Editing Discovery Channel (section)

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The Canadian version of Discovery was established in 1995 by Labatt Communications, and before 2024 the channel was owned by joint venture of [[Bell Media]] and WBD.

The channel airs similar programming to its U.S. counterpart, but also airs [[Canadian content|domestically produced programs]] to comply with local broadcasting regulations (which, in the past, included the daily science newsmagazine ''[[Daily Planet (TV series)|Daily Planet]]'' cancelled in 2018). Some of its original series (such as, most prominently, ''[[How It's Made]]'') have been picked up in the U.S. by Discovery's sister networks (such as [[Science Channel]]), but others have not necessarily aired on Discovery's networks. Since 2018, the channel has increasingly aired blocks of fiction programming with science- or technology-oriented themes.

In June 2024, [[Rogers Sports & Media]] announced that it had acquired the Canadian rights to all WBD factual and lifestyle brands beginning January 1, 2025, including Discovery Channel. Bell subsequently announced that it would enter into a licensing agreement with [[NBCUniversal]] for two of its Discovery-branded channels, with Discovery being relaunched as [[USA Network (Canadian TV channel)|USA Network]] on January 1, 2025. A [[Discovery Channel (Canadian TV channel)|new iteration of Discovery]] owned by Rogers concurrently launched the same day.