Discovery Kids was a British and Irish
pay television channel
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. The channel initially began broadcasting exclusively on the
On Digital service time sharing with
Discovery Wings, an aviation-focused channel similarly created initially as an On Digital exclusive. The channel eventually became available on other digital platforms such as
Sky Digital, and
Virgin Media.
Discovery Kids and Discovery Wings were both closed down at midnight on 28 February 2007, to be replaced by
Discovery Turbo the following day.
Discovery Kids was replaced with an online broadband video service called Discovery Kids On Demand, not updated since the closure of the TV channel. Some of Discovery Kids' previous programmes like ''
The Save-Ums!'', ''
Timeblazers'' and ''
Mystery Hunters'' were later shown on
DMAX during the mornings. It was owned by
Discovery UK
Discovery Channel (often referred to as simply Discovery) is a British pay television channel, operated by Warner Bros. Discovery Its programming is based on programming produced by Discovery Networks Europe, Discovery Channel Canada and Discover ...
.
See also
*
Discovery Wings
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