrayed in promos with visual effects relevant to their respective program 28 On April 1 2019 Discovery unveiled a new logo maintaining a refreshed version of the previous globe and D monogram The new branding is accompanied by another new imaging campaign The World is Ours which features scenes of Discovery personalities singing the Blue Swede version of Hooked on a Feeling The static version of the globe icon uses a non standard projection that shows all continents reflecting Discovery s presence as an international brand 29 InternationalDiscovery Channel reaches 431 million homes in 170 countries Discovery Communications currently offers 29 network brands in 33 languages In a number of countries Discovery s channels are available on digital satellite platforms with multiple language soundtracks or subtitles including Spanish German Russian Czech Hindi Tamil Telugu Bengali Dutch Portuguese Italian Norwegian Swedish Danish Finnish Turkish Greek Polish Hungarian Romanian Arabic Slovene Japanese Korean and Serbian In 2011 a separate Tamil language channel was launched In Bulgaria Discovery has since 2000 2001 displayed Bulgarian subtitles by all cable providers and since 2010 with Bulgarian dubbing for some shows Canada Main article Discovery Canada The Canadian version of Discovery was established in 1995 and is currently owned by a joint venture between Bell Media via the subsidiary CTV Specialty Television ESPN Inc is a minority partner in this subsidiary due its ties to sports channel TSN and Discovery Inc The channel airs similar programming to its U S counterpart but also airs domestically produced programs to comply with local broadcasting regulations which in the past included the daily science newsmagazine Daily Planet cancelled in 2018 Some of its original series such as most prominently How It s Made have been picked up in the U S by Discovery s sister networks such as Science Channel but others have not necessarily aired on Discovery s networks Since 2018 the channel has increasingly aired blocks of fiction programming with science or technology oriented themes Europe Main article Discovery Channel Europe In the United Kingdom Discovery Channel UK airs some common programs as the U S version including MythBusters American Chopper How It s Made and Deadliest Catch The channel is carried as a basic subscription channel on the SKYdigital satellite service and digital cable provider Virgin Media Discovery UK also operates Discovery HD Discovery Knowledge Discovery Turbo Discovery Science Animal Planet DMAX Discovery Real Time Discovery Home amp Health Discovery Travel amp Leisure and Discovery Shed Many of these channels also have timeshifted versions In the Republic of Ireland the UK version of Discovery Channel is available on most cable providers in that country but with local advertisements In Germany Austria and Switzerland Discovery Channel is part of the Premiere digital network and supplies specific programs to other networks like ZDF and kabel eins Discovery Communications is also owner of the documentary channel XXP The channel was bought in the spring of 2006 from its former shareholders Spiegel TV and dctp All programs are dubbed into German The channel is now known as DMAX presumably to associate the channel with Discovery In the Netherlands the Discovery Channel is included on most cable IPTV and DVB T providers Nearly all of the programs are broadcast in their original language but they are subtitled in Dutch as is the policy of all Dutch television stations Some programs and most promotions and program announcements have a Dutch voice over In Flanders the Dutch speaking part of Belgium a Flemish Discovery Channel launched previously the Dutch version was available for IPTV DVB C and DVB S on cable and digital television on October 1 2009 In Italy the Discovery Channel and HD is distributed via satellite by Sky Italia as part of the documentary pack In addition Italy has four Discovery branded channels Discovery Science Discovery Real Time Discovery Animal Planet and Discovery Travel and Living In Bulgaria Czech Republic Croatia Hungary Poland Romania Slovakia Serbia and Slovenia Discovery Channel is carried by most cable television and IPTV providers with all the content subtitled in the respective languages Additionally it is also available on digital satellite platforms in Czech Republic Poland and Slovakia sometimes requiring an additional fee In Poland nc broadcasts the programs dubbed in Polish and in original English A few other channels from Discovery are also in offer like Discovery Historia launched in cooperation with Polish broadcaster TVN which later ended In Spain the channel shares a schedule and programs with Portugal and is available on most satellite and cable platforms making it possible to broadcast both in Spanish and Portuguese In Spain all programs are dubbed whereas in Portugal most of them are subtitled