Discovery Science (Asian TV channel)
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Discovery Science is a Southeast Asia pay television channel (excluding Malaysia, formerly including Malaysia) owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific.[1] The channel replaced Discovery Sci-Trek.
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Country | Singapore Philippines Thailand Indonesia Australia China Taiwan Hong Kong Macau India |
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Broadcast area | Southeast Asia (except Malaysia, Vietnam & Thailand) Australia China Hong Kong Taiwan |
Headquarters | Singapore |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific |
Sister channels | Discovery Channel Animal Planet TLC DMAX Discovery Kids Eve Discovery Asia |
History | |
Launched | 1998 (Discovery Sci-Trek) 2003 (Discovery Science) 1 October 2021 (Indonesia) |
Closed | 1 March 2021 (SD feed, Malaysia) 1 October 2021 (HD feed, Malaysia) |
Replaced by | BBC Earth (Astro, Malaysia) |
Former names | Discovery Sci-Trek (1998-2003) |
Discovery Science rebranded along with Travel Channel in Southeast Asia on September 1, 2021.[citation needed]
On September 15, 2021, Astro moved the channel number of Discovery Science from 554 to 557. On October 1, 2021, Discovery Science ceased to broadcast on Astro due to a decision made following a review of the channel's performance. It was later replaced by BBC Earth.[citation needed]
On October 1, 2021, Discovery Science was launched in Indonesia via the cable provider TransVision.[citation needed]
A separate feed is run for India and other South Asian countries with timeshifted schedule and old 2011 branding[needs update].