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| Country | Germany |
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| Broadcast area | Germany,Austria,Switzerland,Luxembourg |
| Headquarters | Munich,Germany |
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| Language | German |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
| Sister channels | Animal Planet DMAX Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 Eurosport 2 Xtra TLC |
| History | |
| Launched | 27 August 1996; 29 years ago (1996-08-27) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://discoverychannel.de/ |
Discovery Channel Germany is the German version of the Discovery Channel It is operated by Warner Bros. Discovery Deutschland, which is located inMunich.
It was launched on 27 August 1996 on theDF1 satellite platform. Back then, the channel was a joint-venture betweenKirch Media andDiscovery Communications. After DF1 merged with Premiere World in 1999, it remained on the newPremiere platform.
Kirch Media went bankrupt in 2002 and Discovery Communications subsequently became the sole owner of the channel.
The channel was later joined by sister channel with the launch onAnimal Planet in 2004,Discovery Geschichte in 2005 andDiscovery HD in 2006.
Discovery Channel was exclusively available through Premiere until 2009, when a new agreement was entered between Premiere and Discovery. The new contract allows the Discovery Channel to broadcast from other providers from 1 July and means that Animal Planet and Discovery Geschichte would disappear from premiere toUS version.
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