Discovery Channel (Europe) is the Pan-European version of the Discovery Channel.

Discovery Channel (Europe)

Country	United Kingdom
Broadcast area	Parts of the Balkans and Central Europe Cyprus Greece Malta Africa
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed0
Ownership
Owner	Discovery Communications
History
Launched	1 April 1989; 35 years ago (1989-04-01)
Availability
Terrestrial
DStv	Channel 121 (Discovery Channel Africa)
Zuku TV	Channel 414 (Discovery Channel Africa)

Over the years, the Discovery Channel has been split into many different channels for specific regions. Most language regions in Western Europe now have their own versions of the channel, and the Pan-European is therefore now mostly available in countries in Central and Eastern Europe.

The channel is broadcast from the United Kingdom and holds an Ofcom licence. The channel was registered as "Discovery Channel Europe" until August 2006, when it changed its name to "Discovery (Central & Eastern Europe inc. Russia)".^[1] Later it changed back to Discovery Channel (Europe).^[2]

Discovery Channel (Europe) was launched from the UK in 1989. It launched on the Astra satellite in 1993. Eventually it split into different channels for different markets:

• Discovery Channel Africa
• Discovery Channel Bulgaria
• Discovery Channel Croatia
• Discovery Channel Denmark
• Discovery Channel Estonia
• Discovery Channel Finland
• Discovery Channel Flanders
• Discovery Channel France
• Discovery Channel Germany
• Discovery Channel Hungary
• Discovery Channel Italy
• Discovery Channel Latvia
• Discovery Channel Netherlands
• Discovery Channel Norway
• Discovery Channel Poland
• Discovery Channel Portugal
• Discovery Channel Russia
• Discovery Channel Serbia
• Discovery Channel Slovenia
• Discovery Channel Spain
• Discovery Channel Sweden
• Discovery Channel Turkey
• Discovery Channel UK and Ireland

Some of the countries that still receive the European version are Cyprus, Greece, Africa, Malta, parts of the Balkans and Central Europe.