WTelevision documentaries are televised media productions that screen documentaries. Television documentaries exist either as a television documentary series or as a television documentary film.Television documentary series, sometimes called docuseries, are television series screened within an ordered collection of two or more televised episodes. Television documentary films exist as a singular documentary film to be broadcast via a documentary channel or a news-related channel. Occasionally, documentary films that were initially intended for televised broadcasting may be screened in a cinema.
WAl Jazeera Documentary Channel is a pan-Arab satellite Arabic language film and documentary channel and a branch of the Al Jazeera Media Network based in Doha, Qatar.
WCGTN Documentary is a Chinese pay television channel operated by the China Global Television Network (CGTN) group, owned by Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV). The channel broadcasts documentaries in the English language, and is China's first state-level English-language documentary channel to broadcast globally.
WCultural·es was a Spanish television channel owned by TVE. The service was only available on Digital+ and was launched in 1994. Cultural.es aired documentaries produced in Spanish and features programming on a variety of themes. Through its original programming, which also includes biographies and travel programmes, Cultural.es seeks to promote Spanish culture and history.
WDa Vinci Kids is a brand used for a group of educational television channels that target children aged 6–12 and families, owned by Da Vinci Media GmbH (Azoomee). It's available in 18 languages and in over 90 countries, across CEE, Asia, Africa and America. It broadcasts STEM and soft skills-based learning programs aimed at children and families during the daytime, and documentaries and educational series for grown-ups in the evenings.
WThe Documentary Channel was an American digital cable and satellite television network that featured documentary programming. It aired independent documentary films from around the world, including those not released in the United States. The channel was replaced by Pivot, a channel aimed at young adults between 18 and 34 years old, that was also owned by Participant Media, and debuted on August 1, 2013. Pivot ceased operations on October 31, 2016 folding the former Documentary Channel channel space.
WDocumentary Channel was a digital television channel in New Zealand. Documentary Channel launched in 2007, and was available via SKY TV on channel 074.
WDocumentary Channel is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the National Film Board of Canada and four other independent producers. Its programming is devoted to featuring primarily documentary films along with documentary-style television series.
WIRIB Mostanad is a national documentary TV channel in Iran. It was launched on October 6, 2009 and is the first Iranian digital channel. This channel can be received both using set-top boxes and satellites.
WKunskapskanalen is a Swedish language television channel broadcasting educational and factual programming between 9 a.m. and 01 a.m. all days of the week. The channel is operated by Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Utbildningsradio (UR) and is broadcast by satellite, cable and digital terrestrial television to Sweden as well as by cable to parts of Finland and terrestrially on Åland. Because Denmark and Sweden borders so close at the Øresund Strait, the channel can also be received over DVB-T in Copenhagen.
WMovistar Cine Español is a Spanish TV channel launched on 21 July 2003. Alongside DCine Español, it was formed DCine Studio, although it was replaced by Cinemanía Clásico one year later.
WRai Scuola is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned by Rai Educational, an arm of State-owned broadcaster RAI. Launched in 1999 as Rai Edu Lab, the channel adopted its current name in 2009.
WRai Storia is an Italian television channel owned by Rai Educational, an arm of broadcaster RAI available on digital terrestrial television in Italy. Launched on 17 June 2002 as Rai Edu 2, the channel adopted its current name on 2 February 2009 and it is broadcast in Italy on DTT channel 54 on mux Rai 4.
WRMC Découverte is a French television channel broadcast on channel 24 and owned by NextRadioTV. Created in 2012, it mainly broadcast documentaries such as Wheeler Dealers, Ancient Aliens, Swamp Loggers. RMC Découverte broadcasts the French version of the British show Top Gear.
WRT Documentary is a Russian free-to-air documentary channel presented in both the English and Russian languages. It was launched on 23 June 2011 by the erstwhile President Dmitry Medvedev who visited RT's studio in Moscow, and deals with a wide variety of topics including Russian culture and life in Russia. The channel shows documentaries mostly on Russia but also from around the globe.
WRussian Travel Guide is an international documentary and travel television channel that airs programs covering nature, science, culture, and history of the Russian Federation.
WVTV2 is a Vietnamese television channel owned and operated by state-run VTV Network.
WWorld Heritage Channel is a documentary channel available in Asia. World Heritage Channel is operated by WarnerMedia International. It first launched in Philippines through ACCION on April 20, 2015.