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Discovery Home & Health (British and Irish TV channel)

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Discovery Home & Health
Programming
Picture format576i 16:9 SDTV
Timeshift serviceDiscovery Home & Health +1
Ownership
OwnerDiscovery, Inc.
Sister channelsAnimal Planet
Discovery Channel
Discovery History
Discovery Science
Discovery Shed
Discovery Turbo
DMAX
Food Network
HGTV
Investigation Discovery
Quest
Quest Red
Really
TLC
History
Launched1 July 2000
Closed6 January 2021
Replaced byContent shifted to Discovery+
Former namesDiscovery Health (2000–2005)
Former logo used from 2007 to 2013

Discovery Home & Health was a British and Irish television satellite and cable channel. It was launched on 1 July 2000 as part of the Discovery Channel's bouquet of channels, as Discovery Health, following a similar format to the American channel of the same name.

It was rebranded on 7 May 2005 to its current name, and relaunched as a female oriented lifestyle channel. This coincided with the relaunch of Discovery Home & Leisure as Discovery Real Time, a male oriented channel.[1] In the same month, a timeshift service - Discovery Home & Health +1, began test operations on Sky[2] and fully launched on the 23rd.[3]

On 30 April 2013, Discovery Home & Health received a new look, following the closure of Discovery Real Time and Discovery Travel & Living, and began broadcasting in widescreen, the last of Discovery's UK channels to do so. Some programming from the closed channels was transferred over to Home & Health. At the same time the channels also moved into Real Time's old EPG slots on Sky and did so on Virgin Media on 7 May 2013.[4]

The network was superseded by the streaming platform Discovery+, which effectively carries all of its content, and it was discontinued with immediate effect on 6 January 2021, the same fate which befell Discovery Shed.[5]

Programming

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References

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  1. ^ Shelley, Darren (14 April 2005). "Discovery to rebrand Health, Home & Leisure". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 1 September 2006. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Discovery Home & Health to get timeshift". Digital Spy. 9 May 2005.
  3. ^ "Discovery Home & Health +1 launches". Digital Spy. 23 May 2005.
  4. ^ Hadley, Paul (24 April 2013). "Changes to Discovery channels this month". Entertainment Interactive. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Discovery to close two UK channels in New Year".
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