22 Facts About Discovery Studios

In 2005, Discovery Studios changed its programming focus to include more popular science and historical themes.

On January 4,2006, Discovery Studios Communications announced anchor Ted Koppel, executive producer Tom Bettag and eight other former staff members from the ABC newsmagazine Nightline were joining Discovery Studios Channel.

Discovery Studios has featured documentaries specifically aimed at families and younger audiences.

Discovery Studios en Espanol is an American pay television channel that was launched as the Spanish-language version of the Discovery Studios Channel.

Shortly before the 2004 Tour de France, Discovery Studios Channel announced it would become the primary sponsor of a professional bicycling team starting in 2005, featuring the then-seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, whose wins were voided after he was proven to have cheated via doping.

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Discovery Studios Channel Radio was a radio network whose programming consisted of audio versions of popular programs from the Discovery Studios Communications family of television channels.

Discovery Studios Channel lent its brand to retail stores in malls and other locations across America, and to an online store.

On May 17,2007, Discovery Studios Communications announced it would close its standalone and mall-based stores.

Discovery Studios Channel funded the construction of the Lowell Discovery Studios Telescope, in partnership with Lowell Observatory.

Discovery Studios Channel's first logo was a television screen picturing a map of the world.

For two decades, starting in 1987, the channel's logo incorporated the Discovery Studios wordmark rendered in the Aurora Bold Condensed font with a circular shape in front of it.

Many of the sister networks used logo designs similar to the one used by Discovery Studios, often incorporating the globe and using the same typeface.

On March 31,2008, Discovery Studios unveiled a new logo, which took effect on-air on April 15,2008.

The launch was accompanied by a new advertising campaign, "The World is Just Awesome", which featured scenes of Discovery Studios personalities singing an adapted version of the song "I Love the Mountains".

The new branding is accompanied by another new imaging campaign, "The World is Ours", which features scenes of Discovery Studios personalities singing the Blue Swede version of "Hooked on a Feeling".

Canadian version of Discovery Studios was established in 1995, and is currently owned by a joint venture between Bell Media and Discovery Studios Inc.

In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Discovery Studios Channel is part of the Premiere digital network and supplies specific programs to other networks like ZDF and kabel eins.

In Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, a Flemish Discovery Studios Channel launched on cable television on October 1,2009.

In Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia and Slovenia, Discovery Studios Channel is carried by most cable television and IPTV providers with all the content subtitled in the respective languages.

In South East Asia, Discovery Studios Channel is available on digital subscription television.

Discovery Studios Channel was launched in 1998 in India broadcasting originally in English and Hindi.

Discovery Studios recently launched Discovery Studios Plus, a new streaming service for India priced at ?300 per year, offering content in eight languages—English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Marathi.