Formerly | Turner Broadcasting System India (1989–2020) Warner Media Entertainment Networks India (2020–2022) |
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Company type | Division |
Predecessor | WarnerMedia India(2019-2022) Discovery India (1995–2022) |
Founded | 1995(original) 2022 (merger with Discovery India) |
Headquarters | India |
Area served | India |
Products | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
Parent | Warner Bros. Discovery International |
Warner Bros. Discovery India is a division of Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific that operates several television channels in India, along with the Discovery+ streaming service. [1] [2] [3]
In 1995 Turner came to India with launch of Cartoon Network, the first kids channel in India.
In 2004 the company launched Pogo. [4]
Turner's CNN International only reached the urban population in India. To reach the Indian masses Turner Broadcasting System together with an Indian company, Global Broadcast News (currently TV18 Broadcast Limited), launched the channel in India as CNN-IBN on 18 December 2005. The channel was completely run by TV18 Broadcast Limited, which only used the Cable News Network (CNN) brand name. [5]
The company launched WB Channel on 15 March 2009. [6] The channel featured a mix of Hollywood films and (formerly) television dramas from the Warner Bros. Vault.
In 2009Real TV was launched, Real was a Hindi entertainment channel launched by Turner International India in a 50:50 joint venture with Alva Brothers Entertainment on 2 March 2009 based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The channel ceased all its operations in March 2010 due to low GRPs and minimum viewership. Also, the channel lacked sponsors and new shows since September 2009 and aired re-runs of its former shows. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
On 8 December 2009, it was announced that Turner Asia Pacific Ventures (a wholly owned subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System) had acquired a 92% stake in NDTV Imagine Ltd. [12] NDTV's 76 percent stake in NDTV Imagine would be given to Turner for $67 million, and the Time Warner company would acquire fresh equity worth $50 million to get 92% control. NDTV Imagine Ltd. ran NDTV Imagine, NDTV Lumiere and NDTV Imagine Showbiz television channels and film production transfer of shares, amounting to 85.68% of NDTV Imagine Ltd, by NDTV Networks Plc to Turner Asia Pacific Ventures. [13] The three channels will be under Turner General Entertainment Networks, a holding company that will infuse fresh capital to fund the network's growth. The 'NDTV' brand was dropped, and the channels were relabeled Imagine TV, Lumiere Movies and Imagine Showbiz. Imagine Showbiz was sold in January 2011 to Reliance Broadcast Network.
In 2015, the company launched Toonami.
Before the launch of HBO India, HBO Asia tried replicating the premium model in India. But then HBO decided it wasn't commercially viable, so the channel was launched in India and also in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Maldives. [14]
TiimeWarner with collaboration with Eros International launched HBO Defined and HBO Hits across India on 21 February 2013 on Dish TV and Airtel Digital TV. These channels are commercial-free. The content of both the channels include movies as well as most of HBO Original Programming. When the channels launched, the main HBO channel stopped airing original series. [15]
In 2015, HBO had decided to exit the Indian market and license the channel to Turner International India previously it was handled by Asian feed. [16] The channel was revamped in February 2016 after a survey conducted by the channel team to better suit the masses. [17] [18] HBO Defined and HBO Hits would be handled by Star India, however HBO Defined and HBO Hits SD was shut down on 31 December 2015 while HBO Hits HD was replaced by HBO HD on 4 September 2016. [19]
On 15 May June Toonami got shutdown and Cartoon Network HD+ was launched on 18 May 2018.
After AT&T acquired TimeWarner in USA, the company became to known as WarnerMedia world widely.
