TLC (Latin American TV channel)

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TLC
TLC Logo.svg
Programming
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 480i/576i for the SD feed)
Ownership
Owner Warner Bros. Discovery Americas
Sister channels Discovery Civilization
Discovery Home & Health
Discovery Kids
Discovery Science
Discovery Turbo
Investigation Discovery
History
Launched2000 (as Discovery Travel & Adventure Channel)
1 February 2005 (as Discovery Travel & Living)
1 November 2011 (as TLC: Travel & Living Channel)
2012 (as TLC)
Former namesDiscovery Travel & Adventure Channel (2000-2005)
Discovery Travel & Living (2005-2011)
TLC: Travel & Living Channel (2011-2012)
Links
Website Latin America
Brazil

TLC is a television channel broadcasting to several countries in Latin America. It was originally known as Discovery Travel & Adventure Channel and featured more adventure-related programmes. On February 1, 2005, the channel changed its name to Discovery Travel & Living and changed to lifestyle programming about travel, food, design, architecture and luxury. On November 1, 2011, it was relaunched as "TLC: Travel & Living Channel" as part of the international roll-out of the American counterpart, brand and the premiere of additional programming. In late 2012, "Travel & Living Channel" was dropped from the channel's name and replaced with the Discovery logo on the channel's logo.

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