List of assets owned by Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate based in New York City. The company works in the following areas: film, television, cable networks and publishing operations.

The following is a list of major assets that are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group

Rooster Teeth

Warner Bros. Television Group

Warner Bros. Discovery Networks

Broadcasting and Free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) Group

The Cartoon Network, Inc.

Entertainment Group

Factual & Lifestyle Group

Home Box Office, Inc.

  • HBO
    • HBO2
    • HBO Signature
    • HBO Family
    • HBO Comedy
    • HBO Zone
    • HBO Latino
  • Cinemax
    • MoreMax
    • ActionMax
    • ThrillerMax
    • 5StarMax
    • MovieMax
    • Cinemáx (Spanish-language simulcast of primary channel)
    • OuterMax
    • Cinemax on Demand
  • Magnolia Network (with Chip and Joanna Gaines)
  • HBO Bulk
  • HBO Films
  • HBO Documentary Films

CNN Worldwide

TNT Sports

Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment

Global Streaming

Warner Bros. Games

Rooster Teeth

Warner Bros. Discovery Global Brands and Experiences

  • Warner Bros. Discovery Global Themed Entertainment
    • Warner Bros. Theme Parks
    • Warner Bros. Studio Tours
      • Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood
      • Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter
    • Discovery Destinations
      • Discovery Adventure Parks
      • Discovery Destination Hotels
      • Discovery at Sea
      • Discovery Live Shows & Exhibits
      • Discovery Living Words

Warner Bros. Discovery International

Asia-Pacific

India

New Zealand

Europe, Middle East and Africa

Poland

Latin America

Former assets

Divested

Dormant or shuttered

These are Warner Bros. Discovery divisions which have been closed or folded into another part of the company.

