Discovery Kids (British and Irish TV channel)
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Television channel
Discovery Communications) | |
History | |
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Launched | 1 February 2000 |
Replaced | Carlton Kids |
Closed | 28 February 2007[citation needed] |
Replaced by | Discovery Turbo |
Discovery Kids was a British and Irish
Discovery Wings, it was soon expanded to other platforms such as Sky Digital and Virgin Media. The channel was closed with Discovery Kids on 28 February 2007 to make way for Discovery Turbo
, which took over both the daytime and evening slots.
History
On 22 December 1999, it was announced that two new Discovery networks - Discovery Kids and
Discovery Wings, would launch exclusively on ONdigital on 1 February 2000. Both channels would replace and take over the timesharing space occupied by Carlton Kids and Carlton World.[1]
On 12 October 2001, it was announced that the main Discovery Channel would launch on ITV Digital on 17 October, with Discovery announcing that it would fully replace both Kids and Wings on 18 November.[2]
Discovery Kids and Discovery Wings were both closed down at midnight on 28 February 2007, to be replaced by
Discovery UK
.
References
- ^ "Discovery channels boost ONdigital". The Independent. 22 December 1999. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/a3950/discovery-launch-confirmed-for-itv-digital/
- MediaWeek. 7 October 2008.
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