Discovery Channel (French TV channel)
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Discovery Channel France
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 1 August 2004 |
| Links | |
| Website | discoverychannel.fr |
Discovery Channel is a French
CanalSat platform.[2] On 31 March 2009, the channel adopted the new Discovery Channel logo and look.[3]
The channel faces competition from other documentary channels such as Planète+ and National Geographic.
In December 2016,
Canal on 17 January 2017, and French versions of Investigation Discovery and Discovery Family were launched exclusively on SFR.[6]
Programming
Programs are mostly taken from the United Kingdom and the United States and include:
- American Chopper
- Biker Build-Off (Duels de bikers)
- Building the Future (Construire l'avenir)
- Eyewitness(Temoin sur le vif)
- How Do They Do It? (Comment ça marche ?)
- Long Way Round (L'echappee belle)
- Megastructures (Mega constructions)
- MythBusters (Myth busters)
- Really Big Things (Monstres Mecaniques)
- Smash Lab (Crash Lab)
- Time Warp
- Top Gear
References
- ^ "Licence Details for Discovery Channel France". Ofcom. Archived from the original on 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ "DISCOVERY CHANNEL MAKES FRENCH DEBUT" (Press release). Discovery Communications. September 1, 2004. Archived from the original on May 12, 2008.
- ^ "Nouvelle identité pour Discovery Channel". BLOG.lenodal.com. March 24, 2009.
- ^ "SFR s'offre Discovery et NBCUniversal en exclu". CB News (in French). 7 December 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
- ^ "SFR vole l'exclusivité de nombreuses chaînes (Discovery, 13è Rue, Syfy...) à Canal+, et à la Freebox !". Freenews (in French). 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
- ^ "Discovery Family : Lancement pour les abonnés SFR-Numericable en France". alloforfait.fr (in French). 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
