Warner TV

For other uses of "WBTV", see WBTV (disambiguation).
Warner TV
Logo used in Latin America and Asia.
Logo used in Europe.
Broadcast areaLatin America
Brazil
Mexico
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southeast Asia
Singapore
Malaysia
Philippines
Indonesia
Thailand
Vietnam
East Asia
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Japan
South Korea
South Asia
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Maldives
Europe
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Germany
Poland
Romania
Spain
Czech Republic
Programming
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Portuguese
French
Chinese
Indonesian
Malaysian
Thai
Vietnamese
Cantonese
Japanese
Korean
German
Polish
Romanian
Italian
(Formerly)
Czech
Picture format1080i HDTV
Ownership
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery
History
LaunchedSeptember 30, 1995; 30 years ago (1995-09-30)
(Latin America)
January 1, 2010; 16 years ago (2010-01-01)
(Asia)
November 9, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-11-09)
(France)
September 25, 2021; 4 years ago (2021-09-25)
(Germany)
October 23, 2021; 4 years ago (2021-10-23)
(Poland and Romania)
October 30, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-10-30)
(Italy)
April 14, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-04-14)
(Spain)
April 2, 2024; 21 months ago (2024-04-02)
(Czech Republic)
ReplacedTNT (Europe)
ClosedOctober 5, 2025; 3 months ago (2025-10-05)
(Italy)
Replaced byDiscovery Channel (Italy) (First country that Closed down WBTV)
Former namesWBTV: El Canal Warner / O Canal da Warner (1995-1999),
The Warner Channel (1999-2000, 1995-2000 on the channel logo),
Links
WebsiteOfficial Website (Brazil)
Official Website (Latin America)
Official Website (Asia)
Official Website (France)
Official Website (Germany)
Official Website (Poland)
Official Website (Romania)
Official Website (Italy)
Official Website (Spain)
Official Website (Czech)

Warner TV, also known as Warner Channel is a pay television channel mainly airing in Latin America, Europe, parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its International unit that focuses on airing American series and films.

Most programming air in their original English audio, with subtitles in Spanish (for Latin American countries except Brazil), Portuguese (for Brazil), Chinese (for Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore), Malaysian (for Malaysia) and Indonesian (for Indonesia), however, there are also some dubbed programming.

Warner TV's headquarters are located in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Singapore, and Malaysia; the broadcasting, however, is based in Miami for Latin American viewers and Singapore for Asian viewers.

The channel's catalogue, for its entirety, is sourced from the library of Warner Bros., which licensed its name to the channel until 2019.

From 2021 to 2023, Warner TV replaced all existing versions of TNT in Europe.

History

In March 2015, the Filipino feed separated from the Southeast Asian Warner TV channel to air a different programming schedule, including selected programming from truTV.[1]

On November 1, 2015, the Latin American channel started airing dubs of its programming instead of just showing subtitles. This caused an uproar to most of its audience.

On November 9, 2017, Turner Broadcasting System France and Canal+ both launched Warner TV in France, replacing Syfy which became a SFR exclusive.[2]

On April 22, 2020, the French version launched in Sub-Saharan Africa in StarTimes.

On May 2, 2020, Warner TV began broadcasting the Adult Swim programming block in Latin America and Brazil, which initially included Rick and Morty, Robot Chicken, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.[3][4][5] On May 3, 2021, Metalocalypse and The Shivering Truth were added to the Adult Swim programming block.[6] On November 8, 2021, Adult Swim was pulled from Warner TV's lineup.

On June 14, 2021, it was announced that the TNT channels in Germany would be rebranded into Warner TV from September 25, 2021.[7]

On July 8, 2021, it was announced that TNT in Poland and Romania would rebrand into Warner TV from October 23, 2021.[8][9]

In October 2022, it was announced that a Warner TV channel would be launched in Italy by October 30 of the same year. However unlike other Warner TV channels, this one operated as a free to air channel on Italian DTT.[10] The channel however shut down on October 5, 2025, in order to be replaced with a free to air version of the Italian Discovery Channel.[11]

In January 2023, the channel French version, which was only accessible through Canal+, was removed alongside other French versions of Warner Bros. Discovery's channels in France. However, the channel was still accessible in other French-speaking countries where Warner Bros. has distribution contract with other companies.[12] On March 2023, the channel returned in France following the launch of the Le Pass Warner ("The Warner Pass"), a subscription-based channel available on Amazon Prime Video. The Warner Pass was removed from the service following the launch of HBO Max in France in June 2024 with its subscribers automatically transferred to a HBO Max subscription, making Warner TV only available through the service in France. It was later also made accessible to SFR, Orange, and Free subscribers.[13]

On February 27, 2023, it was announced that TNT in Spain would be rebranded as Warner TV on April 14, 2023.[14]

In January 2024, it was announced that Warner TV would be launched in the Czech Republic sometime in the same year,[15] and on March 4, Warner Bros. Discovery has confirmed that the channel would launch on April 2, and like its Italian counterpart, it would be a free to air channel.[16]

Programming

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Warner Channel

References

  1. ^ "Warner TV Revamps, Launches Philippines Feed". Media Business Asia. March 12, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  2. ^ "Turner, Canal+ Group Launch Warner TV in France". Variety.com. 13 September 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  3. ^ Brasil, Warner Channel (2020-04-23). "Vocês estão prontos para novidades no canal? Então se prepara porque o bloco #AdultSwim está chegando para animar as suas noites! Nossa estreia vai acontecer dia 04/05 às 23h45, então já coloca o despertador para não perder um segundo pic.twitter.com/ZMena51GSo". @WarnerChannelBR (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  4. ^ Raphael, Pablo (2020-04-27). "Rick and Morty e mais séries do Adult Swim chegam ao Warner Channel". Omelete (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2020-05-03. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  5. ^ Barbarossa, Diego (2020-04-24). "Adult Swim é anunciado pela Warner Channel em sua programação; veja". CosmoNerd (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  6. ^ "Adult Swim: Metalocalypse y the Shivering Truth llegan en mayo a Warner Channel".
  7. ^ "TNT channels to become Warner TV in Germany". 14 June 2021.
  8. ^ "TNT od października w Polsce jako Warner TV". Archived from the original on 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  9. ^ "La revedere, TNT! Bun venit, Warner TV! Când va fi lansat noul post care înlocuieşte TNT?". Archived from the original on 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  10. ^ "Ufficiale: Warner TV arriva il 30 ottobre sul canale 37 del digitale terrestre". Archived from the original on 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  11. ^ "News e anticipazioni: chiude Warner TV, il canale si spegne ad ottobre". 5 September 2025. Archived from the original on 8 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Canal+ perd huit chaînes du groupe Warner Bros. Discovery, dont Warner TV". Les Numériques. January 12, 2023. Archived from the original on May 10, 2024. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  13. ^ Thibaud Gomès-Léal (January 16, 2023). "Amazon Prime Video : tout savoir sur le futur Pass Warner". Les Numériques. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  14. ^ "TNT se convierte en Warner TV el próximo 14 de abril". www.mundoplus.tv (in Spanish). February 27, 2023. Archived from the original on March 19, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  15. ^ REFRESHER. "Do Česka míří nový televizní kanál, spustí ho Warner Bros. Discovery". refresher.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 2024-01-18. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  16. ^ "Warner TV to go live in Czech Republic on 2 April". Broadband TV News. 2024-03-04. Archived from the original on 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
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