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| Country | United Kingdom[1] |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | France Switzerland Belgium Luxembourg Monaco French Speaking Africa Lebanon Overseas France Haiti |
| Programming | |
| Language | French |
| Picture format | 16:91080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
| Sister channels | Cartoon Network Cartoonito TCM Cinéma Warner TV TLC Warner TV Next Discovery Investigation Boomerang |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 August 2004; 21 years ago (2004-08-01) |
| Links | |
| Website | discoverychannel.fr |
Discovery Channel is a French 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 theCanalSat platform.[2] On 31 March 2009, the channel adopted thealso known as a US channel.
The channel faces competition from other documentary channels such asPlanète+ andNational Geographic.
In December 2016,Altice acquired an exclusivity agreement withNBCUniversal and Discovery Networks.[3][4] Discovery Channel andScience were removed fromCanal on 17 January 2017, and French versions of Investigation Discovery and Discovery Family were launched exclusively onSFR.[5] In June 2024,HBO Max was launched in France, and the channel was made available trough the service for all HBO Max subscribers.[6]
Programs are mostly taken from the United Kingdom and the United States and include:
