Discovery Channel (Australia)

Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel logo
Launched	July 1995
Owned by	Discovery Communications
Picture format	576i (SDTV 16:9) 720p (HDTV 16:9)
Audience share	1.2% (February 2008, )
Country	Singapore Australia
Language	English
Broadcast area	Australia New Zealand
Replaced	Quest
Sister channel(s)	Animal Planet Discovery K!ds Discovery Science Discovery Turbo MAX TLC
Timeshift service	Discovery +2
Website	discoverychannel.com.au
Availability
Terrestrial
Igloo (New Zealand)	Channel 018
Satellite
Foxtel	Channel 608 (SD/HD) Channel 640 (+2) Channel 1608 (SD)
SKY Network Television (New Zealand)	Channel 070
Cable
Foxtel	Channel 608 (SD/HD) Channel 640 (+2) Channel 1608 (SD)
Optus	Channel 608
Vodafone TV (New Zealand)	Channel 70
Igloo TV (New Zealand)	Channel 18
IPTV
Foxtel Play	Channel 608

Discovery Channel (Australia) is a television channel available on cable and satellite television in Australia. The Australian version of the Discovery Channel was previously operated by XYZnetworks, who also own the exclusive distribution rights for the channel.

The channel was launched in July 1995, replacing the Quest documentary channel launched in April 1995 by XYZ.

Since the renaming of Travel & Adventure to Travel & Living, much of the travel genre programming (including first run series) has been removed from the Channel. On 29 March 2009 Discovery rebranded in line with Discovery US, complete with new IDs and the slogan 'The World Is Just Awesome.'

The Discovery Channel has many sister stations including Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Science, Discovery Travel & Living and Discovery Turbo. Both Discovery Channel and Turbo have timeshift channels, which rebroadcast programming 2 hours later.