Discovery Kids
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A Warner Bros. Discovery brand created 1996
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Introduced | October 7, 1996, with Discovery Kids Channel |
Discovery Kids (stylized as discovery k!ds) is a brand name owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Starting as a television segment within the Discovery Channel, the brand expanded as a separate television channel in October 1996.[1] Most of its worldwide channels were either rebranded or shut down, but the brand still exists as a website for children's activities and consumer products.
As of 2022, Discovery Kids-branded channels exist in India, Latin America, and as a programming block in the United States.
- Current television channels
- Discovery Kids India (launched 2012)
- Discovery Kids Latin America (launched 1996)
- Discovery Kids en Español, a Spanish-language daytime programming block on the US Discovery Familia
- Former channels
- Discovery Kids on NBC (2002–2006)
- Discovery Kids Australia (2014–2020)
- DKids, broadcast in Middle East and North Africa (2016–2021)
- Discovery Kids Southeast Asia
- Discovery Kids UK, time-shared with Discovery Wings (both 2000–2007)
- Discovery Kids Channel (1996–2010), changes since 2010 co-ownership with Hasbro Entertainment culminate in Discovery Family since 2014
- Discovery Kids Canada (2001–2009)
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- ^ Kirchdoerffer, Ed (1999-04-01). "Digital Play in the U.S. of A." Realscreen. Archived from the original on 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
Discovery was the first non-fiction channel to embrace digital cable services. Home & Leisure, Science, Civilization, and Kids launched in October 1996.
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