Discovery Kids (Australian TV channel)

Discovery Kids Australia

Country	Australia
Broadcast area	Australia
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific
Sister channels	Discovery Channel Animal Planet Discovery Science Discovery Turbo TLC
History
Launched	3 November 2014; 9 years ago (3 November 2014)
Replaced	Discovery Home & Health
Closed	1 February 2020; 4 years ago (1 February 2020)
Links
Website	www.discoverychannel.com.au/discovery-kids/ www.dkids.com.au
Availability (at time of closure)
Streaming media
Foxtel Go	Channel 718

Discovery Kids (stylised as Discovery K!ds) was an Australian subscription television channel, aimed at 2-6 year olds screening factual and educational programming.^[1] The channel launched on Foxtel on 3 November 2014.^[2]

The channel replaced Discovery Home & Health, whose select programming moved to TLC.^[1]

The channel ceased operations on 1 February 2020, after which the channel space created in 2007 by Discovery Home & Health ceased to exist. No reason was given to why it ceased.

Programming

• Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom
• Ace: Animal Countdown Extraordinaire
• Adventure 8 Zoo Games
• All About Animals
• America's Cutest
• Animal Atlas
• Annedroids
• Art Ninja
• Be the Creature
• Cats 101
• Crafty Kids Club
• Creature Mania
• Danger! Wild Animals
• Deadly 60
• Deadly Art
• Deadly Nightmares of Nature
• Dino Dan
• Dogs 101
• Doki
• Earth to Luna!
• Endurance
• Feeding Time
• Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman
• Finding Stuff Out
• Fishtronaut
• Gastronuts
• Head Rush
• Hero Squad
• Horrible Histories
• Insectibles
• Jungle Book Safari
• Junior Bake Off
• Junior Vets
• Kids vs Film
• Kika & Bob
• Make it Big, Make it Small
• Making Stuff
• Meet the Menagerie
• Must Love Cats
• Officially Amazing
• On the Spot
• One Minute Wonders
• Operation Ouch!
• Papyrus
• Pet School
• Pok & Mok
• Quirky Science
• Secret Millionaires Club
• Tales of Tatonka
• The Adrenaline Project
• The Fixies
• The Green Squad
• Think Big
• Thomas Edison's Secret Lab
• Totally Wild
• Underdog to Wonderdog
• We're Talking Animals
• Wild But True
• Wild Kratts
• You're Called What!
• Zoo Clues

References

1. "The Brand New World of Discovery Networks is just AWESOME!" (PDF) (Press release). Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific. 9 October 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
2. Knox, David (4 September 2014). "Foxtel overhauls pricing, HD channels as content battle heats up". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2014.