Discovery Kids (CEE/EMEA)

Discovery Kids (Arabic: ضيسچوڢيري خيدس, Greek: Δισξοωερψ Κιδσ, Russian: Дискавери Кидс) is a European and African TV channel which airs programming aimed at children, owned by.

Early Years (2006-2009)
Following the success of the rebranding of the Latin American Discovery Kids in 2005, Discovery Communications announced a version of Discovery Kids for the CEE and EMEA markets using the same branding and mascot as the Latin American channel. The channel launched on 4th September 2006, airing from 06:00 until 22:00. The first programme shown on Discovery Kids was a Classic Miffy short. The channel was initially meant to be a European equivalent to PBS Kids, airing educational shows for preschoolers, but also airing shows aimed towards slightly older audiences in the evening hours (19:00 - 22:00 CET). A Hooper block was shown every day from 09:00 - 12:00 CET, and from 16:00 - 19:00 CET. During the network's first era, there were different themes for each month.

2009-2012
On 12th, September 2009, coinciding with the premieres of The Super Hero Squad Show and Fishtronaut, a new look and logo were adapted from the Latin American feed. During this era, shows aimed towards older children started to increase, though mostly on weekends and hours after 16:00. On 4th, January 2011, a new block called "The Secret Lair" began, airing shows aimed at older children, replacing the Hooper block on weekday afternoons.

2013-2016
On 7th, January 2013, coinciding with the premiere of Monica's Gang, Discovery Kids changed their look and aspect ratio.

2016 - Present
On 1st, August 2016, Discovery Kids changed their logo and branding to coincide with the channel's 10th anniversary.

Feeds

 * African feeds: broadcasting to African Countries, with English text on promos, there are separate feeds for Northern and Southern Africa because of differences in hemispheres.
 * Central Eastern European feed: broadcasting to most Central Eastern European countries, due to it being bilingual in many languages, it uses numbers to represent days, the days of the week are numbered from 1 - 7, with 1 being Monday, and 7 being Sunday.
 * Greek subfeed (Δισξοωερψ Κιδσ): broadcasting exclusively to that country, with Greek dubbing credits at the end of every show and localized text.
 * Benelux feed: broadcasting to Benelux countries, with Dutch dubbing credits at the end of every show and localized text.
 * Middle East (Arabic) feed (ضيسچوڢيري خيدس): broadcasting to the Middle East, with Arabic dubbing credits at the end of every show and a localized logo and text.
 * Polish feed: broadcasting exclusively to that country, with Polish dubbing credits at the end of every show and localized text.
 * Russian feed (Дискавери Кидс): broadcasting exclusively to that country, with Russian dubbing credits at the end of every show and a localized logo and text.
 * Scandinavian feed: broadcasting to Scandinavia, using the "MTOTFLS" system on promos instead of the "1234567" system and shows dubbing credits in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish.
 * Turkish feed: broadcasting exclusively to that country, with Turkish dubbing credits at the end of every show and localized text.

Live Events

 * Discovery Kids Fest: Held at various stores, malls, and parks in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, and Poland since 2007.

Trivia

 * Shows co-produced by this Discovery Kids feed have the channel credited as "Discovery Kids Europe", and shows co-produced by this feed and the Latin American feed have the channels credited as "Discovery Kids International".
 * According to the original press release, there were plans to retool the UK Discovery Kids channel, and an English dub of the Doki shorts were produced for the UK market, but due to increasing competition in the Preschool television market, the channel instead shut down, and Doki was licsensed to Tiny Pop instead, while most of their shows aired on that channel or CBeebies. The English dubs are also used on the English tracks on the CEE/EMEA feeds.
 * Discovery Kids is a part of Dutch, Scandinavian (particularly Swedish) and Polish pop culture.