Discovery Channel is an Italian television channel. Discovery Channel was launched on September 1, 1997, on the pay-television platforms TELE+ Digitale and

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and has been exclusive to

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since its launch in 2003. With the launch of Sky Italia, Discovery quickly branched out by launching the additional channels Discovery Travel & Adventure,

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and Discovery Civilisation Channel, followed by Animal Planet and

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in 2005. The present Discovery Channel logo was adopted on April 9, 2019. A timeshifted version of the channel, called Discovery Channel +1, started on November 10, 2008. A high-definition simulcast of Discovery Channel started on July 20, 2009. It was the first channel from

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to be simulcasted in both SD and HD. The sisters channels Discovery World,

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and Animal Planet respectively closed on March 1, 2016 (Discovery World; August 11, 2008, as Discovery Civilisation Channel) and February 1, 2019 (Discovery T&L and Animal Planet).

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Television channels and stations established in 1997 Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA