This is a timeline of Discovery, a network of television channels owned by Discovery Inc. that broadcast in the UK.

1980s and 1990s

  • 1990
    • No events.
  • 1991
    • No events.
  • 1992
    • 9 March – TLC launches as a daytime service, timesharing with the Discovery Channel. As with Discovery, it is only available in the UK via Intelsat and on cable.[1]
  • 1993
    • 22 July – Discovery, but not TLC, starts broadcasting on the Astra satellite.
    • 1 September – Discovery becomes a pay channel when it joins the newly formed Sky Multichannels package. It broadcasts on the platform for eight hours each day, timesharing transponder space with CMT Europe.
  • 1994
    • 5 September – TLC launches on Astra and timeshares with Discovery, broadcasting daily from 9am until 4pm. Discovery extends its broadcast hours by two hours and is now on air between 4pm and 2am.
  • 1995
    • No events.
  • 1996
    • No events.
  • 1997
    • 3 April – TLC is relaunched as Discovery Home & Leisure.[2]
  • 1999
    • No events.

2000s

  • 2002
    • No events.
  • 2004
    • No events.
  • 2007
    • 1 March – Discovery Turbo replaces Discovery Wings and Discovery Kids.[4]
    • 25 June – Discovery Channel +1.5 launches.
    • November – Discovery Knowledge replaces Discovery Civilisation and the schedule expands to also cover programming on engineering, crime and technology.
  • 2008
    • 8 January – DMAX and DMAX +1 launches.[5]
    • 21 April –
      • DMAX +2 launches.
      • Discovery Science +1 replaces Discovery Channel +1.5.
    • June – Discovery Knowledge +1 launches.
    • August – DMAX +1.5 launches.
    • November – Discovery Travel & Living +1 launches.
  • 2009
    • January – Investigation Discovery launches, replacing Discovery Travel & Living +1.
    • 20 March – Discovery Shed replaces Discovery Real Time Extra.[6]
    • 30 September – QUEST launches. It is the first non-Discover-branded channel to launch in the UK and is established as a free-to-air showcase of programming from across the Discovery channel portfolio.
    • November –

2010s

  • 2010
    • 15 October – QUEST begins broadcasting a 24-hour schedule on all platforms except Freeview.
    • 7 November – Discovery History and Discovery History +1 replace Discovery Knowledge and Discovery Knowledge +1.[7]
  • 2011
    • 30 June – QUEST begins broadcasting a 24-hour schedule on Freeview after Gems TV, with whom QUEST had shared apace, acquired a 24-hour Freeview stream.
  • 2012
    • No events.
  • 2014
    • 6 March – Quest +1 launches on Freeview
    • 21 July – Quest broadcasts sport for the first time when it shows live football in the form of the 2014 Schalke 04 Cup - a pre-season tournament.[9]
  • 2015
    • No events.
  • 2016
    • No events.

2020s

  • 2022
    • No events.
  • 2023
    • No events.

References

  1. "Satnews 072". Newsgroup: rec.video.satellite. 9 Mar 1992.
  2. "MediaScan/Sweden Calling DXers 2268". Newsgroup: rec.radio.info. April 3, 1997.
  3. 1 2 Boehm, Erich (1998-08-19). "Discovery unveils digital TV nets". Variety. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  4. "Discovery Goes Into Turbo Mode!". MediaWeek. 7 October 2008.
  5. Welsh, James (2007-11-22). "Discovery to launch entertainment channel". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  6. "Media: Real Time to become Shed". Marketing Magazine. 24 February 2009.
  7. "Discovery to launch dedicated history channel". Media Week. 7 October 2010.
  8. Szalai, Georg (27 March 2013). "Discovery Communications to Launch TLC in U.K., Ireland". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  9. Quest [@QuestTV] (July 21, 2014). "@QuestTV will be broadcasting the 2014 Schalke 04 Cup live. 2 -3 August. @NUFC @Hammers__News #SportOnQuest. More to come..." (Tweet) via Twitter.
  10. Chris Dziadul (6 March 2018). "Discovery completes Scripps acquisition". BroadbandTVNews.com.
  11. "BBC to take control of UKTV in £180m deal with Discovery". The Guardian. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  12. RXTV-log, 2019-09-05
  13. "Discovery U.K. to Rebrand Home as HGTV, Revive Gok Wan's 'How to Look Good Naked'". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  14. "Discovery to close two UK channels in New Year".
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