Discovery Channel (Hungary)

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| name = Discovery Channel Hungary

| launch_date = 1 March 2005

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| picture_format = 4:3 (2005-2011)
16:9 (2011-present)

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| owner = Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA

| country = Hungary

| language = Hungarian

| area = Hungary

| affiliates = Discovery Romania

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| replaced = Discovery Channel Europe

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| website = [http://www.discoverychannel.hu/ discoverychannel.hu]

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Discovery Channel Hungary is a Hungarian television channel.

Discovery Channel began broadcasting to Hungary in 1997. The Hungarian version was launched on 1 March 2005.{{cite news|url=http://www.mfor.hu/cikkek/Magyar_reklamozokra_var_a_Discovery_Channel.html|title=Magyar reklámozókra vár a Discovery Channel|date=March 17, 2005|publisher=mfor.hu|access-date=October 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728053828/http://www.mfor.hu/cikkek/Magyar_reklamozokra_var_a_Discovery_Channel.html|archive-date=July 28, 2011|url-status=dead}}[http://nextstoprussia.com/news.php?news_id=2929]{{dead link|date=December 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}[http://www.xpatloop.com/news/5155] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930172010/http://www.xpatloop.com/news/5155|date=September 30, 2008}}http://r-time.hu/hu/discovery-channel-superbrands-dijat-kapott-magyarorszagon{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Advertising sales are handled by R-Time, which is owned by RTL.

Along with the other Discovery channels in Central Europe, Discovery Hungary adopted the new Discovery logo on 1 July 2009.{{cite web|url=http://r-time.hu/hu/markamegujitas-a-discovery-nel-0|title=Márkamegújítás a Discovery-nél|date=June 9, 2009|publisher=R-Time}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The Attraktor, the first Hungarian-made programme on the channel, was first shown on 14 November 2014 in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. The show had been formerly aired on the news website Index.hu which now produces the series.[https://archive.today/20150118101436/http://www.est.hu/cikk/112269/indul_az_elso_hazai_gyartasu_musor_a_discovery_channel_musoran Attraktor starts on Discovery Channel (Hungarian)]