| Country | United Kingdom[1] |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | France Switzerland Monaco Belgium Morocco Lebanon Tunisia Mauritius Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa New Caledonia |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | French |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
| Sister channels | Discovery Science France Discovery Investigation |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 August 2004 |
| Links | |
| Website | discoverychannel.fr |
Discovery Channel is a French pay television channel that was launched on 1 September 2004. Until then, France had been the only region in Western Europe not reached by the Discovery Channel. It initially reached 3.2 million subscribers via the CanalSat platform.[2] On 31 March 2009, the channel adopted the new Discovery Channel logo and look.[3]
The channel faces competition from other documentary channels such as Planète+ and National Geographic.
In December 2016, Altice acquired an exclusivity agreement with NBCUniversal and Discovery Networks.[4][5] Discovery Channel and Science were removed from Canal on 17 January 2017, and French versions of Investigation Discovery and Discovery Family were launched exclusively on SFR.[6]
