Discovery Real Time
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- For the Asian channel previously known as Discovery Real Time, see Discovery Turbo (Asia)Discovery Turbo (Asia)Discovery Turbo is a male oriented factual television channel devoted to programming about cars, bikes, boats, and planes. The channel is owned by Discovery Networks Europe...
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Discovery Real Time is a factual television channel owned by Discovery Networks Europe
Discovery Networks Europe
Discovery Networks Europe is a subsidiary of Discovery Networks International. The network was established in 1989 with its headquarters based in London and New York....
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It was originally launched in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in March 1992 as TLC, a British version of the US channel of the same name
TLC (TV channel)
TLC is an American cable TV specialty channel which initially focused on educational content. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed networks...
. It was initially broadcast as a daytime channel from Intelsat, mostly aimed at cable systems where it would broadcast on the Discovery Channel's frequency.
When the Discovery Channel launched on Astra in July 1993, it didn't initially carry TLC in the daytime. From 1994, it shared a transponder on the Astra 1C satellite with the Discovery Channel, which started its broadcasts at 4 p.m. (GMT).
It was later rebranded as Discovery Home & Leisure in April 1997.
Full day broadcasting started with the launch of Sky Digital in 1998. In May 2001, a timeshift channel called Discovery Home & Leisure +1 was launched.
From 1997 to 2002, the logo was blue. From 2002 to 2005, the logo was red.
The channel was relaunched under its current name on May 7, 2005 in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
market. The channel is now aimed as complementing the female-skewed Discovery Home & Health
Discovery Home & Health
Discovery Home & Health is a television channel based in the United Kingdom.Discovery Home & Health is available in Latin America , Australia, Republic of Ireland, Hong Kong, Philippines, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia.It was formerly available on SelecTV from March 2007...
(which itself replaced Discovery Health).
A sister channel called Discovery Real Time Extra was launched in August 2005. On March 20, 2009, it was replaced with Discovery Shed
Discovery Shed
Discovery Shed is a TV channel in the United Kingdom from Discovery Networks Western Europe which replaced Discovery Real Time Extra. The channel launched on 20 March 2009....
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Discovery Real Time is also available in some other regions, including France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. The channel used to be available in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, but since October 2008, it has become the Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n version of Discovery Turbo
Discovery Turbo (Asia)
Discovery Turbo is a male oriented factual television channel devoted to programming about cars, bikes, boats, and planes. The channel is owned by Discovery Networks Europe...
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Programming
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- Challenge Tommy Walsh
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- Dream Homes
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- How Clean Is Your House
- Joy of Painting
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(US version) - Wheeler DealersWheeler DealersWheeler Dealers is a British television series produced by Attaboy TV for the Discovery Channel, fronted by Mike Brewer and mechanic Edd China with assistance from technical advisor Paul Brackley...
External links
- Discovery Real Time
- Discovery Real Time on TVARK