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| Developer | Discovery, Inc. |
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Dplay (stylized asdplay) was one of the brand names of onlinevideo on demand services operated byDiscovery, Inc. Discovery operated such services under the Dplay name inItaly,Japan,Netherlands,Nordic countries (Denmark,Finland,Norway andSweden) andSpain. In October 2020, Discovery announced that it would rebrand its Dplay service asDiscovery+ (stylized asdiscovery+) in theUnited Kingdom andIreland,[1] the new service commenced in November 2020 and also offers paid content as well as the free content from Dplay.In December 2020, Discovery announced that a separate version ofDiscovery+ would also be launching in other European countries and theUnited States in January 2021. On January 5, 2021, Dplay was replaced by Discovery+ in Europe.
The British version of the service (also available in the Republic of Ireland) was originally launched asQuestOD in 2018 as a Video on Demand toDiscovery'sfree-to-air television channelsQuest andQuest Red. The launch of QuestOD, along with the HD simulcast version of Quest on July 31, 2018, was to coincide with the2018–19 EFL season, whichQuest had rights for free-to-air highlights beginning from that season.[2][3]
In October 2019, QuestOD announced that the service would change its name to Dplay by the end of that month.[4] The renaming coincided with the addition of programmes from Discovery's free-to-air sister channels in the UK,DMAX andFood Network, in addition to Home (later renamedHGTV) andReally — the latter two were then-recently acquired by Discovery, Inc. following the split ofUKTV (who operatesUKTV Play). The rebranding took place on October 22, 2019.[5]
In October 2020, Dplay announced that the service would be renamedDiscovery+ (stylized as discovery+) in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the following month.[1] The rebranding coincided with the launch of a subscription tier, bringing Discovery's pay-TV and free-to-air channels all together.
In December 2020,Discovery announced that a separate version ofDiscovery+ would be officially launching in theUnited States in January 2021.[6]
On January 4, 2021, Dplay was shut down inJapan.[7] It was relaunched as Max on September 25, 2024 before it reverted intoHBO Max on July 9, 2025.[8][9]
On January 5, 2021, Dplay was replaced by Discovery+ inEurope.[10]