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Discovery Turbo

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Discovery Turbo
Discovery Turbo logo
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaAustralia
India
Ownership
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery
Sister channels
List
History
Launched16 March 2005
Replaced
Replaced byDMAX (Southeast Asia)
Former namesDiscovery Turbo MAX
(2009–2015, Australia only)
Links
Websitehttps://www.discovery.com/

Discovery Turbo(previously known asDiscovery Turbo MAXin Australia) is a pay television channel devoted to programming about transport. It is similar toDiscovery VelocityandMotor Trend.It was also briefly available as an on-demand service in the US in the late 2000s.

Feeds[edit]

Discovery Turbo Latin America[edit]

Logo used from 2010 to 2015

The channel launched in Latin America in 2005.

Discovery Turbo UK[edit]

It launched on 1 March 2007, replacingDiscovery WingsandDiscovery Kids.[1]

Discovery Turbo Asia[edit]

Discovery Turbo launched inSoutheast Asiaon September 22, 2008, replacing Discovery Real Time. Discovery Turbo Asia ended its broadcast on July 7, 2014 as it has been rebranded toDMAXon the same day.

Discovery Turbo India[edit]

Main article:Discovery Turbo (Indian TV channel)

The channel launched on January 28, 2010.[2]From March 1, 2021 the channel started to follow a timeshifted version ofDMAX Asia's schedule.

Discovery Turbo Australia[edit]

In Australia, the channel first launched in 2008[specify]onSelecTV,replacingDiscovery Real Timewhich previously launched on 15 March 2007.[3][better source needed]The channel ceased being available in late 2010 following SelecTV's closure of its English service.[4]Aseparate feed[citation needed],namedDiscovery Turbo MAX,launch on 15 November 2009 on theFoxtelplatform.[5]At launch, the channel was also available on a two-hour delay, with thetime shiftchannel calledDiscovery Turbo MAX +2.[5]In May 2015,[specify]the channel rebranded asDiscovery Turbo,seeing it change to a similar branding to that used by otherDiscovery Turbochannels around the world.[citation needed]

Discovery Turbo New Zealand[edit]

In New Zealand, the channel is known asDiscovery Turbo,with similar branding and content to otherDiscovery Turbochannels around the world. It launched on 1 November 2015 on channel 75 exclusively toSky Television.[6][7]

DTX in Europe[edit]

Main article:DTX (TV channel)

In Europe, the channel is known asDTX(formerly knownDiscovery Turbo Xtra), with similar branding and content to other Discovery Turbo channels around the world. It launched on 17 September 2013 in Poland, replacedDiscovery World,and later roll-out in Turkey and Eastern Europe. However, later in Poland, in second half of November 2016, DTX replaced Discovery Turbo Xtra.

Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA has announced that DTX, along withDiscovery Science,will cease broadcasting on 31 December 2023.[8][9][10]

Discovery Turbo Japan[edit]

The channel launched on 30 January 2018.[11]

Programming[edit]

UK and Ireland[edit]

Asia (2008–2014), Australia and New Zealand (2008-2019)[edit]

Check out the Australian & NZ DiscoveryWebsite

Latin America[edit]

  • A Bike is Born
  • American Chopper
  • American Hot Rod
  • Auto Trader
  • Beetle Crisis
  • Campervan Crisis
  • Chasing Classic Cars
  • Concorde: The Final Flight
  • Destroyed in Seconds
  • The Detonators
  • Engineering Le Mans
  • Extreme Machines
  • Firepower
  • Flight Deck
  • Flying Heavy Metal
  • Futureweapons
  • Garage Dreams
  • The Garage
  • The Great Biker Build-Off
  • The Greatest Ever
  • Hard Shine
  • Heartland Thunder
  • Hyperspeed
  • Kit Car Crisis
  • Los CARvotta
  • Marine Machines
  • Mark Williams On The Rails
  • Martin Shaw: Aviators
  • Monster Garage
  • Overhaulin'
  • Racer Girls
  • Robocars
  • Sunrides Earth
  • Trainspotting
  • Trains With Pete Waterman
  • Ultimate Biker Challenge
  • Ultimate Car Build-Off
  • Vroom Vroom
  • Warbots
  • Weaponology
  • Weaponizers
  • Weeeee Cars
  • Weird Wheels
  • What's My Car Worth?
  • Wheeler Dealers
  • World's Biggest Airliner: Building The Airbus A380
  • Wrecks to Riches

References[edit]

  1. ^"Discovery Goes Into Turbo Mode!".MediaWeek.7 October 2008.
  2. ^"Discovery Science, Discovery Turbo launch in India".Indian Television Dot Com.2010-01-28.Retrieved2018-04-19.
  3. ^Addington, Tim (15 March 2007)."SelecTV adds five Discovery channels to platform".B&T Weekly.Archived fromthe originalon 29 July 2012.
  4. ^Chessell, James (20 August 2010)."Bruce Gordon's SelecTV to make changes".The Australian.Retrieved26 September2016.
  5. ^abKnox, David (14 November 2009)."Pay TV's upgrade to top Freeview".TV Tonight.Retrieved26 September2016.
  6. ^"SKY TV AND DISCOVERY NETWORKS AGREE LONG TERM EXCLUSIVE DEAL"(Press release).Sky Television New Zealand.20 July 2015.Retrieved1 November2016.
  7. ^Page, Emma (1 November 2015)."Wayne Carini talks Chasing Classic Cars".Stuff.co.nz.Retrieved1 November2016....Discovery Turbo, that launches on November 1...Discovery Turbo (Sky Channel 075).
  8. ^"Lietuvoje nebebus transliuojami" Discovery Science "ir DTX kanalai"[Discovery Science and DTX channels will no longer be broadcast in Lithuania].delfi.lt(in Lithuanian).Delfi.2023-09-06.Retrieved2023-09-06.
  9. ^"Hamarosan eltűnik két tévécsatorna a magyar kínálatból (Frissített!)"[Two TV channels will soon disappear from the Hungarian subscription]. 9 September 2023.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^"Discovery Science и DTX прекратят вещание в Украине"[Discovery Science and DTX ceases broadcasting in Ukraine].mediasat.info(in Russian). Mediasat. 2023-09-15.Retrieved2023-10-06.
  11. ^"Quốc nội sơ のクルマ・バイク chuyên môn チャンネル “Discovery TURBO” をローンチ ".
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