In July 1993, the Discovery Channel launched on the Astra 1C analogue satellite on the popular 19.2° East position where it used to broadcast only in the evening, starting at 4 pm.

On Astra, the daytime space was filled by CMT Europe until 1994, when TLC (later on Discovery Home & Leisure) moved there.

Sky Media Ireland operates the channel's output in terms of advertising, sponsorship and scheduling.

[7] In January 2011, Discovery Channel UK released its new look which places its emphasis on the D-globe logo.

[8][9] On 25 January 2017, Discovery UK announced that they were in a dispute over the fees paid by Sky for broadcast rights and for a time it seemed as though the channels could be removed from the platform after the end of that month.