  • 3net - 3D television channel jointly owned with Sony and IMAX Corporation; operated from 2011 to 2014
  • 7food network
  • AT&T SportsNet - shut down on October 21, 2023[39][40]
  • Adult Swim Games
    • Big Pixel Studios
  • AIMS Multimedia - acquired by Discovery Education in 2004
  • Altschul Group Corporation - acquired by Discovery Education in 2003
  • Animal Planet Italy
  • Associated Artists Productions - bought 1933–1957 Fleischer/Famous Studios Popeye cartoons and pre-1950 WB library in 1956; the latter library would find its way back to Warner ownership in 1996 as part of the Turner merger (which also incorporated the Popeye cartoons)
  • Animalist
  • Bamzu.com
  • Beme Inc. - merged into CNN Digital Studios in 2018
  • Boomerang Germany - closed in 2018 and replaced by Boomerang CEE with German advertisements.
  • Boomerang (Latin America) - closed in 2021 and replaced by Cartoonito (Latin America)
  • Brut Productions - acquired by Turner Broadcasting System from Faberge Inc. in 1982; library currently owned by Turner Entertainment Co.
  • Beyond The Lot
  • C4
  • California Video Center
  • Canal 8 Sport
  • Cartoonito (Spain)
  • Cartoon Network (Spain) - Shut down in 2013 and replaced by the Spanish version of Boing
  • Cartoon Network Too
  • Cartoon On-Air
  • Castle Rock Television - Folded into Warner Bros. Television
  • China Entertainment Television - 36% stake held by Turner Broadcasting System; ceased broadcasting in 2016
  • Clearvue & SVE - acquired by Discovery Education in 2006
  • CNN Airport
  • CNN Checkout Channel
  • CNNfn
  • CNN Philippines (Nine Media Corporation and Radio Philippines Network) (closed on February 1, 2024 and replaced by RPTV)
  • CNN Pipeline
  • CNN/SI
  • CNN+ (in conjunction with CNN Worldwide) - second incarnation; shut down on April 28, 2022
  • CNN+ (Spanish TV network) - first incarnation; joint venture with Sogecable
  • CNN Money Switzerland - joint venture with MediaGo
  • Cartoon Network Extreme (CNX)
  • Crime Library
  • DC Entertainment - folded into DC Comics in 2023[16][42]
  • DC Vertigo
  • DC Universe (SVOD) - shut down with catalog absorbed into HBO Max and spun off into DC Universe Infinite on January 21, 2021
  • Discovery Channel Multimedia
  • Discovery Channel Radio
  • Discovery Channel Romania
  • Discovery Civilization
  • Discovery Family (France) - shut down in 2022
  • Discovery Family Go - shut down on May 2, 2022
  • Discovery Films - library currently owned by Warner Bros.
  • Discovery Geschichte
  • Discovery Health Channel
  • Discovery Home & Health Southeast Asia
  • Discovery Home & Health UK
  • Discovery Kids Australia
  • Discovery Kids UK
  • Discovery People
  • Discovery Real Time
  • Discovery Real Time France
  • Discovery Science CEEMEA - shut down on January 5, 2024
  • Discovery Science France - shut down on February 26, 2024; replaced by TLC
  • Discovery Shed
  • Discovery Travel & Living
  • Discovery Wings
  • Discovery World Europe
  • DKids
  • DMAX MENA
  • Dplay - replaced in available regions by Discovery+
  • DTX - shut down on January 5, 2024
  • DramaFever - shut down in 2018
  • eleveneleven
  • Esporte Interativo - TV channels shut down in 2018; brand replaced by TNT Sports in 2021
  • Eurosport 360°
  • Eurosport 2 Xtra (Portugal)
  • Eurosport News
  • Eurosport Player - replaced in available regions by Discovery+
  • Eurosport Plus
  • FandangoNOW
  • Festival
  • FilmBuff
  • FilmStruck - shut down in 2018
  • Fine Living Europe
  • Fine Living Italy
  • First National Pictures - acquired by Warner Bros. in 1928 and closed in 1936
  • FitTV
  • Food Network (New Zealand)
  • Four
  • Fullscreen, Inc. - team laid off and company absorbed into WBD Ad Sales[43]
    • McBeard
    • Reelio
  • GCN+ and GCN App - closed on December 19, 2023[44]
  • Glitz - closed on February 29, 2024
  • Global Digital Media Xchange
  • Golf World (magazine)
  • GolfTV - dissolved into Discovery+ in 2022
  • Good Food
  • GXT
  • Hanna-Barbera - absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation
    • Hanna-Barbera Home Video
    • Hanna-Barbera Poland
  • HBO Animation
  • HBO Defined (India)
  • HBO Now - replaced/dissolved by HBO Max
  • HBO Downtown Productions — dissolved in 2001; pre-1992 library owned by HBO
  • HBO Hits (India)
  • HBO Independent Productions
  • HBO Netherlands - joint venture with Ziggo
  • HBO Go - replaced by HBO Max in the United States, Latin America, Nordics, Spain, Portugal, Central and Eastern Europe, still active in Asian countries, would be folded and converted into simply Max which merging HBO Max and Discovery+ in late-2024
  • HBO NYC Productions (formerly called HBO Showcase) - folded into HBO Films
  • HBO Home Entertainment - transferred and folded into Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in 2019
  • HBO Latin America Group - transferred and folded into Warner Bros. Discovery Latin America Group
  • HBO Kids - discontinued on February 29, 2024
  • Headstrong Pictures
  • HOOQ (streaming service joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Singtel) - shut down on 30 April 2020 due to liquidation and eventually sold to Coupang in July 2020 to form the nucleus of its streaming service named Coupang Play
  • I.Sat - closed on February 29, 2024
  • iStreamPlanet - shuttered in 2023[45]
  • Lorimar Film Entertainment
