cable television digital television headquarters copenhagen denmark number of locations london bucharest budapest copenhagen madrid milan munich oslo paris stockholm and warsaw area served sweden denmark finland norway key people jan andreassen disposed of december 2013 parent discovery communications website www.discovery.no discovery communications nordic formerly discovery networks nordic 1 and sbs discovery media is a branch of discovery networks northern europe 2 a part of discovery networks emea . headquartered in copenhagen denmark the company represents discovery communications operations in denmark finland norway and sweden . contents 1 history 1.1 background 1.1.1 sbs broadcasting group s operations in the nordics 1.1.2 discovery networks nordic 1.2 discovery acquires sbs in nordics 1.3 after acquisition 2 television channels 3 references 4 external links history edit background edit sbs broadcasting group s operations in the nordics edit discovery networks nordic edit discovery networks nordic previously held responsibility for overseeing discovery networks brands in denmark sweden norway and finland with headquarters in copenhagen . discovery networks nordic s key operations are the localization of discovery channel and the pan nordic animal planet . discovery networks nordic also promotes other brands operated by discovery networks europe . discovery acquires sbs in nordics edit on april 9 2013 discovery s acquisition of sbs nordic from german media group prosiebensat .1 was finalised . 3 at the time of the merger sbs had been a major commercial broadcaster in scandinavia for two decades . the combined viewing shares made it the second largest commercial television group in norway and the third largest in denmark . after acquisition edit sbs discovery s radio stations were later sold to bauer media group . television channels edit animal planet nordic discovery channel sweden discovery channel norway discovery channel denmark discovery channel finland tlc sweden tlc norway references edit http www.c21media.net resources detail.asp area 100 & article 50589 archived 1 january 2011 at webcite http corporate.discovery.com discovery news discovery networks international realigns european discovery communications completes acquisition of sbs nordic operations of prosiebensat .1 group press release . discovery communications . april 9 2013 . external links edit official website of discovery networks danmark official website of discovery networks finland official website of discovery networks norway official website of discovery networks sweden v t e discovery communications nordic sweden kanal 5 kanal 9 kanal 11 animal planet discovery channel discovery hd discovery science discovery world investigation discovery tlc eurosport eurosport 2 denmark kanal 4 kanal 5 hd 6 eren canal 9 canal 8 sport animal planet discovery channel discovery hd discovery science discovery world investigation discovery tlc eurosport eurosport 2 norway tvnorge fem max vox animal planet discovery channel discovery hd discovery science discovery world tlc eurosport eurosport 2 finland tv5 kutonen frii animal planet discovery channel discovery hd discovery science discovery world investigation discovery tlc eurosport eurosport 2 v t e discovery communications ownership discovery communications inc. ; affiliated with advance publications ; and john s. hendricks the company s founder and chairman united states and canadian channels american heroes animal planet destination america discovery discovery en espa ol discovery familia u.s. spanish discovery family discovery life investigation discovery canada licensed oprah winfrey network canada licensed science tlc velocity discovery digital networks revision3 phil defranco networks & merchandise testtube animalist ctv specialty tv canada animal planet discovery discovery science discovery velocity asia pacific animal planet asia australia and new zealand india discovery asia australia and new zealand india philippines discovery hd world discovery kids asia australia discovery science discovery turbo australia new zealand dmax eurosport 1 eurosport news eve food tv new zealand living channel new zealand setanta sports asia tlc asia australia and new zealand india philippines central and eastern europe middle east and africa ceemea animal planet europe middle east & africa germany poland turkey discovery africa germany austria switzerland and liechtenstein hungary middle east poland romania russia turkey discovery life poland discovery showcase hd discovery historia poland discovery science discovery travel & living discovery turbo xtra dmax germany austria switzerland and liechtenstein eurosport 1 eurosport 2 eurosport news investigation discovery quest arabiya tlc poland northern europe 6 eren denmark animal planet netherlands and flanders nordic uk and ireland canal 9 denmark discovery denmark finland flanders netherlands norway sweden uk and ireland discovery showcase hd discovery home & health uk and ireland discovery history uk and ireland discovery science discovery shed uk and ireland discovery turbo discovery world dmax uk and ireland eurosport 1 eurosport 2 eurosport dk denmark fem norway frii finland investigation discovery kanal 4 denmark kanal 5 denmark sweden kanal 9 sweden kanal 11 sweden kutonen finland max norway quest tlc netherlands sweden uk and ireland tv5 finland tvnorge norway vox norway southern europe animal planet italy discovery france italy portugal discovery travel & living italy dkiss spain dmax italy spain eurosport 1 eurosport 2 eurosport news nove italy frisbee italy k2 italy real time italy latin america u.s. hispanic animal planet discovery civilization discovery discovery home & health discovery kids discovery science discovery turbo discovery theater discovery world investiga o discovery investigation discovery mega chile tlc other i love the world former 3net canal 8 sport discovery channel radio discovery geschichte discovery health channel discovery home & health southeast asia discovery kids canada discovery kids united kingdom discovery kids on nbc discovery people discovery real time france discovery real time uk and ireland discovery travel & living uk and ireland discovery turbo asia fittv fyi canada gxt howstuffworks ready set learn sbs radio nordic travel channel pixl retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title discovery communications nordic & oldid 729272907 categories discovery networksdiscovery communicationstelevision channels in norwaytelevision channels in swedentelevision stations in denmarktelevision channels in finlandhidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages norsk bokm lsuomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 11 july 2016 at 02 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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