DTX (TV channel)

DTX

Broadcast area	Current: Poland Former: Albania, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia and CIS, Ukraine, Turkey, MENA
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Sister channels	List Animal Planet Discovery Channel Discovery Science Food Network Investigation Discovery TLC Travel Channel
History
Launched	17 September 2013;11 years ago (2013-09-17) (Poland) 1 April 2016;8 years ago (2016-04-01) (Middle East)
Replaced	Discovery World
Closed	5 January 2024;13 months ago (2024-01-05) (EMEA)
Former names	Discovery Turbo Xtra (2013–2016)

DTX (previously known as Discovery Turbo Xtra) is a television channel focused on programming about cars available in Poland and owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. It is a version of Discovery Turbo. A pan-regional feed was also available in most of EMEA region from 2015 until it ceased broadcasting in January 2024. ^[1]

Discovery Turbo Xtra Logo (2013-2016)

The channel was launched as Discovery Turbo Xtra to replace the European version of Discovery World, with the first launch in Poland on 17 September 2013. ^[2] The channel roll-out in 2015 in Albania and in 2016 in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Baltics, Russia, CIS, Ukraine, Turkey and MENA. In the Middle East, it was launched on 1 April 2016 on beIN Network. ^[3] A few months later the network was rebranded worldwide as DTX.

On 9 March 2022, Discovery Inc. pulled their channels from the Russian market after the nation's invasion of Ukraine. ^[4]

DTX and Discovery Science ceased operations in all EMEA markets except Poland on 31 December 2023, with complete network shutdowns by January 2024. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

References

1. "Intrekking toestemming DTX – pan regional (12 omroepdiensten)" [Withdrawal of permission for DTX – pan regional (12 broadcasting services)] (in Dutch). Commissariaat voor de Media. 9 November 2023. Archived from the original on 5 January 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
2. wirtualnemedia (9 December 2019). "Koniec Discovery World, rusza Discovery Turbo Xtra. "Ma przyciągnąć młodych mężczyzn"".
3. beIN Partners With Discovery Communications To Launch Six New Channels In The Region
4. "WarnerMedia and Discovery join the stampede of businesses leaving Russia". CNN . 9 March 2022.
5. "Lietuvoje nebebus transliuojami "Discovery Science" ir DTX kanalai" [Discovery Science and DTX channels will no longer be broadcast in Lithuania]. delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). Delfi. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
6. Ádám, Fekő (9 September 2023). "Hamarosan eltűnik két tévécsatorna a magyar kínálatból (Frissített!)" [Two TV channels will soon disappear from the Hungarian subscription]. Media1.
7. "Discovery Science и DTX прекратят вещание в Украине" [Discovery Science and DTX ceases broadcasting in Ukraine]. mediasat.info (in Russian). Mediasat. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.