Discovery Channel Germany is the German version of the Discovery Channel. It is operated by Warner Bros. Discovery Deutschland, which is located in Munich.
It was launched on 27 August 1996 on the
Premiere
platform.
Kirch Media went bankrupt in 2002 and Discovery Communications subsequently became the sole owner of the channel.
The channel was later joined by sister channel with the launch on
Discovery HD
in 2006.
Discovery Channel was exclusively available through Premiere until 2009, when a new agreement was entered between Premiere and Discovery. The new contract allows the Discovery Channel to broadcast from other providers from 1 July and means that Animal Planet and Discovery Geschichte would disappear from Premiere.[1]
