Discovery Channel is a television station radiated world-wide, which is concerned exclusively with documentations.

History

Discovery Channel was created on 17 June 1985 by John Hendricks. Already three years later the transmitter possesses 32.1 million subscriber. In the following years the transmitter developed itself further and since then in ever more countries is radiated. While in the initial years a temporary program was radiated, Discovery Channel is today around the clock receiptable, both over satellite and over the modern cable television.

Since October 1999 Discovery Channel is to be received also in Germany over the digital platform "“PREMIERE"” and possesses at present over 2 million subscriber in Germany. Since April 2004 also the new Discovery transmitter "“Animal planet"” is to be received in Germany. Since that 31. March 2005 one can receive also Discovery history with premiere.

In the Internet Discovery Channel is represented since July 1995. The German Internet appearance is available since January 1998.

Program

Discovery Channel belongs to the international Discovery society, which operates world-wide 12 different TV-transmitters. In Germany of it momentarily four are available (Discovery Channel, Animal planet, Discovery history and Discovery hp). In the meantime Discovery Channel in 155 countries in 33 languages over 11 satellites is radiated.

Discovery Channel promises its subscriber to present them easily accessible and understandably prepared knowledge. The program is thereby carefully investigates and according to the desires of the spectators prepared. Besides Discovery Channel offers to 100 per cent of Non Fiction maintenance. That is, all radiated transmissions explain not freely invented topics, but rely on material results and research, whereby however assumptions, mysteries and secrets will not withhold from the spectators are.

The German Discovery program is divided into four large ranges:

• Nature & animal world
• Health, science & technology
• History & contemporary history
• Adventure & journeys

These categories are again into different ranges subordinated, so that the spectator can arrange all transmissions clearly in a group (up to the special transmissions).

Each month there is to see to approximately 30 new premieres on Discovery Channel. In addition Discovery Channel organizes monthly at least one topic week or one topic weekend. There the transmitter to somewhat larger extent is concerned with a special topic.

All radiated transmissions last never longer than 55 minutes. Advertisement gives it within the transmissions not, but only in very small measure between the individual transmissions. All transmissions begin to the half or to the full hour. After the end of a transmission the short time up to the beginning of the next transmission with program preview, advertisement and/or special short photographs is bridged.

Discovery Channel makes advertisement with the Slogan "“desire on knowledge"” in Germany at present, which discover only recently the old Slogan "“the world"” replaced. The Slogan of the transmitter Discovery history reads "“I is history"”.

Discovery Channel is partner of different other enterprises, like for example the Second Channel of German Television or also the Disvovery Channel IMAX Berlin. The enterprise is main sponsor of the cycle racing crew Discovery Channel pro Cycling team.

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• Discovery Channel Germany homepage
• Discovery Channel internationally homepage
• Discovery history homepage
• Animal planet Germany homepage
• Homepage of the Discovery Channel IMAX Berlin
• Second Channel of German Television Discovery homepage

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