WarnerMedia announced on 15 October 2020 that HBO South Asia and WB Channel would close down on 15 December 2020. The HBO channel would no longer be available in India and Pakistan after this date, while WB Channel ceased to exist in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Maldives. [20]
HBO India had closed down at midnight with the last movie on the SD channel being Mad Max: Fury Road (completed 1 hour before the shutdown) and the last movie on the HD channel being Memoirs of a Geisha . HBO Pakistan was also closed down at midnight. [20]
In July 2022, Discovery Communications and WarnerMedia merged in India. And announced a new team. [21]
In 2023 Warner Bros. Discovery and Viacom18 today announced a new multi-year agreement, making JioCinema India's new streaming home of HBO, Max Original and Warner Bros. content starting next month. [22]
Year | Film | Notes | Ref. |
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2008 | Saas Bahu Aur Sensex | First Indian movie distributed by Warner Bros. India. | [23] |
2009 | Chandni Chowk to China | Hindi movie | [24] |
2010 | Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge | Hindi movie | [25] |
Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai | Hindi movie | [26] | |
Phas Gaye Re Obama | Hindi movie | [26] | |
2011 | Utt Pataang | Hindi movie | [26] |
Warner Bros. Discovery India currently owns and operates 18 TV channels (12 SD + 6HD) across many Indian languages – English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and Bengali.
Channel | Logo | Launched | Language (s) | Category | SD/HD availability | Notes | Reference |
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Cartoon Network | 1 May 1995 | English Hindi Tamil Telugu Malayalam Kannada | Kids | SD & HD (as Cartoon Network HD+) | 1st kids channel in India and oldest among other sister channels. | [27] [28] | |
Pogo | 1 January 2004 | Hindi Tamil Telugu Malayalam Kannada Marathi | SD | [29] | |||
Cartoon Network HD+ | 18 May 2018 | Hindi English Tamil Telugu | HD & SD (as Cartoon Network) | Different feed from Cartoon Network. | [30] | ||
CNN International | 1 January 2000 | English | News | SD | [31] | ||
Discovery Channel | 15 August 1995 5 March 2010 (HD feed) | Hindi English Tamil Telugu Malayalam Kannada Bengali Marathi | Wildlife and Information | SD & HD | [31] [32] | ||
Animal Planet | 29, March 1999 (SD Feed) 23, July 2014 (HD feed) | Hindi English Tamil | [33] | ||||
TLC | October 2004 (SD) 2 June 2014 (HD) | English and Hindi | Knowledge and Lifestyle | Formerly | [31] [34] | ||
Discovery Science | January, 2010 | SD | [31] | ||||
Discovery Turbo | [31] | ||||||
Investigation Discovery | 1 June 2014 (SD) 31 January 2018 (HD) | General Entertainment | Formerly Discovery Jeet (2018-2019) and Jeet Prime (2019-2020). | [31] [35] | |||
Discovery Kids | 7 August 2012 | Hindi Tamil Telugu Malayalam Kannada Marathi | Kids | [36] [37] | |||
Eurosport | 6 February 2017 (SD & HD) | English | Sports | SD & HD | Formerly | [31] [38] | |
DTamil | 1 April 2003 | Tamil only | Wildlife and Information | SD | Formerly Discovery12 and Discovery Tamil. | [31] [39] |
Channel | Logo | Discontinued | Replaced By | Language | SD/HD Avability | Category | Notes |
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Imagine TV | 12 April 2012 | Hindi | SD | General Entertainement | [40] [41] | ||
Imagine Showbiz | 15 August 2008 | [40] [41] | |||||
Real | March 2010 | [40] [41] | |||||
Toonami | 15 May 2018 | Cartoon Network HD+ | English and Hindi | Kids | [42] | ||
WB Channel | 15 December 2020 | Movies | [43] | ||||
Lumiere Movies | 2012 | [44] | |||||
Investigation Discovery | 12 February 2018 | Discovery Jeet | Hindi | SD+HD | General Entertainment | [45] | |
Discovery Jeet | 31 January 2018 | Jeet Prime | [46] | ||||
Jeet Prime | 13 January 2020 | Investigation Discovery | [47] | ||||
HBO | 15 December 2020 | English | SD+HD | Movies | [43] | ||
HBO Defined | [48] | ||||||
HBO Hits | 31 December 2015 | HBO HD | [49] |
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. was an American television and media conglomerate founded by Ted Turner in 1965. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it merged with Time Warner on October 10, 1996. As of April 2022, all of its assets are now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The headquarters of Turner's properties are largely located at the CNN Center in Downtown Atlanta, and the Turner Broadcasting campus off Techwood Drive in Midtown Atlanta, which also houses Techwood Studios. Some of their operations are housed within WBD's corporate and global headquarters inside 30 Hudson Yards in Manhattan's West Side district, and at 230 Park Avenue South in Midtown Manhattan, both in New York City, respectively.
