DTX (TV channel)
Broadcast area | Poland Albania Hungary Romania Czech Republic Slovakia Russia and CIS Ukraine Turkey MENA |
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Network | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Programming | |
Picture format | HDTV 1080i SDTV 576i |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
Sister channels | Animal Planet Discovery Channel Discovery Science Food Network Investigation Discovery TLC Travel Channel |
History | |
Launched | September 17, 2013 April 1, 2016 (Middle East) | (Poland)
Replaced | Discovery World |
Closed | January 1, 2021 March 9, 2022 (Russia) 1 January 2024 (Central Europe and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Turkey) | (Middle East)
Former names | Discovery Turbo Xtra (2013–2016) |
DTX (previously known as Discovery Turbo Xtra) was a television channel focused on programming about cars owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. It was a CEEMEA version of Discovery Turbo.
The channel was launched under the name Discovery Turbo Xtra to replace the European version of Discovery World, with the first launch in Poland on 17 September 2013.[1] The channel roll-out in 2015 in Albania and in 2016 in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Baltics, Russia, CIS, Ukraine, Turkey and MENA. In the Middle East, it was launched on 1 April 2016 on beIN Network.[2] A few months later the network was rebranded worldwide as DTX.
On 9 March 2022, Discovery Inc. pulled their channels from the Russian market after the nation's invasion of Ukraine.[3]
DTX and Discovery Science ceased broadcasting on 1 January 2024.[4][5][6]
References
- ^ wirtualnemedia (9 December 2019). "Koniec Discovery World, rusza Discovery Turbo Xtra. "Ma przyciągnąć młodych mężczyzn"".
- ^ beIN Partners With Discovery Communications To Launch Six New Channels In The Region
- ^ "WarnerMedia and Discovery join the stampede of businesses leaving Russia". CNN. 9 March 2022.
- ^ "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. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Hamarosan eltűnik két tévécsatorna a magyar kínálatból (Frissített!)" [Two TV channels will soon disappear from the Hungarian subscription]. 9 September 2023.
- ^ "Discovery Science и DTX прекратят вещание в Украине" [Discovery Science and DTX ceases broadcasting in Ukraine]. mediasat.info (in Russian). Mediasat. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.