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Discovery HD
Discovery HD is the international name
of the high-definition television channels from Discovery Communications. The
international Discovery HD (now Discovery HD World in Asia-Pacific markets)
first launched in Korea on February 2005 as a programming block. In December
2005, Discovery HD Japan and Discovery HD Canada (since renamed Discovery World
HD) launched as 24-hour channels, becoming the 100th and 101st Discovery
networks overall. After this, Discovery HD expanded into other markets as
follows:
1. February
2006 in Germany and Austria on the Sky Germany satellite platform.
2. May
2006 in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky Digital with the launch of the
Sky+ HD service.
3. October
2006 in Poland on the n platform and the Netherlands.
4. November
1, 2006 in the Nordic countries when Canal Digital launched their HD package in
Sweden, with Denmark, Finland and Norway following in 2007.
5. January
18, 2007 in Singapore on the StarHub TV platform
6. January
31, 2008 in Hong Kong on now TV.
7. 2008
in Russia on NTV Plus.
8. March
1, 2009 in South Korea on Skylife
9. April
1, 2009 in Czech Republic on Sky Link as Discovery HD Showcase
10. June
2008 in Australia on Foxtel HD+ and Turkey on HD-Smart.
11. May
2009 in Philippines on SkyCable
12. July
2009 in Italy on Sky Italia
13. December
2009 in Southern Africa on DStv
14. February
2010 in the Arab World on Orbit Showtime
15. February
2010 in India as Discovery HD World India.
16. March
5, 2010 in India on Sun Direct DTH
17. April
1, 2010 in the United Kingdom on Virgin Media.
18. June
2, 2010 in Portugal on Zon as Discovery HD Showcase.
19. September
1, 2010 in Romania on UPC Romania DVB-C as Discovery HD Showcase
20. September
6, 2010 in Portugal on Cabovisão DVB-C as Discovery HD Showcase
21. December
4, 2012 in Brazil as 'Discovery Channel HD', like the USA channel he simulcasts
the main Discovery Channel SD feed, but airs high-definition versions of
programming when available.
22. December
14, 2012 in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Logosoft as Discovery HD Showcase
The
first American HD Discovery channel has the name Velocity and launched in June
2002.
A
second Discovery HD channel, called 'Discovery Channel HD', was launched in the
USA on Dish Network the week of August 13, 2007. This new channel simulcasts
the main Discovery Channel feed, but airs high-definition versions of
programming when available. It is also available on DirecTV and various U.S.
cable operators along with fellow sister high definition version networks TLC,
Animal Planet, and Science Channel.
In
the United Kingdom and Ireland, Discovery HD began to began to simulcast the
main Discovery Channel feed in high-definition on June 30, 2011 rather than use
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