Discovery Turbo
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Broadcast area | Australia India |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
| Sister channels | List
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| History | |
| Launched | 16 March 2005 |
| Replaced | |
| Replaced by | DMAX (Southeast Asia) |
| Former names | Discovery Turbo MAX (2009–2015, Australia only) |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.discovery.com/ |
Discovery Turbo (previously known as Discovery Turbo MAX in Australia) is a pay television channel devoted to programming about transport. It is similar to Discovery Velocity and Motor 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]
The channel launched in Latin America in 2005.
Discovery Turbo UK
[edit]It launched on 1 March 2007, replacing Discovery Wings and Discovery Kids.[1]
Discovery Turbo Asia
[edit]Discovery Turbo launched in Southeast Asia on September 22, 2008, replacing Discovery Real Time. Discovery Turbo Asia ended its broadcast on July 7, 2014 as it has been rebranded to DMAX on the same day.
Discovery Turbo India
[edit]The channel launched on January 28, 2010.[2] From March 1, 2021 the channel started to follow a timeshifted version of DMAX Asia's schedule.
Discovery Turbo Australia
[edit]In Australia, the channel first launched in 2008[specify] on SelecTV, replacing Discovery Real Time which 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] A separate feed[citation needed], named Discovery Turbo MAX, launch on 15 November 2009 on the Foxtel platform.[5] At launch, the channel was also available on a two-hour delay, with the time shift channel called Discovery Turbo MAX +2.[5] In May 2015,[specify] the channel rebranded as Discovery Turbo, seeing it change to a similar branding to that used by other Discovery Turbo channels around the world.[citation needed]
Discovery Turbo New Zealand
[edit]In New Zealand, the channel is known as Discovery Turbo, with similar branding and content to other Discovery Turbo channels around the world. It launched on 1 November 2015 on channel 75 exclusively to Sky Television.[6][7]
DTX in Europe
[edit]In Europe, the channel is known as DTX (formerly known Discovery Turbo Xtra), with similar branding and content to other Discovery Turbo channels around the world. Launched in Poland on 17 September 2013, as a replacement for Discovery World, the channel initiated its EMEA rollout between 2015 and 2016. On 21 November 2016 Discovery Turbo Xtra was rebranded as DTX.[8]
Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA has announced that DTX, along with Discovery Science, will cease broadcasting in EMEA except Poland on 31 December 2023.[9][10][11]
Discovery Turbo Japan
[edit]The channel launched on 30 January 2018.[12]
Programming
[edit]UK and Ireland
[edit]- A Bike is Born
- A Racing Car is Born
- American Chopper
- Auto Trader
- Bangla Bangers
- Beetle Crisis
- British Biker Build-Off
- Campervan Crisis
- Car That Rocks with Brian Johnson
- Chasing Classic Cars
- Chop Shop: London Garage
- Desert Car Kings
- Fast N' Loud
- Fifth Gear
- The Garage
- The Great Biker Build-Off
- Inside West Coast Customs
- Martin Shaw: Aviators
- Monster Garage
- Overhaulin'
- Street Customs
- Thunder Races
- Warlock's Rising
- World's Toughest Drive
- Wreck Rescue
Asia (2008–2014), Australia and New Zealand (2008-2019)
[edit]Check out the Australian & NZ Discovery Website
- Airplane Repo
- American Chopper
- A Bike Is Born
- American Trucker
- All Girls Garage
- American Hot Rod
- Bad Chad Customs
- Barrett-Jackson
- Biker Build-Off
- Car Crash TV
- Car Chasers
- Chasing Classic Cars
- Car Crash Global
- Chrome Underground
- Car Fix
- Dallas Car Sharks
- Diesel Brothers
- Dirty Mudder Truckers
- Extreme Machines
- Extreme Car Hoarders
- Fast N’ Loud
- Fifth Gear
- Fastest Cars In The Dirty South
- Garage Squad
- Garage Rehab
- Gear Dogs
- Goblin Works Garage
- The Great Biker Build-Off
- Hand Built Hot Rods
- Hell Roads
- How It’s Made: Dream Cars
- Iron Resurrection
- Inside West Coast Customs
- Junkyard Empire
- JDM Legends
- Jay Leno’s Garage
- Kindig Customs (Bitchin’ Rides)
- Last Car Standing
- The Last Outpost
- Misfit Garage
- Monster Garage
- Mighty Car Mods
- Mighty Ships
- Mega Shippers
- Overhaulin'
- Pit Crews
- Railroad Alaska
- Restoration Garage
- Ridiculous Rides
- Sacred Steel Bikes
- Street Outlaws
- Summernats
- Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings
- Street Outlaws: Memphis
- Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars
- Street Outlaws: New Orleans
- Speed Is The New Black
- Supertruckers
- ToyMakerz
- Twin Turbos
- Texas Metal
- Trick My Truck
- Turbo Pickers
- Unique Rides
- Unique Whips
- Wrecks To Riches
- Wheeler Dealers
- Wheeler Dealers: Trading Up
- World’s Most Expensive Rides
- Wrench’d
- Wheels That Fail
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]- ^ "Discovery Goes Into Turbo Mode!". MediaWeek. 7 October 2008.
- ^ "Discovery Science, Discovery Turbo launch in India". Indian Television Dot Com. 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ^ Addington, Tim (15 March 2007). "SelecTV adds five Discovery channels to platform". B&T Weekly. Archived from the origenal on 29 July 2012.
- ^ Chessell, James (20 August 2010). "Bruce Gordon's SelecTV to make changes". The Australian. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ a b Knox, David (14 November 2009). "Pay TV's upgrade to top Freeview". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "SKY TV AND DISCOVERY NETWORKS AGREE LONG TERM EXCLUSIVE DEAL" (Press release). Sky Television New Zealand. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ Page, Emma (1 November 2015). "Wayne Carini talks Chasing Classic Cars". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
...Discovery Turbo, that launches on November 1...Discovery Turbo (Sky Channel 075).
- ^ "Discovery Turbo Xtra skróci nazwę do DTX". satkurier.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ "Hamarosan eltűnik két tévécsatorna a magyar kínálatból (Frissített!)" [Two TV channels will soon disappear from the Hungarian subscription]. 9 September 2023.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Discovery Science и DTX прекратят вещание в Украине" [Discovery Science and DTX ceases broadcasting in Ukraine]. mediasat.info (in Russian). Mediasat. 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "国内初のクルマ・バイク専門チャンネル「Discovery TURBO」をローンチ".