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.
Broadcast area | Poland Albania Hungary Romania Czech Republic Slovakia Russia and CIS Ukraine Turkey MENA |
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Network | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Programming | |
Picture format | HDTV 1080i SDTV 576i |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
Sister channels | Animal Planet Discovery Channel Discovery Science Food Network Investigation Discovery TLC Travel Channel |
History | |
Launched | September 17, 2013 (Poland) April 1, 2016 (Middle East) |
Replaced | Discovery World |
Closed | March 9, 2022 (Russia) 5 January 2024 (Central Europe and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Turkey) |
Former names | Discovery 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.