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Discovery Kids

The international logo variant used primarily for the brand since 2021
Product type	Television networks Programming blocks
Introduced	October 7, 1996, with Discovery Kids Channel

Discovery Kids (stylized as discovery k!ds) is a brand name owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Starting as a television block within Discovery Channel, the brand expanded as a separate television channel in October 1996. Most of its worldwide channels were either rebranded or shut down, but the brand still exists as a website for children's activities and consumer products.

As of 2022, Discovery Kids-branded channels exist in India, Latin America, and as a programming block in the United States.

Current television channels

• Discovery Kids India (launched 2012)
• Discovery Kids Latin America (launched 1996)
• Discovery Kids en Español, a Spanish-language daytime programming block on the US Discovery Familia

Former channels

• Discovery Kids on NBC (2002–2006)
• Discovery Kids Australia (2014–2020)
• DKids, broadcast in Middle East and North Africa (2016–2021)
• Discovery Kids Southeast Asia
• Discovery Kids UK, time-shared with Discovery Wings (both 2000–2007)
• Discovery Kids Channel (1996–2010), changes since 2010 co-ownership with Hasbro Entertainment culminate in Discovery Family since 2014
• Discovery Kids Canada (2001–2009)

See also

• Discovery Family
• List of programs broadcast by Discovery Kids

References

1. Kirchdoerffer, Ed (1999-04-01). "Digital Play in the U.S. of A." Realscreen. Archived from the original on 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2023-09-17. Discovery was the first non-fiction channel to embrace digital cable services. Home & Leisure, Science, Civilization, and Kids launched in October 1996.

External links

• Discovery Kids
• Warner Bros. Discovery brands
• Preschool education television networks
• Children's television networks
• 1996 establishments in the United States
• Warner Bros. Discovery networks