Discovery World (international TV channel)

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Discovery World
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Broadcast area
Headquarters Amsterdam, Netherlands
Programming
Language(s) English, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Russian
Picture format 576i 16:9 SDTV
Ownership
Owner Warner Bros. Discovery (Discovery, Inc. at the time)
Sister channels
History
Launched1 October 1998;25 years ago (1998-10-01)
Closed31 December 2020;3 years ago (2020-12-31)
Replaced by
Former namesDiscovery Civilisation Channel (1998-2008)
Availability
(at time of closure)
Streaming media
Ziggo GO Netherlands ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only)

Discovery World is a former European pay television channel which featured programming in the fields of travel, culture and history. It used to be a pan-European television channel. Discovery World offered a mix of history, culture, real-life stories, investigation, mystery shows, factual series and documentaries. At time of closure its programming was mainly in English and subtitled in Dutch.

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History

In Europe the channel started as Discovery Civilisation, also called Discovery Civilisation Channel, in the UK the 1 October 1998, alongside the Sky Digital's launch and later followed by other European countries. [1] Discovery Civilisation focused on history-related programmes. On 1 November 2007, it was re-branded as Discovery Knowledge in the UK. [2] [3] On 18 April 2008 Discovery Civilisation changed its name into Discovery World across Europe and extended its programme lineup to also include programmes about culture, crime and "mysterious phenomena". [4] [5] [6]

In 2013, the channel got replaced by Discovery Turbo Xtra in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2015 the Canadian version was relaunched as Discovery Velocity. [7] On 31 March 2016, the channel got replaced by Discovery Family in Africa and the Middle East. [8] The network has closed down in Italy, [9] Portugal [10] and Scandinavia. [11]

Discovery World, along with Fine Living closed on 31 December 2020, when it last aired in the Netherlands and Belgium. [12]

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