Pogo is an Indian cable and satellite television channel owned and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery India under its International division, as part of Cartoon Network India as the network's sister channel. It was launched on 1 January 2004. Broadcasting primarily animated and live action programming.
HBO Asia is the Asian division of HBO, based out of Singapore. It was originally launched on 1 May 1992 as MovieVision, later rebranding on 1 June 1995 to its current name after being purchased by Home Box Office, Inc. The Singapore-based broadcast network offers channels and services with no advertisements– HBO, HBO Signature, HBO Family, HBO Hits and Cinemax – as well as HBO Go and HBO on Demand. HBO Asia is also the exclusive distributor of BabyFirst in Asia.
Imagine TV was a Hindi general entertainment channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System, and based in New Delhi.
Turner Classic Movies was an Asian digital classic film channel featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. film libraries, which include many MGM titles. It was the Asian version of the US Turner Classic Movies and aired in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Middle East.
Cartoon Network is an Indian cable and satellite television channel operated by Warner Bros. Discovery under its international division. The channel is the Indian equivalent to the original American network and was launched on 1 May 1995 as the first television network in India dedicated to children. The channel primarily airs animated programming in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.
Cartoon Network, often abbreviated as CN, is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is a part of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also has the broadcasting and production activities of Boomerang, Cartoonito, Discovery Family, Adult Swim, and Toonami under its purview. The channel is headquartered at 1050 Techwood Drive NW in Atlanta, Georgia.
Real was a Hindi entertainment channel launched by Turner International India in a 50:50 joint venture with Alva Brothers Entertainment on 2 March 2009 based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
WB Channel was an Indian pay television channel. It was launched on 15 March 2009 by Warner Bros. Discovery India through its international division exclusively for the Indian subcontinent. The channel featured a mix of Hollywood films and (formerly) television dramas from the Warner Bros. Vault.
Tooncast is a Latin American pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its International division. It was launched on December 1, 2008; its programming consists of classical animation, both from Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network. The channel is a commercial-free service.
TLC is an Indian pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The channel was previously known as Discovery Travel & Living. It focuses on lifestyle programmes, with topics such health, cooking and travel.
Discovery Channel is an Indian pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery for the Indian subcontinent. Launched on 15 August 1995. It is the Indian version of Discovery Channel. It is available in eight languages including Hindi, English, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Marathi while the Tamil language has a separate dedicated channel DTamil. The channel can be viewed on digital cable and satellite television in India. The channel also available on its OTT services Discovery Plus.
Disney Channel is an Indian pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company India. a wholly owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel is the Indian equivalent to the original American network which was launched on 16 December 2004. Disney Channel is available as a pay television channel on most subscription television providers.
Discovery Kids is an Indian cable and satellite television channel operated by Warner Bros. Discovery India. The channel launched on 7 August 2012. The channel primarily airs animated shows.
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.
Cartoonito is a brand name used by Warner Bros. Discovery for a collection of television networks and programming blocks aimed at preschool children. The name combines the "cartoon" with the Spanish suffix "ito", meaning "small".
Max, formerly and in Europe still HBO Max, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. It is a proprietary unit of Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment, which is itself a division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Max first launched in the United States on May 27, 2020.
Cartoon Network HD+ is an Indian cable and satellite television channel that primarily broadcasts animated series. Operated by Warner Bros. Discovery under its international division, it was launched on 15 April 2018 as the high definition counterpart of Cartoon Network India.
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