Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific

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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 currently available in India and the Philippines would be merged with HBO Go which currently available in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries, which carried several content from HBO Max, to form simply Max in mid-2024.

Operating channels

Pan-Asia

• Animal Planet
• Asian Food Network
• CNN International Asia Pacific
• Cartoon Network
• Cartoonito
• Discovery Asia
• Discovery Channel
• Discovery Science
• DMAX
• Eurosport
• EVE
• Food Network Asia
• TLC
• Travel Channel

East Asia

Korea

• Boomerang Korea
• Cartoon Network Korea
• Cartoon Network Taiwan
• Discovery Channel Korea

Japan

• CNNj
• Movieplus
• LaLa TV
• Discovery Channel Japan
• Animal Planet Japan
• Cartoon Network Japan
• Mondo TV (Japan)
• Tabi Channel

Southeast Asia

• Boomerang Thailand
• Cartoon Network Philippines
• CNN Indonesia (licensed to Trans Media)
• Food Network Asia
• HBO Asia
  • HBO Hits
  • HBO Family
  • HBO Signature
• Cinemax Asia
• World Heritage Channel

South Asia

• Cartoon Network India
  • Cartoon Network HD+
• Cartoon Network Pakistan
• CNN International South Asia
• Pogo
• Animal Planet India
• Discovery Channel India
• HGTV India
• Travel Channel
• Food Network Asia
• Discovery Tamil India
• Discovery Science India
• Discovery Turbo India
• Discovery Kids India
• Eurosport India
• Investigation Discovery India
• TLC India

Australia and New Zealand

• Animal Planet
• Cartoon Network
• CNN International Asia Pacific
• Discovery
• Discovery Turbo
• HGTV
• ID
• TLC

Australia only

• 9Rush (co-owned with Nine)
• Boomerang
• Travel Channel

New Zealand only

• Bravo (co-owned with NBCUniversal International Networks)
• Eden
• Living
• Rush
• Three

Defunct

• 7food network (licensed to Seven West Media)
• Boomerang Japan
• Boomerang Asia
• Breeze TV
• China Entertainment Television (36%)
• CNN Philippines (licensed to Nine Media Corporation)
• The Edge TV
• Food Network (New Zealand)
• HBO South Asia
  • HBO Defined
  • HBO Hits
• WB Channel
• Discovery News
• 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

Carriage disputes with StarHub

On May 30, 2018, StarHub announces it plans to discontinue seven Discovery channels, marking the end of partnership between Discovery and StarHub for more than 20 years, including Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, Discovery Asia, Discovery Science, Eurosport, and Setanta Sports on both StarHub TV and streaming service (StarHub GO) at the end of June 30 due to StarHub's unpaid carriage fees and price increase. Discovery's expanded lifestyle channels, with the exception of HGTV, Asian Food Channel, Food Network and Travel Channel on both platforms are ceased transmission on August 31. On July 3, all seven Discovery channels was replaced by Gusto TV (until 23 November 2020), CuriosityStream HD (until 1 August 2023), Travelxp HD, Makeful HD (Until 25 November 2022), Fight Sports HD, GEM TV HD, and Colors Tamil HD. In the meanwhile, all Discovery channels (including HGTV, Food Network and Asian Food Channel, Exclude Eurosport until Resume on Air from 1 October 2021) will continue to air on Singtel TV.

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