Discovery (Canada)

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Discovery
Launched
January 1, 1995 (1995-01-01); 22 years ago
Owned by
Bell Media
CTV Specialty Television (80% and managing partner)
Discovery Inc. (20%)
Picture format
1080i (HDTV)
480i (SDTV)
Slogan
Grab Life by the Globe
Country
Canada
Language
English
Broadcast area
Nationwide
Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario
Formerly called
Discovery Channel
Sister channel(s)
Animal Planet
Discovery Science
Discovery Velocity
Investigation Discovery
Website
Discovery
Availability
Satellite
Bell TV
Channel 520 (SD)
Channel 1602 (HD)
Shaw Direct
Channel 505 (SD)
Channels 93 and 593 (HD)
Cable
Available on most Canadian cable systems
Rogers Cable: Channel 42 (HD), Channel 244 (SD)
IPTV
Bell Aliant Fibe TV
Channel 286 (SD)
Channel 430 (HD)
Bell Fibe TV
Channel 520 (SD)
Channel 1520 (HD)
Bell MTS
Channel 104 (SD)
Channel 1104 (HD)
SaskTel
Channel 51 (SD)
Channel 351 (HD)
Telus Optik TV
Channel 701 (HD)
Channel 9701 (SD)
VMedia
Channel 42 (HD)
Zazeen
89-91 (HD)

Discovery is a Canadian English language Category A cable and satellite specialty channel that is owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc. (a joint venture between Bell Media (80%) and ESPN Inc. (20%), which owns 80% majority of the channel) and Discovery Inc. (which owns the remaining 20%). The channel is devoted to nature, adventure, science and technology programming.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Programming

    • 2.1 List of Discovery Channel Canada original series


    • 2.2 Production studios



  • 3 Discovery Channel HD


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




History


Licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in 1994, Discovery Channel launched on January 1, 1995 under the ownership of NetStar Communications Inc. On March 24, 2000, the CRTC approved a proposal by CTV Inc. to acquire an 80% voting interest in NetStar Communications Inc. (the remaining 20% owned by ESPN Inc.). CTV renamed the company CTV Speciality Television Inc.



Programming


Although much of Discovery's programming is shared with its American counterpart, the Canadian channel has separate ownership and produces much of its own programming as well. Most notably, the channel produced a daily science news program, Daily Planet, cancelled in May 2018.[1] Some of the imported programs from the flagship Discovery Channel are presented differently than in the United States, with different air dates for shows such as The Deadliest Catch (Canadian air dates for episodes during the fourth season aired approximately one month after their U.S. debut), and Dirty Jobs (Discovery Channel Canada broadcasts are edited to remove appeals for submissions). Discovery Channel Canada also produces its own version of the Cash Cab game show, in lieu of broadcasting the American version (although the host of the Canadian version has on one occasion hosted the U.S. program as well).


Despite the inclusion of American programming, the Canadian programming lineup more so resembles the American version of Science than the U.S. Discovery Channel.[original research?] In fact, some programs seen on Science (such as How It's Made, Building the Ultimate and Ultimate Cars) were produced by Discovery Channel Canada.


In November 2015, Discovery Channel Canada announced its first original scripted drama, the Jason Momoa-fronted Frontier, chronicling the North American fur trade. The series was picked up internationally by Netflix.[2]



List of Discovery Channel Canada original series








  • Against All Odds

  • Acorn the Nature Nut

  • Aerospace

  • Airshow

  • Alien Mysteries

  • Beastly Countdown

  • Beyond Invention

  • Birth of a Sports Car

  • Bitchin' Rides

  • Blood, Sweat & Tools

  • Blueprint for Disaster

  • BBQ Pit Wars

  • Breaking Point

  • Break It Down

  • Building the Biggest


  • Building the Ultimate (UK: Five coproduction)

  • Canadian Geographic Presents

  • Canada's Greatest Know-It-All

  • Canada's Worst Driver

  • Canada's Worst Handyman

  • Cold Water Cowboys

  • Cash Cab

  • Combat School

  • Connections

  • Creepy Canada


  • Daily Planet (formerly @discovery.ca) (cancelled in 2018 as the result of Bell Media layoffs)

  • Dangerous Flights

  • Doctor*Ology

  • Don't Drive Here

  • Eco-Challenge

  • Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science

  • Factory Made

  • Fat N' Furious: Rolling Thunder

  • Flightpath

  • Fool's Gold

  • Forensic Factor

  • Frontier

  • Frontiers of Construction


  • Great Canadian Parks[3]

  • Guinea Pig

  • Highway Thru Hell

  • High Tech Rednecks


  • How Do They Do It? (UK Wag TV coproduction)

  • How It's Made

 

  • Insectia

  • I Shouldn't Be Alive

  • Jacked!

  • Jade Fever

  • Jetstream

  • Junk Raiders

  • Junk Raiders 2

  • Last Car Standing

  • Licence to Drill

  • Licence to Drill: Louisiana

  • Manufactured

  • Mayday

  • Mega Builders

  • MegaSpeed

  • Mega World


  • Mean Machines (UK IWC Media coproduction)

  • Mean Green Machines

  • Mighty Planes

  • Mighty Ships

  • Mighty Trains


  • Naked Science (UK Pioneer Productions coproduction)

  • Nature of the Beast

  • Never Ever Do This At Home

  • On the Run

  • Out in the Cold

  • Patent Bending

  • Pyros

  • Qubit

  • Risk Takers

  • Rocket Science

  • Sci Q

  • Science To Go

  • Star Racer

  • Superships

  • The Body Machine

  • The Exodus Decoded

  • The Sex Files

  • The World's Strangest UFO Stories


  • Ultimate Cars (UK IWC Media coproduction)

  • Ultimate

  • Vegas Rat Rods

  • White Hot Winter

  • What's That About?

  • You Asked For It

 


Production studios


Exploration Production Inc., a producer and distributor of factual content, primarily episodic series and science magazines for television, was founded and launched in 1993. NetStar Communications Inc. owned the company under Discovery Channel Canada, and it was acquired by CTV during the CTV-NetStar acquisition. EPI has produced many shows found in Discovery Channel and other affiliated Canadian channels.



Discovery Channel HD


Discovery Channel HD is a high definition simulcast feed of Discovery Channel that broadcasts in the 1080i resolution format. The first incarnation of the HD feed was launched on August 15, 2003.[4] The feed was shut down on December 19, 2005, and replaced by a separate category 2 digital cable specialty channel called Discovery HD Theatre (later Discovery World, now Discovery Velocity), featuring programming similar to that found on Discovery Channel.


On June 17, 2011, Bell Media announced that it would launch, for a second time, an HD simulcast feed of Discovery Channel; this feed was launched on August 18, 2011.[5] It is available through all major TV providers.



See also



  • Discovery Channel (US)


  • HD Theater (US)


References




  1. ^ "Bell Media cancels shows 'Daily Planet' and 'Innerspace,' lays off 17 positions". The London Free Press. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2018-05-25. 


  2. ^ "Netflix Picks Up Canadian Period Action Series 'Frontier' Starring Jason Momoa". Deadline. Retrieved 8 January 2016. 


  3. ^ http://www.goodearthproductions.com/viewshows.cfm?series=Great%20Canadian%20Parks&season=Season%201&episode=0


  4. ^ Over-the-Air Transmitters Now Broadcasting CTV High-Definition Signals in Toronto and Vancouver CTV 2005-08-17


  5. ^ Discovery Channel and Bell Media Factual Networks Announce Fall 2011 "Must See" Highlights CNW 2011-06-17




External links


  • Official website

  • CRTC Homepage

  • Exploration Production Inc. official website






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