Discovery Channel Poland
Television channel
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Discovery Channel Poland is a Polish television channel. It shows factual entertainment programming, just as its many siblings around the world.
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| Country | Poland |
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| Broadcast area | Poland |
| Headquarters | Media Business Centre Warsaw, Poland |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Polish English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
| Sister channels | Animal Planet Discovery Science Discovery Historia Discovery Life DTX Investigation Discovery TLC |
| History | |
| Launched | 1998 |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.discoverychannel.pl |
Discovery Channel has been available in Poland at least since 1998 when the Wizja TV platform launched. The dedicated Polish schedule was launched in 2002.[1]
The channel started using the new Discovery Channel logo on 1 July 2009.[2][3]
With a share of overall viewing of 0.67 percent, the eponymous American cable channel was the 17th most watched television channel in Poland in 2011, according to Nielsen statistics.[4] It is by far the most popular of the dedicated documentary channels available in Poland.
On 18 April 2012 Discovery Channel Poland started broadcasting in 16:9 picture format.
The HD version of the Discovery Channel Poland was launched on 17 January 2013 and replaced Discovery HD Showcase on all major TV platforms in Poland.
