Discovery Channel (French TV channel)

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Discovery Channel
CountryUnited Kingdom[1]
Broadcast areaFrance
Switzerland
Monaco
Belgium
Morocco
Lebanon
Tunisia
Mauritius
Madagascar
Sub-Saharan Africa
New Caledonia
Programming
Language(s)French
Picture format16:9 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Sister channelsDiscovery Science France
Discovery Investigation
History
Launched1 August 2004; 19 years ago (2004-08-01)
Links
Websitediscoverychannel.fr

Discovery Channel is a French pay television channel that was launched on 1 September 2004. Until then, France had been the only region in Western Europe not reached by the Discovery Channel. It initially reached 3.2 million subscribers via the 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, Altice acquired an exclusivity agreement with NBCUniversal and Discovery Networks.[4][5] Discovery Channel and Science were removed from Canal on 17 January 2017, and French versions of Investigation Discovery and Discovery Family were launched exclusively on SFR.[6]

Programming[edit]

Programs are mostly taken from the United Kingdom and the United States and include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Licence Details for Discovery Channel France". Ofcom. Archived from the original on 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  2. ^ "DISCOVERY CHANNEL MAKES FRENCH DEBUT" (Press release). Discovery Communications. September 1, 2004. Archived from the original on May 12, 2008.
  3. ^ "Nouvelle identité pour Discovery Channel". BLOG.lenodal.com. March 24, 2009.
  4. ^ "SFR s'offre Discovery et NBCUniversal en exclu". CB News (in French). 7 December 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Discovery Family : Lancement pour les abonnés SFR-Numericable en France". alloforfait.fr (in French). 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2020-04-28.

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