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]
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]
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 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.[10][11] 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.[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]