In addition Portugal has three Discovery branded channels Discovery Turbo focusing on motorsports Discovery Science focusing on science and technology and Discovery Civilization focusing on historical events These channels follow the same model as the original Discovery Channel except for the absence of advertising Spanish advertisements are broadcast on the Portuguese feed non subtitled or dubbed Australia and New Zealand Main article Discovery Channel Australia and New Zealand In Australia the Discovery Channel is part of a six channel package not including timeshifts on digital subscription television available on Foxtel Optus TV and AUSTAR In New Zealand the Australian version of Discovery is broadcast on SKY Network Television Southeast Asia Main article Discovery Channel Southeast Asia In South East Asia Discovery Channel is available on digital subscription television Discovery Channel Asia still shows crime programs such as Most Evil and The FBI Files Many programs feature development and society in Asian countries especially in India and China Thailand Malaysia and Singapore have other channels branched from the main Discovery Channel including Discovery Turbo Discovery Science Discovery Home amp Health and Discovery Travel amp Living The Philippines has its own semifeed derived from the Southeast Asian channel in which offers regional variations with local advertisements during the commercial breaks India Main article Discovery Channel India Discovery Channel was launched in 1998 in India broadcasting originally in English and Hindi In June 2010 a Bengali audio track was added to the channel as well as a Telugu track in October 21 of that same year 30 31 On August 15 2011 a separate Tamil language channel was launched 32 with an estimate audience of 10 million households 33 34 Discovery recently launched Discovery Plus a new streaming service for India priced at 300 per year offering content in eight languages English Hindi Tamil Telugu Malayalam Kannada Bengali and Marathi 35 South Africa In South Africa Discovery Channel shares a schedule and programming with all of Africa the Middle East and Turkey Discovery Channel and sibling channels Discovery World TLC 36 Investigation Discovery and Animal Planet are available on the DStv Multichoice platform ControversiesRFID In August 2008 it was reported by The Consumerist that Discovery Channel had preempted an episode of MythBusters examining RFID security in regard to its implementation in credit cards before its original broadcast because the episode would upset credit card companies who are major advertisers on Discovery Channel 37 It was later determined that the decision not to investigate the issue was made by Beyond Productions the MythBusters production company and was not made by Discovery Channel or their advertising department 38 Enigmatic Malaysia Main article 2009 Pendet controversy An ad promoting Enigmatic Malaysia a special series on the network meant to highlight the cultural heritages of Malaysia mistakenly featured Balinese Pendet dancers This prompted outrage from Balinese dancers who posted messages demanding that Malaysia apologize over the misinformation which then sparked a series of street protests 39 Further demands were made from the local governments cultural historians and the tourism ministry in Indonesia for Malaysia to clarify the situation 40 The Malaysian government reportedly offered an apology which was rejected by the Indonesian tourism minister since the apology was given informally by phone the Indonesian tourism minister demanded a written apology to make it more accountable 41 Romanian RCS amp RDS In November 2012 the Romanian RCS amp RDS the largest company of its kind on the internal market interrupted its carriage of Discovery Communications channels including Discovery Channel The CEO of Discovery Communications Mark Hollinger sent an open letter in his attempt to counteract the action of RCS amp RDS attracting the attention to the negation of the alleged right of the viewer to choose the viewed channels 42 In turn RCS amp RDS issued a press statement accusing of hypocrisy Hollinger s discourse attentive at the needs of viewers and attracted attention to the fact that during negotiations the main preoccupations of the Discovery representatives was maintaining as high as possible tariffs and monetary gains 43 After 4 years of absence on December 30 2016 the Discovery Channel and its sister channel TLC returned to the RCS amp RDS CATV IPTV and DTH networks 44 Eaten Alive Eaten Alive was a television program in which wildlife filmmaker Paul Rosolie was purportedly going to be eaten alive by an anaconda It aired on December 7 2014 45 When the special aired the anaconda attacked Rosolie but did not swallow him as its title had implied prompting numerous complaints of a bait and switch 46 47 Naked 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