List of channels owned by Warner Bros. Discovery India
This is list of channels that are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery in India.[1]
Operating channels
[edit]Warner Bros. Discovery India currently owns and operates 18 TV channels (12 SD, 6 HD) across English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and Bengali.
| Channel | Logo | Launched | Language(s) | Category | SD/HD availability | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | [2][3] |
| Pogo | 
|
1 January 2004 | Hindi Tamil Telugu Malayalam Kannada Marathi |
SD | [4] | ||
| Cartoon Network HD+ | 
|
18 May 2018 | Hindi English Tamil Telugu |
HD & SD (as Cartoon Network) | Different feed from Cartoon Network. | [5] | |
| CNN International | 
|
1 January 2000 | English | News | SD | [6] | |
| Discovery Channel | 
|
15 August 1995 5 March 2010 (HD feed) |
Hindi English Tamil Telugu Malayalam Kannada Bengali Marathi |
Wildlife and Information | SD & HD | [6][7] | |
| Animal Planet | 
|
29, March 1999 (SD Feed)
23, July 2014 (HD feed) |
Hindi English Tamil |
[8] | |||
| TLC | 
|
October 2004 (SD)
2 June 2014 (HD) |
English and Hindi | Knowledge and Lifestyle | Formerly Discovery Travel & Living | [6][9] | |
| Discovery Science | 
|
January, 2010 | SD | [6] | |||
| Discovery Turbo | 
|
[6] | |||||
| Investigation Discovery | 
|
1 June 2014 (SD)
31 January 2018 (HD) |
General Entertainment | Formerly
Discovery Jeet (2018-2019) and Jeet Prime (2019-2020). |
[6][10] | ||
| Discovery Kids | 
|
7 August 2012 | Hindi Tamil Telugu Malayalam Kannada Marathi |
Kids | [11][12] | ||
| Eurosport | 
|
6 February 2017 (SD & HD) |
English | Sports | SD & HD | Formerly | [6][13] |
| DTamil | 
|
1 April 2003 | Tamil | Hollywood entertainment and Information | SD | Formerly Discovery12 and Discovery Tamil. | [6][14] |
Defunct channels
[edit]| Channel | Discontinued | Launched | Replaced By | Language | SD/HD availability | Category | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real | March 2010 | 2 March 2009 | Hindi | SD | General Entertainment | [15][16] | |
| Imagine Showbiz | September 2011 | 15 August 2008 | Music | [15][16] | |||
| Imagine TV | 11 May 2012 | 21 January 2008 | General Entertainment | [15][16] | |||
| Lumiere Movies | 5 July 2012 | English and Hindi | Movies | [17] | |||
| HBO Defined | 31 December 2015 | 21 February 2013 | English | [18] | |||
| HBO Hits | Hindi and English | SD & HD | [19] | ||||
| HBO Hits HD | HBO HD | [19] | |||||
| Investigation Discovery | 12 February 2018 | 1 June 2014 | Discovery Jeet | General Entertainment | [20] | ||
| Toonami | 15 May 2018 | 26 February 2015 | Cartoon Network HD+ | SD | Kids | [21] | |
| Jeet Prime | 13 January 2020 | 12 February 2018 | Investigation Discovery | SD & HD | General Entertainment | [22] | |
| WB Channel | 15 December 2020 | 15 March 2009 | English | SD | Movies | [23] | |
| HBO | 22 March 2000 | SD & HD | [23] |
References
[edit]- ^ Warner Bros. Discovery DTH Entertainment Pack @ Rs. 15/- | Cartoon Network India, retrieved 7 August 2023
- ^ "Cartoon Network - How has Cartoon Network been able to run successfully in the Indian Television - Studocu". Studocu. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Warner Bros. Discovery DTH Entertainment Pack @ Rs. 15/- | Cartoon Network India". Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Turner International India to launch 24-hour kids' channel, POGO". afaqs!. 25 November 2003.
- ^ "Cartoon Network HD+ launched in India".
- ^ a b c d e f g h Warner Bros Discovery Network | Buy @₹15/month | Contact your Cable/DTH Operator Now!, retrieved 7 August 2023
- ^ "Discovery Channel to complete 20 Years in India". 2015.
- ^ Warner Bros. Discovery Channels | Entertainment Pack at Only Rs. 15/Month | Animal Planet India, retrieved 7 August 2023
- ^ "TLC to replace Discovery Travel and Living from 1 September". Indian Television Dot Com. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Investigation Discovery launched in India". Business Standard.
- ^ Warner Bros Discovery Network | Buy @₹15/month | Contact your Cable/DTH Operator Now!, retrieved 7 August 2023
- ^ Choudhary, Vidhi (31 July 2012). "Discovery Networks launches Discovery Kids in India". mint. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ Arasu, Basil Kannagi (17 March 2020). "MIB permits Discovery Communications India to launch Eurosport in India; renames DSport & DSport HD to Eurosport & Eurosport HD". dreamdth.com. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Discovery Networks goes full throttle; launches Discovery Channel Tamil". afaqs!. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "Real reviewsbiz plan, downsizes ops". ITV Team. Indian Television.com. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original on 11 September 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ a b c "Turner shuts down Imagine TV". Rediff team. Rediff. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ "Lumiere Movies to shutdown".
- ^ "Experience the magic with HBO HD!". Turner. 6 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Experience the magic with HBO HD!". Turner. 6 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ Bansal, Shuchi (22 December 2017). "Karan Bajaj: A winning discovery". mint. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ Bureau, Adgully (20 April 2018). "Curtains down on Turner India's kids' channel Toonami from May 15". www.adgully.com. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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- ^ a b "Popular English film channels HBO and WB to be discontinued in India; find out why". DNA India. Retrieved 7 August 2023.