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]
TV channels
Pan-APAC countries
- 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
Regional channels
- 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
Defunct channels
- 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
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]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
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