Discovery World (international TV channel)

Discovery World

Broadcast area	Africa Belgium Central and Eastern Europe Italy Middle East Netherlands Nordic countries Portugal
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Programming
Language(s)	English, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Russian
Picture format	576i 16:9 SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Warner Bros. Discovery (Discovery, Inc. at the time)
Sister channels	Animal Planet Discovery Discovery Science Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 Investigation Discovery TLC
History
Launched	1 October 1998; 25 years ago (1998-10-01)
Closed	31 December 2020; 3 years ago (2020-12-31)
Replaced by	DTX (Eastern Europe) Discovery Family (Middle East & Africa)
Former names	Discovery Civilisation Channel (1998-2008)
Availability (at time of closure)
Streaming media
Ziggo GO Netherlands	ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only)

Discovery World is a former European pay television channel which featured programming in the fields of travel, culture and history. It used to be a pan-European television channel. Discovery World offered a mix of history, culture, real-life stories, investigation, mystery shows, factual series and documentaries. At time of closure its programming was mainly in English and subtitled in Dutch.