Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific regional hub of Warner Bros. Discovery
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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.[2][3]
Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific (1989–2020)
WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks Asia Pacific (2020–2022)
8 April 2022 (merger with Discovery Asia-Pacific)
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| Formerly | Time Warner Entertainment Australia (1989–2001) Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific (1989–2020) WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks Asia Pacific (2020–2022) |
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| Type | Division |
| Predecessor | Discovery Asia-Pacific (1994–2022) |
| Founded | 1 January 1989 (original) 8 April 2022 (merger with Discovery Asia-Pacific) |
| Successor | Paramount Networks Southern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (pending) |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
Area served | Asia-Pacific |
Key people |
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| Products | |
| Parent | Warner Bros. Discovery International |
| Subsidiaries | Warner Bros. Discovery India Discovery Japan JTBC (5.72%)[a] |
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,[4] would be merged with HBO Go, to form simply Max on 19 November 2024.[5][6][7]
Current assets
Asian countries
- Animal Planet
- India
- Japan
- Asian Food Network
- Cartoon Network
- Cartoonito
- Cinemax
- CNN US (distribution)
- CNN International Asia Pacific
- CNN-News18
- CNN Indonesia (Indonesia; licensed to Trans Media)
- Discovery Asia
- Discovery Channel
- Discovery Science
- DMAX
- Discovery Kids India
- Food Network
- HBO
- HGTV
- HLN (distribution)
- Investigation Discovery (India)
- TLC
- Travel Channel
- India
- Warner TV Asia
Pacific 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[8][9]
- 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.[10]
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.[10][11] 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.[10]
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.[12]
See also
Footnotes
- Initial public offering with JoongAng Group and other companies.