TLC (British and Irish TV channel)

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TLC
TLC Logo.svg
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
Ireland
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Timeshift serviceTLC +1
Ownership
Owner Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Sister channels Animal Planet
Discovery Channel
Discovery History
Discovery Science
Discovery Turbo
DMAX
Food Network
HGTV
Investigation Discovery
Quest
Quest Red
Really
Cartoon Network
Boomerang
Cartoonito
CNN International
History
Launched30 April 2013, 8pm
Replaced Discovery Real Time and Discovery Travel & Living (2005–2013)
Links
Website uk.tlc.com
Availability
Streaming media
TVPlayer Watch live (UK only)
Sky Go Watch live (UK and Ireland only)
Virgin TV Go Watch live (UK only)
Watch live (+1) (UK only)
Virgin TV Anywhere Watch live (Ireland only)

TLC is a British pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is based on the American channel of the same name. It launched on 30 April 2013 at 8:00 p.m., [1] replacing Discovery Real Time and DMAX +2. [2]

Contents

The original version of TLC was launched in 1994 and was subsequently renamed Discovery Home & Leisure and later Discovery Real Time as part of Discovery's catalogue of themed channels. Given that TLC was chasing a completely different demographic than the old TLC, Discovery treated it as a new channel launch rather than a return.

On 30 April 2013, TLC +1 was launched, replacing DMAX +2.

A two-hour timeshift, TLC +2, was launched on 16 September 2013. It closed down on 27 April 2018, and was rebranded as Discovery Turbo +1. [3]

Programming

Programming consists of acquired shows and original commissions. [4] [5] [6] TLC also features an Oprah Winfrey Network branded programme block. [7]

Current programming

Acquired shows

Original commissions

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References

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  3. "System Updates". Overnights.tv. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
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