UPC Direct has added the Discovery channels Discovery Travel and Living, Discovery World, Discovery Science and Discovery HD Showcase to its offer.
According to Parabola, all four are employing capacity used by the Canal Digital Group and being offered in English, though work is being undertaken on Czech language soundtracks for Discovery World and Discovery Science.
UPC Direct, which is available in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, is now distributed from the one degree West position along with this sister service Focus Sat in Romania. As of the end of Q1 this year, they had a combined total of 496,500 subscribers.