Discovery Channel (French TV channel)

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Discovery Channel
Country United Kingdom [1]
Broadcast area France
Switzerland
Monaco
Belgium
Morocco
Lebanon
Tunisia
Mauritius
Madagascar
Sub-Saharan Africa
New Caledonia
Programming
Language(s)French
Picture format 16:9 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Sister channels Cartoon Network
Cartoonito
TCM Cinéma
Warner TV
TLC
Warner TV Next
Discovery Investigation
Boomerang
History
Launched1 August 2004;20 years ago (2004-08-01)
Links
Website discoverychannel.fr

Discovery Channel is a French pay television channel that was launched on 1 September 2004. Until then, France had been the only region in Western Europe not reached by the Discovery Channel. It initially reached 3.2 million subscribers via the CanalSat platform. [2] On 31 March 2009, the channel adopted the also known as a US channel.

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The channel faces competition from other documentary channels such as Planète+ and National Geographic.

In December 2016, Altice acquired an exclusivity agreement with NBCUniversal and Discovery Networks. [3] [4] Discovery Channel and Science were removed from Canal on 17 January 2017, and French versions of Investigation Discovery and Discovery Family were launched exclusively on SFR. [5]

Programming

Programs are mostly taken from the United Kingdom and the United States and include:

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References

  1. "Licence Details for Discovery Channel France". Ofcom. Archived from the original on 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  2. "DISCOVERY CHANNEL MAKES FRENCH DEBUT" (Press release). Discovery Communications. September 1, 2004. Archived from the original on May 12, 2008.
  3. "SFR s'offre Discovery et NBCUniversal en exclu". CB News (in French). 7 December 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  4. "SFR vole l'exclusivité de nombreuses chaînes (Discovery, 13è Rue, Syfy...) à Canal+, et à la Freebox !". Freenews (in French). 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  5. "Discovery Family : Lancement pour les abonnés SFR-Numericable en France". alloforfait.fr (in French). 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2020-04-28.