Discovery HD

Discovery HD is the international name of the high-definition television channels from Discovery Communications.

The international Discovery HD (now Discovery HD World in Asia-Pacific markets) first launched in Korea on February 2005 as a programming block. In December 2005, Discovery HD Japan and Discovery HD Canada (since renamed Discovery World HD) launched as 24-hour channels, becoming the 100th and 101st Discovery networks overall. After this, Discovery HD expanded into other markets as follows:

• February 2006 in Germany and Austria on the Sky Germany satellite platform.
• May 2006 in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky Digital with the launch of the Sky+ HD service.
• October 2006 in Poland on the n platform and the Netherlands.
• November 1, 2006 in the Nordic countries when Canal Digital launched their HD package in Sweden, with Denmark, Finland and Norway following in 2007.
• January 18, 2007 in Singapore on the StarHub TV platform
• January 31, 2008 in Hong Kong on now TV.
• 2008 in Russia on NTV Plus.
• March 1, 2009 in South Korea on Skylife
• April 1, 2009 in Czech Republic on Sky Link as Discovery HD Showcase
• June 2008 in Australia on Foxtel HD+ and Turkey on HD-Smart.
• May 2009 in Philippines on SkyCable
• July 2009 in Italy on Sky Italia
• December 2009 in Southern Africa on DStv
• February 2010 in the Arab World on Orbit Showtime
• February 2010 in India as Discovery HD World India.
• March 5, 2010 in India on Sun Direct DTH
• April 1, 2010 in the United Kingdom on Virgin Media.
• June 2, 2010 in Portugal on Zon as Discovery HD Showcase.
• September 1, 2010 in Romania on UPC Romania DVB-C as Discovery HD Showcase
• September 6, 2010 in Portugal on Cabovisão DVB-C as Discovery HD Showcase
• December 4, 2012 in Brazil as 'Discovery Channel HD', like the USA channel he simulcasts the main Discovery Channel SD feed, but airs high-definition versions of programming when available.
• December 14, 2012 in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Logosoft as Discovery HD Showcase

The first American HD Discovery channel has the name Velocity and launched in June 2002.

A second Discovery HD channel, called 'Discovery Channel HD', was launched in the USA on Dish Network the week of August 13, 2007. This new channel simulcasts the main Discovery Channel feed, but airs high-definition versions of programming when available. It is also available on DirecTV and various U.S. cable operators along with fellow sister high definition version networks TLC, Animal Planet, and Science Channel.

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Discovery HD began to began to simulcast the main Discovery Channel feed in high-definition on June 30, 2011 rather than use a separate schedule.

• The 2005-2008 logo

• The 2010-Present Discovery HD Showcase logo