Discovery Home & Health

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Discovery Home & Health
Discovery Home & Health logo.svg
Programming
Timeshift serviceDiscovery Home & Health +1
Ownership
Owner Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA (UK)
Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific (Asia)
History
Launched2000 (Latin America and UK)
2006 (Asia)
Closed31 July 2014 (Asia)
3 November 2014 (Australia)
6 January 2021 (UK)
Replaced by Eve (Asia)
Discovery Kids (Australia)
Former namesDiscovery Health Channel (2000–2001, Asia and UK; 2000–2005, Latin America)
Discovery Health (2001–2005, Asia and UK)
Links
Website https://www.tudiscovery.com/discoveryhh

Discovery Home & Health is a television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery that features lifestyle programming. Discovery Home & Health is available in Latin America, Australia, Republic of Ireland, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.

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Logo used from 2011 to May 2, 2022

It was formerly available on Australia's SelecTV from March 2007 until the closure of its English service in late 2007, but remained available through Foxtel and Austar. [1] [2] The channel was closed in Australia on 3 November 2014 and replaced with Discovery Kids, with select programming moving to sister channel TLC; [3] [4] Discovery Kids ceased operations on 1 February 2020.

Programming (Latin America)

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References

  1. Addington, Tim (15 March 2007). "SelecTV adds five Discovery channels to platform". B&T Weekly . Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2007.
  2. Chessell, James (20 August 2011). "Bruce Gordon's SelecTV to make changes". The Australian . Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. "The Brand New World of Discovery Networks is just AWESOME!" (PDF) (Press release). Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific. 9 October 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  4. "Finding Your Channels" (PDF) (Press release). Foxtel. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.