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| Programming | |
|---|---|
| Picture format | 576i 16:9 SDTV |
| Timeshift service | Discovery Home & Health +1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Discovery, Inc. |
| Sister channels | Animal Planet Discovery Channel Discovery History Discovery Science Discovery Shed Discovery Turbo DMAX Food Network HGTV Investigation Discovery Quest Quest Red Really TLC |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 July 2000 |
| Closed | 6 January 2021 |
| Replaced by | Content shifted to Discovery+ |
| Former names | Discovery Health (2000–2005) |
Discovery Home & Health was a British and Irish television satellite and cable channel. It was launched on 1 July 2000 as part of the Discovery Channel's bouquet of channels, as Discovery Health, following a similar format to the American channel of the same name.
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It was rebranded on 7 May 2005 to its current name, and relaunched as a female oriented lifestyle channel. This coincided with the relaunch of Discovery Home & Leisure as Discovery Real Time, a male oriented channel. [1] In the same month, a timeshift service - Discovery Home & Health +1, began test operations on Sky [2] and fully launched on the 23rd. [3]
On 30 April 2013, Discovery Home & Health received a new look, following the closure of Discovery Real Time and Discovery Travel & Living, and began broadcasting in widescreen, the last of Discovery's UK channels to do so. Some programming from the closed channels was transferred over to Home & Health. At the same time the channels also moved into Real Time's old EPG slots on Sky and did so on Virgin Media on 7 May 2013. [4]
The network was superseded by the streaming platform Discovery+, which effectively carries all of its content, and it was discontinued with immediate effect on 6 January 2021, the same fate which befell Discovery Shed. [5]
