Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific

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Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific
FormerlyTime Warner Entertainment Australia (1989–2001)
Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific (1989–2020)
WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks Asia Pacific (2020–2022)
Company type Division
PredecessorDiscovery Asia-Pacific (1994–2022)
Founded1 January 1989;35 years ago (1989-01-01)(original)
2022 (merger with Discovery Asia-Pacific)
HeadquartersSingapore
Area served
 Asia-Pacific
Key people
  • James Gibbons (president – Australia, New Zealand and Japan) [1]
  • Clement Schwebig (president – Southeast Asia, South Korea and India)
  • Anna Pak Burdin (general manager)
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]

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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-Asian countries

Japan

  • Movieplus
  • LaLa TV
  • Mondo TV (Japan)
  • Tabi Channel

South Asia

India

Pakistan

Australia and New Zealand

Australia

New Zealand

Defunct channels

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]

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References

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  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "discovery+". Globe. Archived from the original on 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Maas, Jennifer (12 April 2023). "Warner Bros. Discovery Unveils 'Max': Everything Revealed at Combined HBO Max-Discovery+ Streaming Presentation". Variety. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  7. ↑ Brzeski, Patrick (14 October 2024). "Warner Bros. Discovery Confirms Max Launch in 7 Asian Markets in November". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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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