DTX (TV channel)

DTX (previously known as Discovery Turbo Xtra) was a television channel focused on programming about cars owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. It was a CEEMEA version of Discovery Turbo.

DTX
Broadcast areaPoland
Albania
Hungary
Romania
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Russia and CIS
Ukraine
Turkey
MENA
NetworkWarner Bros. Discovery EMEA
HeadquartersAmsterdam, Netherlands
Programming
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
SDTV 576i
Ownership
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery
Sister channelsAnimal Planet
Discovery Channel
Discovery Science
Food Network
Investigation Discovery
TLC
Travel Channel
History
LaunchedSeptember 17, 2013 (2013-09-17) (Poland)
April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01) (Middle East)
ReplacedDiscovery World
ClosedMarch 9, 2022 (2022-03-09) (Russia)
5 January 2024 (2024-01-05) (Central Europe and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Turkey)
Former namesDiscovery Turbo Xtra (2013–2016)

The channel was launched under the name Discovery Turbo Xtra to replace the European version of Discovery World, with the first launch in Poland on 17 September 2013. The channel roll-out in 2015 in Albania and in 2016 in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Baltics, Russia, CIS, Ukraine, Turkey and MENA. In the Middle East, it was launched on 1 April 2016 on beIN Network. A few months later the network was rebranded worldwide as DTX.

On 9 March 2022, Discovery Inc. pulled their channels from the Russian market after the nation's invasion of Ukraine.

DTX and Discovery Science began to cease their operations at the end of 31 December 2023, with all networks wound down by 5 January 2024.

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