Discovery Channel (French TV channel)

Discovery Channel is a French channel that was launched on 1 September 2004. Until then, France had been the only region in Western Europe not reached by the Discovery Channel. It initially reached 3.2 million subscribers via the CanalSat platform.^[2] On 31 March 2009, the channel adopted the also known as a US channel.

Discovery Channel

Country	United Kingdom[1]
Broadcast area	France Switzerland Belgium Luxembourg Monaco French Speaking Africa Lebanon Overseas France Haiti
Programming
Language(s)	French
Picture format	16:9 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Sister channels	Cartoon Network Cartoonito TCM Cinéma Warner TV TLC Warner TV Next Discovery Investigation Boomerang
History
Launched	1 August 2004; 20 years ago (2004-08-01)
Links
Website	discoverychannel.fr

The channel faces competition from other documentary channels such as Planète+ and National Geographic.

In December 2016, Altice acquired an exclusivity agreement with NBCUniversal and Discovery Networks.^[3][4] Discovery Channel and Science were removed from Canal on 17 January 2017, and French versions of Investigation Discovery and Discovery Family were launched exclusively on SFR.^[5]

Programming

Programs are mostly taken from the United Kingdom and the United States and include:

• American Chopper
• Biker Build-Off (Duels de bikers)
• Building the Future (Construire l'avenir)
• Eyewitness (Temoin sur le vif)
• How Do They Do It? (Comment ça marche ?)
• Long Way Round (L'echappee belle)
• Megastructures (Mega constructions)
• MythBusters (Myth busters)
• Really Big Things (Monstres Mecaniques)
• Smash Lab (Crash Lab)
• Time Warp
• Top Gear