Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific - Wikipedia
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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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| Company type | Division |
| Predecessor | Discovery Asia-Pacific (1994–2022) |
| Founded | 1 January 1989; 36 years ago (original) 2022 (merger with Discovery Asia-Pacific) |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
Area served | Asia-Pacific |
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| Products | |
| Parent | Warner Bros. Discovery International |
| Subsidiaries | Warner Bros. Discovery India Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand Discovery Japan |
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]
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 November 19, 2024.[5][6][7]
- Animal Planet
- Asian Food Network
- Boomerang Thailand
- Cartoon Network
- Cartoonito
- Cinemax
- CNN International Asia Pacific
- Discovery Asia
- Discovery Channel
- Australia & New Zealand
- India (DTamil)
- Japan
- Korea
- Taiwan
- Discovery Science
- DMAX
- EVE
- Food Network
- HBO
- HGTV
- TLC
- Travel Channel
- Australia and New Zealand
- India
- 9Rush (joint with Nine; Australia)
- Bravo (joint with NBCUniversal International Networks; New Zealand)
- Boomerang (Australia)
- Discovery Kids India
- Eden (New Zealand)
- Investigation Discovery (Australia and New Zealand)
- Investigation Discovery (India)
- LaLa TV (Japan)
- Living (New Zealand)
- Mondo TV (Japan)
- Movieplus (Japan)
- Pogo (South Asia)
- Rush (New Zealand)
- Tabi Channel (Japan)
- Three (New Zealand)
- World Heritage Channel
- 7food network (licensed to Seven West Media)
- Boomerang (Japan)
- Boomerang (Asia)
- Breeze TV
- China Entertainment Television (36%)
- Discovery Kids (Asia)
- The Edge TV
- Food Network (New Zealand) - replaced by Investigation Discovery
- Toonami (India)
- Imagine TV
- Imagine Showbiz
- Jeet Prime
- Oh!K
- Lumiere Movies
- Mondo Mah-jong TV
- Real
- Red by HBO
- SBS Food Network (licensed to Special Broadcasting Service)
- Setanta Sports Asia
- Tabi Tele
- Toonami (Asia)
- TruTV (Asia)
- Turner Classic Movies (Asia)
- WB Channel (India)
Carriage disputes with StarHub
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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.[8]
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.[8][9] 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.[8]
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.[10]
- ^ Middleton, Richard (21 April 2022). "Warner Bros. Discovery names int'l team, as Priya Dogra, James Gibbons & Anil Jhingan take new roles". TBI Vision. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (4 August 2022). "HBO Max, Discovery+ to Merge Into Single Streaming Platform Starting in Summer 2023". Variety. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Warner Bros Discovery closes in on 'Max' as the name of its combined HBO Max-Discovery+ streaming service". CNBC. 5 December 2022. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "discovery+". Globe. Archived from the original on 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Frater, Patrick (28 January 2022). "WarnerMedia Readies Ground in Asia for HBO Max, Expanded Local Production". Variety. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ Maas, Jennifer (12 April 2023). "Warner Bros. Discovery Unveils 'Max': Everything Revealed at Combined HBO Max-Discovery+ Streaming Presentation". Variety. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ Brzeski, Patrick (14 October 2024). "Warner Bros. Discovery Confirms Max Launch in 7 Asian Markets in November". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ a b c Frater, Patrick (30 May 2018). "Discovery Threatens Blackout in Singapore Cable Spat". Variety. Archived from the original on 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Chignall, Selina (26 June 2018). "StarHub drops Discovery; adds seven new channels". RealScreen. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Thomson, Stuart (3 October 2023). "StarHub brings back Discovery HD and HGTV after dropping CuriosityStream". Digital TV Europe. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2024.