DMAX | |
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Launched | 8 January 2008 |
Owned by | Discovery Networks Northern Europe |
Audience share | 0.04% 0.01% (+1) (September 2015 , BARB) |
Slogan | Everyday Heroes |
Replaced | OBE +1 |
Sister channel(s) |
Animal Planet Discovery Channel Discovery HD Discovery History Discovery Home & Health Discovery Science Discovery Shed Discovery Turbo Investigation Discovery Quest TLC |
Timeshift service | DMAX +1 |
Availability
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Satellite | |
Sky | Channel 241 Channel 242 (+1) |
Cable | |
Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 213 Channel 214 (+1) |
Virgin Media Ireland | Channel 214 |
Streaming media | |
Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
Horizon Go | Watch live (Ireland only) |
DMAX is a TV channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Discovery announced on 22 November 2007, that they would launch a version of DMAX in the UK and Ireland market on 8 January 2008 after its initial success in Germany.
In addition, the timeshift service DMAX +1 has also been available on Sky since the launch. A two-hour timeshift channel named DMAX +2 launched on Sky on 1 April 2008. Another timeshift channel named DMAX +1.5 launched on Sky on 18 August 2008. DMAX +1.5 was closed down on 2 November 2009 when Quest +1 launched. DMAX +2 closed on 30 April 2013 on Sky when TLC launched on channel 125 and Challenge was relocated to channel 145, which had been DMAX +1. DMAX +1 moved to Sky channel 238 as TLC +1 launched on channel 195, which had been DMAX +2. As of August 2014, DMAX +1 is on channel 233. On 16 July 2015, DMAX moved from 144 to 167 on Sky, switching places with sister channel Quest.