In Europe
Discovery Civilisation, also called
Discovery Civilisation Channel, started in the
UK on 1 October 1998, alongside the Sky Digital's launch, and this was later followed by other European countries. Discovery Civilisation focused on history-related programmes. On 1 November 2007, it was re-branded as
Discovery Knowledge in the UK.
Discovery World On 18 April 2008 Discovery Civilisation changed its name into
Discovery World across Europe and extended its programme lineup to also include programmes about culture, crime and "mysterious phenomena". Discovery World offered a mix of history, culture, real-life stories, investigation, mystery shows, factual series and documentaries. At time of closure its programming was mainly in
English and
subtitled in
Dutch. In 2013, the channel got replaced by Discovery Turbo Xtra in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2015 the Canadian version was relaunched as
Discovery Velocity. On 31 March 2016, the channel was replaced by
Discovery Family in Africa and the Middle East. The network has closed down in
Italy,
Portugal and
Scandinavia. Discovery World, along with
Fine Living, closed on 31 December 2020, when it last aired in the
Netherlands and
Belgium.
Discovery Turbo Xtra The channel was launched as Discovery Turbo Xtra to replace the European version of Discovery World, with the first launch in Poland on 17 September 2013. The channel roll-out in 2015 in Albania and in 2016 in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Baltics, Russia, CIS, Ukraine, Turkey and MENA. In the Middle East, it was launched on 1 April 2016 on
beIN Network. A few months later the network was rebranded worldwide as DTX. On 9 March 2022, Discovery Inc. pulled their channels from the Russian market after the nation's
invasion of Ukraine. ==References==