Discovery Turbo (Latin America)
| Discovery Turbo | |
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| Launched | 16 March 2005 (Brazil) 19 May 2005 (Latin America) 18 October 2005 (Portugal) November 2005 (Spain) 1 March 2007 (United Kingdom) September 22, 2008 (Asia and Australia) 1 November 2015 (New Zealand) |
| Closed | 7 July 2014 (Asia except Australia and India) 4 August 2014 (Portugal) 31 July 2015 (Spain) |
| Owned by | Discovery Networks Northern Europe |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) |
| Audience share |
UK: 0.07% (April 2017, BARB) |
| Formerly called | Discovery Turbo MAX (2009–2015) (Australia only) |
| Replaced |
Discovery Wings (UK) Discovery Kids (UK) |
| Replaced by | DMAX Asia |
| Sister channel(s) | Discovery Channel |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
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Sky (UK and Ireland) |
Channel 524 |
| DirecTV | Channel 736 |
| Movistar Colombia (Colombia) |
Channel 360 |
| Cable | |
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Virgin Media (UK) |
Channel 261 |
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Smallworld Cable (UK) |
Channel 261 |
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WightFibre (UK) |
Channel 81 |
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Foxtel (Australia) |
Channel 634 (Discovery Turbo MAX, HD Digital) Channel 635 (Discovery Turbo MAX +2, HD Digital) |
| Conexion digital express (Bogotá and Kennedy, Colombia) |
Channel 49 (Digital) |
| HV televisión (Bogotá and Soacha, Colombia) |
Channel 42 (Digital) |
| FJ CableTV Bogotá Fibra Optica (Colombia) |
Channel 95 (Digital - Standard and Premium) |
| Cablevisión (Argentina) |
Channel 111 (Digital) |
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Claro Colombia (Colombia) |
Channel 313 (Digital) |
| IPTV | |
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Claro TV (Dominican Republic) |
Channel 310 |
| Streaming media | |
| TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) (TVPlayer Plus subscription required) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
Discovery Turbo (previously known as Discovery Turbo MAX in Australia) is a television channel devoted to programming about transport. It is similar to Discovery Velocity and Velocity.
It launched on 1 March 2007, replacing Discovery Wings and Discovery Kids.
It was officially announced that Discovery Turbo Asia ends its broadcast on July 7, 2014 at 5:59 am as rebranded to DMAX Asia starting at 6:00 am as the same day.
It was also briefly available as an on-demand service in the US in the late 2000s.
In Australia, the channel first launched in 2008 on SelecTV, replacing Discovery Real Time which previously launched on 15 March 2007. The channel ceased being available in late 2010 following SelecTV's closure of its English service. A separate feed, named Discovery Turbo MAX, launch on 15 November 2009 on the Foxtel platform. At launch, the channel was also available on a two-hour delay, with the timeshift channel called Discovery Turbo MAX +2. In May 2015, the channel rebranded as Discovery Turbo, seeing it change to a similar branding to that used by other Discovery Turbo channels around the world.
In New Zealand, the channel is known as Discovery Turbo, with similar branding and content to other Discovery Turbo channels around the world. It launched on 1 November 2015 on channel 75 exclusively to Sky Television.
In Europe, the channel is known as DTX (formerly known Discovery Turbo Xtra), with similar branding and content to other Discovery Turbo channels around the world. It launched on 17 September 2013 in Poland, replaced Discovery World, and later roll-out in Turkey and Eastern Europe. However, later in Poland, in second half of November 2016, DTX replaced Discovery Turbo Xtra.
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