Discovery Science (Asian TV channel)
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Discovery Science is a Southeast Asia pay television channel (excluding Malaysia, formerly including Malaysia) owned by Discovery Asia-Pacific. The channel replaced Discovery Sci-Trek. Discovery Science rebranded along with Travel Channel in Southeast Asia from 1 September 2021. Starting 15 September 2021, Astro will move the channel number of Discovery Science from 554 to 557. It is the first Learning channels to ceased broadcasting on Astro on 1 October 2021 due to a decision made following review of the channel performance and replaced by BBC Earth on 15 September 2021. Discovery Science will launch in Indonesia, on TransVision from 1 October 2021.
Logo used since 1 September 2021. | |
| Country | Singapore Philippines Thailand Indonesia Vietnam Australia China Taiwan Hong Kong Macau India |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Southeast Asia (except Malaysia & Thailand) Australia China Hong Kong Taiwan |
| Network | Science Channel (Since 1 September 2021) |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific |
| Sister channels | Discovery Channel Animal Planet TLC DMAX Discovery Kids Eve Discovery Asia |
| History | |
| Launched | 1998 (Discovery Sci-Trek) 2003 (Discovery Science) 1 October 2021 (Indonesia) |
| Closed | 1 March 2021 (SD feed, Malaysia) 1 October 2021 (HD feed, Malaysia) |
| Former names | Discovery Sci-Trek (1998-2003) |
A separate feed is run for India and other South Asian countries with timeshifted schedule and old 2011 branding.
Programming
- Bad Universe
- Best Of G.I. Factory
- Bone Detectives
- Catalyst
- Dark Matters: Twisted But True
- Deadliest Tech
- The Detonators
- Edge Of War
- Extreme Engineering
- Factory Made
- How Do They Do It?
- How It's Made?
- How Tech Work
- Industrial Revelations: Best Of British Engineering
- Junkies
- Junkyard Wars
- Massive Machines
- Mega Builders
- Mega Moves
- Moon Machines
- The New Inventors
- Oddities
- Prophets of Science Fiction
- SciTrek
- Some Assembly Required
- Stephen Hawking 2: The Grand Design
- Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman
- Triggers: Weapons That Changed The World
- Weaponizers
- Weaponology
- Weird Connections
- What You Can't See
Current feeds
China
Hong Kong
This channel was available on Cable TV Hong Kong, NowTV China and myTV Hong Kong.
Taiwan
Only available on CHT MOD.
Macau
Only available on Macau Cable TV.
Singapore
Only available on Singtel TV. Formerly available on StarHub TV
Philippines
Only Available on G Sat Channel 24.
Indonesia
From 1 October 2021, will launch in Indonesia, on TransVision.
India
Available on In Digital.
Defunct feeds
Malaysia
This channel was only available on Astro via channel 554. On 15 September 2021, it was moved from channel 554 to 557.
The Malaysian feed of Discovery Science closed on 1 October 2021, 30 daSy after Discovery Science rebranded in Southeast Asia due to bad reviews of channel performance and was replaced by BBC Earth on channel 554, which launched on 15 September 2021.