Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific
a division of Discovery, Inc. that oversees Asia-Pacific operations
Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific is a division of Warner Bros. Discovery that operates several television channels in Asia and Australasia, along with the Discovery+ streaming service.
In April 2022, WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks Asia-Pacific (founded in 1989) merged with Discovery Asia-Pacific (founded in 1994) after their owners, WarnerMedia (then owned by AT&T before being spun off), merged with Discovery, Inc. It has consequently been announced that Discovery+, which is currently available in India and was available in the Philippines, would be merged with HBO Go, to form simply Max on 19 November 2024.
Current assets
Asian countries
Animal Planet
India
Japan
Asian Food Network
Cartoon Network
India
Japan
Korea
Pakistan
Philippines
Cartoonito
South Korea
Taiwan
Cinemax
CNN US (distribution)
CNN International Asia Pacific
CNN-News18
CNN Indonesia (Indonesia; licensed to Trans Media)
Discovery Asia
Discovery Channel
India
DTamil
Japan
Korea
Taiwan
Discovery Science
India
DMAX
Discovery Turbo (India)
Discovery Kids India
Food Network
HBO
HBO Family
HBO Hits
HBO Signature
HGTV
HLN (distribution)
Investigation Discovery (India)
TLC
India
Travel Channel
India
Warner TV Asia
Oceanian countries
Animal Planet
Cartoon Network
Discovery Channel
Discovery Turbo
HGTV
Investigation Discovery
TLC
Travel Channel
Regional-specific
CNN International South Asia
LaLa TV (Japan)
Living (New Zealand)
Mondo TV (Japan)
Movieplus (Japan)
Pogo (India)
Tabi Channel (Japan)
World Heritage Channel
Former assets
Defunct
7food network (licensed to Seven West Media)
9Rush (joint with Nine; Australia)
Boomerang (Asia)
Boomerang (Australia)
Breeze TV
China Entertainment Television (36%)
Discovery Kids (Asia)
The Edge TV
EVE
Food Network (New Zealand) - replaced by Investigation Discovery
HBO (New Zealand)
Imagine TV
Imagine Showbiz
Jeet Prime
Oh!K
Lumiere Movies
Mondo Mah-jong TV
Newshub
Real
Red by HBO
SBS Food Network (licensed to Special Broadcasting Service)
Setanta Sports Asia
Tabi Tele
Toonami (Asia)
Toonami (India)
TruTV (Asia)
Turner Classic Movies (Asia)
WB Channel (India)
Divested
Boom - sold to MVTV (Thailand)
Discovery New Zealand
Bravo (joint with Comcast NBCUniversal; New Zealand)
Eden
Rush
Three
Carriage disputes with StarHub
On May 30, 2018, StarHub announced their plans to discontinue 11 channels from Discovery's portfolio due to disputes of "recent carriage renewal talks and hinges on a disagreement over fees" with Discovery.
On June 30, 2018, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, Discovery Asia, Discovery Science, Eurosport and Setanta Sports were let go of the channel line-up and were replaced by Gusto TV, CuriosityStream, Travelxp, Makeful, Fight Sports, GEM TV, and Colors Tamil. The other four channels that were part of the legacy Scripps contract with Discovery, namely HGTV, Asian Food Channel, Food Network and Travel Channel, ceased transmission on August 31, 2018.
In October 2023, StarHub has relaunched Discovery Channel and HGTV, joining with the Warner Bros. Discovery channel line-up that include CNN International, Cartoonito, Cartoon Network, HBO, HBO On Demand, HBO Signature, HBO Family, HBO Hits and Cinemax.
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