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{{Short description|Children's educational brand}}
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* '''Discovery Kids Channel'''
** {{Start date|1996|10|22}}<ref name="Kidscreen DK launch">{{cite news|title=Discovery discovers kids|first=Barry|last=Hillier|date=October 1, 1996 |magazine=[[Kidscreen]]|url=https://kidscreen.com/1996/10/01/17293-19961001/|url-status=live|access-date=May 15, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515231900/https://kidscreen.com/1996/10/01/17293-19961001/|archive-date=May 15, 2025|quote=Discovery Networks, U.S. will launch the Discovery Kids network, a new 24-hour digital channel, beginning October 22.<br />Discovery Networks, International will launch a Discovery Kids network in Latin America on November 4.}}</ref> (United States)
** {{Start date|1996|11|4}}<ref name="Kidscreen DK launch" /> (Latin America)
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'''Discovery Kids''' is a children's educational brand owned by [[Warner Bros. Discovery]]. Starting as a television block within [[Discovery Channel]], the brand expanded as a [[Discovery Family|separate television channel]] in October 1996.<ref>{{cite news|title=Digital Play in the U.S. of A.|first=Ed|last=Kirchdoerffer|date=April 1, 1999|magazine=[[Realscreen]]|url=https://realscreen.com/1999/04/01/25107-19990401/|url-status=live|access-date=September 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420201406/https://realscreen.com/1999/04/01/25107-19990401/|archive-date=April 20, 2023|quote=Discovery was the first non-fiction channel to embrace digital cable services. Home & Leisure, Science, Civilization, and Kids launched in October 1996.}}</ref> In 2002, the channel began airing a Saturday morning [[Discovery Kids on NBC|children's programming block]] on [[NBC]], which ran from October 5, 2002, to September 2, 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bernstein|first=Paula|date=December 5, 2001|title=Discovery set to kid around with Peacock|url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/news/discovery-set-to-kid-around-with-peacock-1117856766/|access-date=July 29, 2024|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>

Most of Discovery Kids' worldwide channels, as well as its website for children's activities and consumer products, have been either rebranded or shut down. Following the Warner Bros. Discovery merger in 2022, the brand was replaced by the standard Discovery brand for activities and consumer products. As of 2025, Discovery Kids-branded channels continue to broadcast in both [[India]] and [[Latin America]]. An unbranded morning programming block based on the Latin American channel (formerly branded as Discovery Kids) also airs in the United States on [[Discovery Familia]].

==Channels==
===Current channels===
* [[Discovery Kids (Latin America)|Discovery Kids Latin America]] (launched in 1996; divided into five feeds plus one subfeed)
** Pan-regional feed (broadcast to most Latin American countries, including the Caribbean)
** [[Mexico|Mexican]] feed
** [[Colombia|Colombian]] feed
** Southern feed (broadcast to [[Argentina]], [[Paraguay]] and [[Uruguay]])
*** [[Chile|Chilean]] subfeed (available in [[Chile]] with local advertisement)
** [[Brazil|Brazilian]] feed (dubbed in Portuguese)
* [[Discovery Kids (India)|Discovery Kids India]] (launched in 2012)

===Former channels===
* [[Discovery Kids on NBC]], programming block on [[NBC]] (2002-2006)
* [[Discovery Kids (Australia)|Discovery Kids Australia]] (2014-2020)
* [[DKids]], broadcast in [[Middle East and North Africa]] (2016-2020)
* [[Discovery Kids (British and Irish TV channel)|Discovery Kids UK]], time-shared with [[Discovery Wings (UK & Ireland)|Discovery Wings]] (both operated from 2000 to 2007)
* [[Discovery Kids (Canada)|Discovery Kids Canada]] (2001-2009)
* Discovery Kids Asia (2012-2016)

====Rebranded channels====
* Discovery Kids US (1996–2010) – In 2009, the channel became a 50/50 joint venture between [[Discovery, Inc.|Discovery]] and [[Hasbro|Hasbro Entertainment]] and was relaunched as Hub Network in 2010. The channel was relaunched again as [[Discovery Family]] in 2014, after Discovery reacquired 10% of Hasbro's stake in the network.
* Discovery Kids en Español (2005–2007) – In 2007, the channel merged with Discovery Viajar y Vivir to become [[Discovery Familia]], effectively converting Discovery Kids en Español into a daytime programming block. The block became unbranded in 2014 and currently airs in the morning hours.

==See also==
* [[Discovery Family]], previously known as Discovery Kids

==References==
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==External links==

{{Warner Bros. Discovery}}
{{Warner Bros. Discovery Networks}}
{{Warner Bros. Discovery International}}

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