Asia-Pacific regional hub of Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific Formerly Time Warner Entertainment Australia (1989–2001) Company type Division Predecessor Discovery Asia-Pacific (1994–2022) Founded 1 January 1989; 36 years ago (1989-01-01 ) (original) ; 3 years ago (2022-04-08 ) (merger with Discovery Asia-Pacific) Headquarters Singapore Area served
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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 Asia-Pacific is adivision ofWarner Bros. Discovery that operates several television channels inAsia andAustralasia , along with theDiscovery+ streaming service.[ 2] [ 3]
In April 2022,WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks Asia-Pacific (founded in 1989) merged withDiscovery Asia-Pacific (founded in 1994) after their owners,WarnerMedia (then owned byAT&T before being spun off), merged withDiscovery, Inc. It has consequently been announced thatDiscovery+ , which is currently available in India and was available in the Philippines,[ 4] HBO Go , to form simplyMax on 19 November 2024.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Pan-Asian countries [ edit ] Carriage disputes with StarHub [ edit ] 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.[ 10]
On June 30, 2018,Discovery Channel ,Animal Planet ,TLC ,Discovery Asia ,Discovery Science ,Eurosport andSetanta Sports were let go of the channel line-up and were replaced byGusto TV ,CuriosityStream ,Travelxp ,Makeful , Fight Sports,GEM TV , andColors Tamil .[ 10] [ 11] HGTV ,Asian Food Channel ,Food Network andTravel Channel , ceased transmission on August 31, 2018.[ 10]
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.[ 12]
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