Discovery Science (Asian TV channel)
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Country | Singapore Philippines Thailand Indonesia (Starting 1 October 2021) Vietnam Australia China Taiwan Hong Kong Macau India |
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Broadcast area | Southeast Asia (except Malaysia & Thailand) Australia China Hong Kong Taiwan |
Network | Science Channel (Since 1 September 2021) |
Headquarters | Singapore |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Discovery Asia-Pacific |
Sister channels | Discovery Channel Animal Planet TLC DMAX Discovery Kids Eve Discovery Asia |
History | |
Launched | 1998 (Discovery Sci-Trek) 2003 (Discovery Science) 1 October 2021 (Indonesia) |
Closed | 1 March 2021 (SD feed, Malaysia) 1 October 2021 (HD feed, Malaysia) |
Former names | Discovery Sci-Trek (1998-2003) |
Discovery Science is a Southeast Asia pay television channel (excluding Malaysia, formerly including Malaysia) owned by Discovery Asia-Pacific. The channel replaced Discovery Sci-Trek. Discovery Science rebranded along with Travel Channel in Southeast Asia from 1 September 2021. Starting 15 September 2021, Astro will move the channel number of Discovery Science from 554 to 557. It is the first Learning channels to ceased broadcasting on Astro on 1 October 2021 due to a decision made following review of the channel performance and replaced by BBC Earth on 15 September 2021. Discovery Science will launch in Indonesia, on TransVision from 1 October 2021.
A separate feed is run for India and other South Asian countries with timeshifted schedule and old 2011 branding.
Programming[]
- Bad Universe
- Bone Detectives
- Dark Matters: Twisted But True
- The Detonators
- Extreme Engineering
- How Do They Do It?
- Junkyard Wars
- Mega Builders
- Moon Machines
- The New Inventors
- Oddities
- Prophets of Science Fiction
- Some Assembly Required
- Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman
- Triggers: Weapons That Changed The World
- Weaponology
Current feeds[]
China
Hong Kong
This channel was available on Cable TV Hong Kong, NowTV China and myTV Hong Kong.
Taiwan
Only available on CHT MOD.
Macau
Only available on Macau Cable TV.
Singapore
Only available on Singtel TV. Formerly available on StarHub TV
Philippines
Only Available on G Sat Channel 24.
Indonesia
From 1 October 2021, will launch in Indonesia, on TransVision.
India
Available on In Digital.
Defunct feeds[]
Malaysia
This channel was only available on Astro via channel 554. Starting 15 September 2021, it will be move from channel 554 to 557. Malaysian feed of Discovery Science closed on 1 October 2021, 30 day after Discovery Science rebranded in Southeast Asia due to review of the channel performance and replaced by BBC Earth on Astro channel 554 in Malaysia which launched on 15 September 2021.
See also[]
- Discovery Science (TV channel)
- Science Channel
References[]
- Science Channel
- Television channels and stations established in 2003