Discovery Kids (Australian TV channel) explained

Discovery Kids Australia
Picture Format:	576i (SDTV)
Owner:	Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Area:	Australia
Replaced:	Discovery Home & Health
Sister Channels:	Discovery Channel Animal Planet Discovery Science Discovery Turbo TLC
Website:
Availability Note:	(at time of closure)
Online Serv 1:	Foxtel Go
Online Chan 1:	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

Notes and References

1. The Brand New World of Discovery Networks is just AWESOME!. Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific. 9 October 2014. 17 October 2014. 17 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161017192640/http://astra.org.au/pdf/news/The_Brand_New_World_of_Discovery_Networks_is_just_AWESOME!.pdf. live.
2. Web site: Knox. David. Foxtel overhauls pricing, HD channels as content battle heats up. TV Tonight. 4 September 2014. 17 October 2014. 16 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190416190111/https://tvtonight.com.au/2014/09/foxtel-overhauls-pricing-hd-channels-as-content-battle-heats-up.html. live.