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The Science Channel
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| Science Channel | |
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| Launched | 1999 |
| Owned by | Discovery Communications, Inc. |
| Headquarters |  Silver Springs, MD |
| Sister channel(s) | TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Health Channel, Travel Channel, Discovery Times, Discovery Kids, Discovery Channel, Discovery Home, Military Channel, Discovery en Español, Discovery HD Theater |
| Website | Official Site |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 554 [1] |
| DirecTV | Channel 284 |
| Dish Network | Channel 193 |
| C-Band | AMC 11-Channel 612 (4DTV Digital) |
| Orbit Network | Channel 33 |
| Showtime Arabia | |
| TrueVisions DSTV (Thailand) | Channel 46[2] |
| Cable | |
| Available on many cable systems | Check local listings for channels |
| IPTV over ADSL | |
| now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 211 |
The Science Channel is a television channel spin-off from the Discovery Channel, which features only science-related television shows. Each day has specialized blocks that cover certain topics such as weather, technology, and space.
It was originally named Discovery Science Channel, part of the Discovery Digital Suite of networks. On April 1, 2002, Discovery Science was officially renamed "The Science Channel". In the first quarter of 2003, The Science Channel began an extensive "makeover" to spice up the channel and incorporate new original programming. One of the more popular shows introduced since this move has been the recent addition of Survivorman with Les Stroud[citation needed], as well as showing more content from PBS, the BBC, other Discovery networks, and various other third-party sources.
It features a lot of content that was originally produced by, or aired on, TLC, before TLC's shift towards fashion-oriented programming like Trading Spaces and What Not to Wear as well as the Discovery Channel. The Science Channel also has a great deal of programming that deals with nature, and in some aspects, conceptually overlaps subject matter with sister station Animal Planet. For example, they both often have shows on poisonous snakes, and both sometimes show episodes of The Ultimate Guide series, some of which deal with animals.
The channel frequently uses an interchangeable tagline in commercials for their various programs, depending on the topic. For instance, a program observing the nature of small insects used "A world without science is a world without perspective," while a program shedding new light on dinosaurs ran "A world without science is a world without history... rewritten." A third example would be "A world without science is a world without discovery."
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Series
- Amazing Earth
- Animal Face-Off
- Beyond Tomorrow
- The Big Question
- Building the Ultimate
- Cosmos
- Dino Lab
- Discover Magazine
- Futurecar
- How It's Made (from Discovery Channel Canada)
- How Do They Do It?
- It's All Geek to Me
- Robotica
- Universe (with John Hurt Narrating)
- Ecotech
Films
- Base Camp: Moon: Returning to the moon, harvesting moon dust for oxygen/water, robotics (Robonaut).
- Hawking: About the early work of British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
The Science Channel HD is a high definition simulcast of The Science Channel that launched September 1, 2007. It is currently available on Dish Network and DirecTV.
- ^ Transmitted as Discovery Science Asia
- ^ http://www.truevisionstv.com/thai/channelindex/ubc_channel.aspx