DStv has launched a new Discovery HD channel called Discovery HD Showcase. It went live on Monday 21 December 2009: on Channel 172.

Bear Grylls returns to Discovery this month for a fourth season of adventure. Also new: three freak-me-out specials; and Time Warp 2 (starring Metallica).

Discovery Channel has introduced a new logo to commemorate 20 years on air. A look at the new imaging and the line-up of new shows and seasons starting soon.

Coming up on Discovery: new seasons of How It's Made, Fifth Gear and Mega Builders; and How Does It Work - a look at the inner workings of objects.

Highlights on Discovery in July: a three-hour line-up of forensic shows - every Thursday, from 21h00. Also new: Eyewitness, starring cellphone and CCTV footage.

New events on Discovery this month: the inner mechanics of hi-tech machines, extremist disasters and explosions; and the truth about Texas oil.

New to Discovery this May: Season 2 of Miami Ink, Hard Time - that goes inside high security prisons and the Houdini-type escape show One Way Out.

New highlights on Discovery: raging tornado's, crashing planes, giant hailstorms, electricity gone mad and NASA's Greatest Missions.

Three new seasons of Discovery classics premiere in March: Braniac 6, Ultimate Survival 3 and Overhaulin' 5, which overhauls family-bonded cars.

Starting on Discovery soon: Storm Chasers 2 and Prototype This - a new high-spec series that engineers cool! technology, like a clock that serves breakfast.

A new series Built From Disaster premieres on Discovery tonight at 21h00. Episode 1 investigates the Ellis Park soccer disaster that happened in SA in 2001.

Alaska's Great Race premieres on Discovery on 3 January, 2009. It stars rugged Alaska terrain, eight packs of people and dogs; and 80 years of history.

December highlights on Discovery: a new schleb season of Chop Shop; and Nextworld - a series about far out! ideas that WILL become reality in the future.

Starting on Discovery soon: Time Warp - a cool new filmic series that uses mega slow-mo cameras to slow down real life events. Info includes footage.

Coming to Discovery: Mythbusters 6, Discovery Project Earth - a new global warming experiment; and Survivorman - a new series about surviving McGyver-style.

September highlights on Discovery: a Dealiest Catch Special featuring the best moments of Season 3 and Smash Lab - a new techno-guru experiment.

On Discovery this August: an ultimate behind-the-scenes look at the Beijing Olympics and Mythbusters finds out if sharks live up to their Spielberg reputation.

On Discovery Channel in July: a new season of How It's Made, petrolhead Chip Foose returns for more Overhaulin' and a new series - Life Or Death: Medical Mysteries.

On Discovery in June: goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel hosts a new series of Dirty Jobs and Man Made Marvels profiles China's new floating National Theatre.

In the Discovery line-up this May: Fight Quest - a new martial arts reality show; and Kings Of Nitro, featuring a family of wild drag racers.

An April highlight on Discovery: Miami Ink - a new reality show that follows the lives of four tattoo artists who set out to ink everyone in Miami.

Coming up on Discovery: a new dead bodies show, madmen chase the heart of tornadoes and petrol-heads customize cars.

New on Discovery this month: petrolheads rescue cars in need of TLC, comedians have fun with explosives and cameras get up close to the most deadliest events.

Coming up on Discovery in January: a new petrolhead reality show, bikers build off to create the deadliest bikes and a new heroic series premieres.

This December Discovery puts the spotlight on: soccer hooligans, the worlds richest multi-billionnaire's and South Africa, with a new series about the country.

This month Discovery Channel's on a Sooped Up mission and features superhumans, supercars, supercomets, super tough jobs and super structures.

Egyptian mysteries, deadly jobs, futuristic buildings and an award-winning film about the Iraq war - a look at new shows coming up on the Discovery Channel.