Discovery Kids (Australian TV channel)
Appearance
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Country | Australia |
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Broadcast area | Australia |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Discovery, Inc. |
Sister channels | Discovery Channel Animal Planet Discovery Science Discovery Turbo TLC |
History | |
Launched | 3 November 2014 |
Replaced | Discovery Home & Health |
Closed | 1 February 2020 |
Availability (at time of closure) | |
Streaming media | |
Foxtel Go | Channel 718 |
Discovery Kids (stylised as Discovery K!ds) was an Australian subscription television channel, aimed at 2-6 year olds screening factual and educational programming.[1] The channel launched on Foxtel on 3 November 2014.[2]
The channel replaced Discovery Home & Health, whose select programming moved to TLC.[1]
The channel ceased operations on 1 February 2020, after which the channel space created in 2007 by Discovery Home & Health ceased to exist. No reason was given to why it ceased.
Programming
- Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom
- Ace: Animal Countdown Extraordinaire
- Adventure 8 Zoo Games
- All About Animals
- America's Cutest
- Animal Atlas
- Annedroids
- Art Ninja
- Be the Creature
- Cats 101
- Crafty Kids Club
- Creature Mania
- Danger! Wild Animals
- Deadly 60
- Deadly Art
- Deadly Nightmares of Natures
- Dino Dan
- Dogs 101
- Doki
- Earth to Luna!
- Endurance
- Feeding Time
- Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman
- Finding Stuff Out
- Fishtronaut
- Gastronauts
- Head Rush
- Hero Squad
- Horrible Histories
- Insectibles
- Jungle Book Safari
- Junior Bake Off
- Junior Vets
- Kids vs Film
- Kika & Bob
- Making Stuff
- Meet the Menagerie
- Must Love Cats
- Officially Amazing
- On the Spot
- One Minute Wonders
- Operation Ouch
- Papyrus
- Pet School
- Pok & Mok
- Quirky Science
- Secret Millionaires Club
- Tales of Tatonka
- The Adrenaline Project
- The Fixies
- The Green Squad
- Think Big
- Thomas Edison's Secret Lab
- Totally Wild
- Underdog to Wonderdog
- We're Talking Animals
- Wild But True
- Wild Kratts
- You're Called What!
- Zoo Clues
References
- ^ a b "The Brand New World of Discovery Networks is just AWESOME!" (PDF) (Press release). Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ Knox, David (4 September 2014). "Foxtel overhauls pricing, HD channels as content battle heats up". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 October 2014.