Discovery Channel (French TV channel)

{{Infobox television channel

| name = Discovery Channel

| logo = Discovery Channel - Logo 2019.svg

| logo_size =

| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2004|8|1|df=y}}

| closed_date =

| picture_format = 16:9 1080i (HDTV)

| network =

| owner = Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA

| country = United Kingdom{{cite web |url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/538.htm |title=Licence Details for Discovery Channel France |publisher=Ofcom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117190925/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/538.htm |archive-date=2011-01-17 |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-06-17 }}

| language = French

| area = France
Switzerland
Monaco
Belgium
Morocco
Lebanon
Tunisia
Mauritius
Madagascar
Sub-Saharan Africa
New Caledonia

| affiliates =

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| replaced =

| replaced_by =

| sister_channels = Cartoon Network
Cartoonito
TCM Cinéma
Warner TV
TLC
Warner TV Next
Discovery Investigation
Boomerang

| timeshift_service =

| website = [http://discoverychannel.fr/ discoverychannel.fr]

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| terr_chan_1 =

}}

Discovery Channel is a French channel that was launched on 1 September 2004. Until then, France had been the only region in Western Europe not reached by the Discovery Channel. It initially reached 3.2 million subscribers via the CanalSat platform.{{cite press release|url=http://corporate.discovery.com/news/press/04q3/040901r.html |title=DISCOVERY CHANNEL MAKES FRENCH DEBUT |date=September 1, 2004 |publisher=Discovery Communications |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512142947/http://corporate.discovery.com/news/press/04q3/040901r.html |archive-date=May 12, 2008 }} On 31 March 2009, the channel adopted the also known as a US channel.

The channel faces competition from other documentary channels such as Planète+ and National Geographic.

In December 2016, Altice acquired an exclusivity agreement with NBCUniversal and Discovery Networks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbnews.fr/medias/image-sfr-s-offre-discovery-nbcuniversal-exclu-21034|title=SFR s'offre Discovery et NBCUniversal en exclu|date=7 December 2016|website=CB News|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.freenews.fr/freenews-edition-nationale-299/concurrence-149/sfr-vole-lexclusivite-de-nombreuses-chaines-discovery-13e-rue-syfy-a-canal-a-freebox|title=SFR vole l'exclusivité de nombreuses chaînes (Discovery, 13è Rue, Syfy...) à Canal+, et à la Freebox !|date=2016-12-08|website=Freenews|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-04-28}} Discovery Channel and Science were removed from Canal on 17 January 2017, and French versions of Investigation Discovery and Discovery Family were launched exclusively on SFR.{{Cite web|url=https://alloforfait.fr/tv/news/43128-discovery-family.html|title=Discovery Family : Lancement pour les abonnés SFR-Numericable en France|date=2017-09-14|website=alloforfait.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-04-28}}