Discovery Networks CEEMEA


Discovery Networks CEEMEA was a branch of Discovery International headquartered in Warsaw, Poland. The network was launched in February 2011, previously Discovery Networks CEEMEA was under Discovery Networks Europe.
Discovery Networks CEEMEA held the responsibility for overseeing Discovery International channels in 105 different countries in the Middle East, United Arab Emirates, the Russian Federation, Central Asia, Africa and European countries such as Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Turkey, Israel, Macedonia, comprising 10 brands.

History

Discovery Networks CEEMEA started out with the launch of the Discovery Channel in Europe in 1989 and was for a long time a part of Discovery Networks Europe. In mid-2007, Discovery Networks Europe was split into two separate branches, Discovery Networks UK and Discovery Network EMEA, both headquartered in London.
In February 2011, Discovery Networks Europe was split into two key branches Discovery Networks Western Europe and Discovery Networks CEEMEA. Discovery Networks CEEMEA's headquarters are in Warsaw, Poland. Regional offices are located in Almaty, Bucharest, Budapest, Kiev, London, Moscow and Prague.
Kasia Kieli is President and Managing Director for Discovery Networks Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa and as strategic management responsibility of Discovery's operations in the region, which became a standalone business in July 2010 and today encompasses 105 countries across three continents. In each of these markets, Discovery broadcasts up to nine channels from a list that includes Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Science, Discovery HD Showcase and TLC.
From late 2016 all localised operations fall under the umbrella of Discovery EMEA with headquarters in Amsterdam, London, Milan and Warsaw.

Brands

  1. Discovery Channel
  2. Animal Planet
  3. Discovery Science
  4. Discovery Travel & Living
  5. Discovery World
  6. Investigation Discovery
  7. Food Network
  8. HGTV
  9. Travel Channel
  10. Fine Living
  11. Quest Arabiya
  12. TLC
  13. Discovery Historia
  14. Metro
  15. DMAX
  16. Fatafeat
  17. Discovery Family HD
  18. DKids
  19. DTX
  20. DLife
  21. Investigation Discovery Xtra
  22. DKids Arabia
  23. Real Time

    Regional

In Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 10 Discovery brands reach 141 million cumulative subscribers in 105 countries with programming customised in 19 languages. Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Latvian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Turkish. The network is home to 18 different feeds.