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.
See also Warner Bros. Discovery Americas Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
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