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| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9SDTV) |
| Timeshift service | Discovery Real Time +1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Discovery Networks UK |
| Sister channels | Animal Planet Discovery Channel Discovery HD Discovery History Discovery Home & Health Discovery Science Discovery Shed Discovery Travel & Living Discovery Turbo DMAX Investigation Discovery Quest |
| History | |
| Launched | 9 March 1992; 33 years ago (1992-03-09) |
| Closed | 30 April 2013; 12 years ago (2013-04-30) |
| Replaced by | TLC |
| Former names | The Learning Channel (1992–1997) Discovery Home & Leisure (1997–2005) |
Discovery Real Time was a British television channel owned byDiscovery Networks UK focused on educational and learning content.
It was originally launched on 9 March 1992 asThe Learning Channel,United Kingdom's version of theAmerican television network of the same name as a daytime service fromIntelsat, mostly aimed at cable systems, and was initially broadcast on the Discovery Channel's frequency.[1][2]
When the Discovery Channel launched onAstra satellite on 22 July 1993, it didn't initially carry The Learning Channel in the daytime and continued as a cable-only channel. In September 1994 the channel became known as TLC ahead of its launch on Astra on 3 October 1994 where it shared a transponder on theAstra 1C satellite with theDiscovery Channel, with TLC airing between 9am and 4pm.[3] It was later rebranded asDiscovery Home & Leisure on 3 April 1997,[4] but full day broadcasting started with the launch ofSky Digital from 1 October 1998. On 22 May 2001, a timeshift channel called Discovery Home & Leisure +1 was launched.[5]
From 1997 to 2002, the logo was a blue oblong containing a window, however this was changed to a red background featuring a stylised 'H&L', staying like this until 2005.
The channel was relaunched asDiscovery Real Time on 7 May 2005 in the British market. The channel aimed at complementing the female-skewedDiscovery Home & Health (which itself replaced Discovery Health).[6] A sister channel called Discovery Real Time Extra was launched on 22 August 2005.[7] On 20 March 2009, it was replaced withDiscovery Shed.
Discovery Real Time is also available in some other regions, includingFrance andItaly. The channel used to be available inAsia since October 2008, and it has become theIndian version of Discovery Turbo.
The channel closed along withDiscovery Travel & Living at 6.00am on 30 April 2013, to be replaced byTLC and Investigation Discovery +1. The final signature programme for Discovery Real Time wasBob Ross'The Joy of Painting,[8] given that TLC chasing a completely different demographic than the old version and treating it as a new channel launch rather than a return.
In 2018, the channel launched inSouth Africa forMultiChoice'sDStv on 15 April 2019, as well asStarTimes (channel 161 satellite, channel 158 terrestrial) and in 2020 onCanal+ Afrique (channel 47 and 400).[9]
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