    • Monogram Pictures/Allied Artists Pictures Corporation - sold to Lorimar in 1979; post-August 17, 1946 library currently owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment
      • Interstate Television - founded in early 1950s as the TV arm of Allied Artists, became Allied Artists Television in 1960s and was folded into Lorimar with the rest of AAPC in 1979
  • Lorimar Home Video - folded into Warner Home Video in 1988
  • Lorimar Records
  • Lorimar Television
  • Machinima, Inc. - merged into Fullscreen in 2019
  • Momlogic
  • Mondo Mah-jong TV - ceased broadcasting on March 31, 2022, due to the closure of the platform that carried the channel.
  • MotorTrend+ (subscription streaming service) - closing at the end of March 2024, with most of its subscribers and programming migrating to Discovery+ and Max[46]
  • MuchMusic - closed on February 29, 2024
  • National General Pictures - sold to Warner Bros. in 1973
  • Nelson Entertainment - acquired by New Line Cinema in 1991; library currently owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Embassy Home Entertainment - former divisions of its sister company, Embassy Pictures
    • Galactic Films, Inc.
    • Spikings Corporation
    • Charter Entertainment
  • New Line Home Entertainment - Folded into Warner Home Video
  • New Line Television - Folded into Warner Bros. Television
  • New Line Television Pay-Per-View - Folded into Warner Bros. Television Distribution
  • Oh!K
  • Outright Distribution
  • Otter Media - closed on April 8, 2022
  • People's Court Raw
  • Picturehouse - renamed from Fine Line Features in 2005, then closed in 2008; reopened in 2013 as an independent studio
  • Prime Time Entertainment Network
  • Revision3
  • Quest Arabiya
  • Quibi - Minority stake; shut down.
  • Red by HBO (24/7 Asian cinema channel; joint venture with Mei Ah Entertainment) - ceased broadcasting on July 1, 2021
  • Setanta Sports Asia
  • Seven Arts Productions
  • Shed Productions - folded into Wall to Wall
  • Snowblind Studios - merged into Monolith Productions in 2012
  • Stage 13 - closed in 2022.[47]
  • Screwattack - Folded into Death Battle
  • Studio T - combined Turner brand name for TBS Productions and TNT Productions; dissolved in 2019
  • Super Deluxe
  • TBS (Latin America) - closed in 2023 and replaced by TNT Novelas
  • TCM Movies
  • ThreeLife
  • Tabi Tele - ceased broadcasting on March 31, 2022, due to the closure of the platform that carried the channel.
  • Take 2
  • Toonami (channels in India, Southeast Asia, and UK & Ireland)
  • TNT Sweden - closed in 2019
  • TruTV (Latin America) - closed in 2023 and replaced by Adult Swim (Latin America)
  • Turner Broadcasting System - closed in 2019
    • Turner Broadcasting System Latin America
    • Turner International Argentina
  • Turner Classic Movies 2
  • Turner Classic Movies (Asia)
  • Turner Classic Movies (Northern Europe)
  • Turner Home Entertainment - folded into Warner Home Video as an in-name-only unit in December 1996
  • Turner Pictures - folded into Warner Bros.
  • Turner Program Services - folded into Warner Bros. Television Distribution
  • Vivolta (20% stake)
  • Warner Bros. Domestic Pay TV, Cable & Network Features - a former division of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution that licensed Warner Bros. feature films, television series, miniseries, TV films, and specials to the pay television and basic cable markets, as well as feature films to the broadcast networks. Formed in 1994, It was re-organized in 2001 as “Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution”, before folding into Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in 2008
  • Warner Bros. Family Entertainment - closed in 2009
  • Warner Bros. Feature Animation
  • Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics - closed in 2022
  • Warner Bros. Jungle Habitat
  • Warner Bros. Studio Store
  • WB Channel
  • Watershed Television
  • Warner Horizon Scripted Television - merged into Warner Bros. Television Studios in 2020
  • WarnerMax - short-lived film production company joint venture Warner Bros. and HBO Max, it closed down in October 2020
  • Warner Independent Pictures - closed in 2008
  • Warner Premiere - closed in 2012
  • Warner Alliance - a now-defunct contemporary Christian music division owned by Warner Music Group, which operated until 1998. The company was dissolved by Warner purchasing Word Entertainment.
  • Warner Leisure, Inc. - 80% stake; previously known as Leisure Development Corp. of America; closed in 1985
  • Warner Resound - a now-defunct Christian division of Warner Music Group, focused on distributing Christian music and media, as well as products from other artists like Vigilantes of Love and The Call. The company largely became dormant after Word Entertainment was sold to Warner Music Group.
  • Weintraub Entertainment Group - 15% stake previously held by Columbia Pictures
  • The WB - 64% joint venture with Tribune Broadcasting; closed in 2006.
  • World Championship Wrestling (WCW) - video library, selected wrestler contracts and other intellectual property sold to World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc., now known as WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), through its subsidiary W. Acquisition Company (which was subsequently renamed WCW Inc. following the sale) in 2001.
  • Yalli Productions

See also

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