Discovery Science (Asian TV channel)
Logo used since 1 September 2021. | |
| Country | Singapore Philippines Thailand Indonesia China Taiwan Hong Kong Macau India |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Southeast Asia (except Malaysia, Vietnam & Thailand) China Hong Kong Taiwan |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific |
| Sister channels | Animal Planet Asian Food Network Boomerang Cartoon Network Cartoonito Cinemax CNN Discovery Asia Discovery Channel DMAX EVE HBO HBO Family HBO Hits HBO Signature HGTV TLC Trvl Channel |
| History | |
| Launched | 1998 (Discovery Sci-Trek) 2003 (Discovery Science) 1 October 2021 (Indonesia) |
| Closed | 1 March 2021 (SD feed, Malaysia) 1 October 2021 (HD feed, Malaysia) |
| Replaced by | BBC Earth (Astro, Malaysia) |
| Former names | Discovery Sci-Trek (1998-2003) |
Discovery Science is a Southeast Asian pay television channel (excluding Malaysia, formerly including Malaysia) owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific. The channel replaced Discovery Sci-Trek.
Discovery Science rebranded along with Travel Channel in Southeast Asia on September 1, 2021.
On September 15, 2021, Astro moved the channel number of Discovery Science from 554 to 557. On October 1, 2021, Discovery Science ceased to broadcast on Astro due to a decision made following a review of the channel's performance. It was later replaced by BBC Earth.
On October 1, 2021, Discovery Science was launched in Indonesia via the cable provider TransVision.
A separate feed is run for India and other South Asian countries with timeshifted schedule.