Discovery Turbo
Discovery Turbo (previously known as Discovery Turbo MAX in Australia) is a 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.
Discovery Turbo | |
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Launched | 16 March 2005 |
Owned by | Discovery Inc. |
Audience share | UK: 0.07% (April 2017 , BARB) |
Formerly called | Discovery Turbo MAX (2009–2015, Australia only) |
Replaced |
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Replaced by | DMAX (Southeast Asia) |
Timeshift service |
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Availability | |
Satellite | |
Sky (Great Britain) | Channel 161 Channel 261 (+1) |
Sky (Ireland and NI) | Channel 188 Channel 288 (+1) |
DirecTV | Channel 736 |
Movistar Colombia (Colombia) | Channel 360 |
Cable | |
Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 256 |
WightFibre (UK) | Channel 81 |
Foxtel (Australia) | Channel 620 Channel 640 (+2) |
Conexion digital express (Bogotá and Kennedy, Colombia) | Channel 49 (Digital) |
HV televisión (Bogotá and Soacha, Colombia) | Channel 42 (Digital) |
FJ CableTV Bogotá Fibra Optica (Colombia) | Channel 95 (Digital - Standard and Premium) |
Cablevisión (Argentina) | Channel 111 (Digital) |
Claro Colombia (Colombia) | Channel 313 (Digital) |
IPTV | |
Claro TV (Dominican Republic) | Channel 310 |
Eir Vision | Channel 524 |
Streaming media | |
TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) (TVPlayer Plus subscription required) |
Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
Feeds
Discovery Turbo Latin America
The channel launched in Latin America in 2005.
Discovery Turbo Asia
Discovery Turbo launched in Southeast Asia on September 22, 2008, replacing Discovery Real Time. Discovery Turbo Asia ended its broadcast on July 7, 2014 at 5:59 am as it has been rebranded to DMAX starting at 6:00 am on the same day.
Discovery Turbo India
The channel launched on January 28, 2010.[2]
Discovery Turbo Australia
In Australia, the channel first launched in 2008 on SelecTV, replacing Discovery Real Time which previously launched on 15 March 2007.[3] The channel ceased being available in late 2010 following SelecTV's closure of its English service.[4] A separate feed, 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, the channel rebranded as Discovery Turbo, seeing it change to a similar branding to that used by other Discovery Turbo channels around the world.
Discovery Turbo New Zealand
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
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. It launched on 17 September 2013 in Poland, replaced Discovery 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.
Discovery Turbo Japan
The channel launched on 30 January 2018.[8]
Programming
UK and Ireland
- 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)
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
- 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
- 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
- "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 original on 29 July 2012.
- Chessell, James (20 August 2010). "Bruce Gordon's SelecTV to make changes". The Australian. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- 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).
- https://www.discoverychannel.jp/0000006499/