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

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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 (1995-05-01) 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 (2004-01-01) Hindi
Tamil
Telugu
Malayalam
Kannada
Marathi
SD [4]
Cartoon Network HD+   18 May 2018 (2018-05-18) Hindi
English
Tamil
Telugu
HD & SD (as Cartoon Network) Different feed from Cartoon Network. [5]
CNN International   1 January 2000 (2000-01-01) 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 (2012-08-07) Hindi
Tamil
Telugu
Malayalam
Kannada
Marathi
Kids [11][12]
Eurosport  

6 February 2017 (SD & HD)

English Sports SD & HD Formerly

Dsport.

[6][13]
DTamil   1 April 2003 Tamil Wildlife and Information SD Formerly Discovery12 and Discovery Tamil. [6][14]

Defunct channels

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Channel Discontinued Launched Replaced By Language SD/HD availability Category Reference
Real March 2010 (2010-03) 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

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  1. ^ Warner Bros. Discovery DTH Entertainment Pack @ Rs. 15/- | Cartoon Network India, retrieved 7 August 2023
  2. ^ "Cartoon Network - How has Cartoon Network been able to run successfully in the Indian Television - Studocu". Studocu. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Warner Bros. Discovery DTH Entertainment Pack @ Rs. 15/- | Cartoon Network India". Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Turner International India to launch 24-hour kids' channel, POGO". afaqs!. 25 November 2003.
  5. ^ "Cartoon Network HD+ launched in India".
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ "Discovery Channel to complete 20 Years in India". 2015.
  8. ^ Warner Bros. Discovery Channels | Entertainment Pack at Only Rs. 15/Month | Animal Planet India, retrieved 7 August 2023
  9. ^ "TLC to replace Discovery Travel and Living from 1 September". Indian Television Dot Com. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Investigation Discovery launched in India". Business Standard.
  11. ^ Warner Bros Discovery Network | Buy @₹15/month | Contact your Cable/DTH Operator Now!, retrieved 7 August 2023
  12. ^ Choudhary, Vidhi (31 July 2012). "Discovery Networks launches Discovery Kids in India". mint. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Discovery Networks goes full throttle; launches Discovery Channel Tamil". afaqs!. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ a b c "Turner shuts down Imagine TV". Rediff team. Rediff. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  17. ^ "Lumiere Movies to shutdown".
  18. ^ "Experience the magic with HBO HD!". Turner. 6 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  19. ^ a b "Experience the magic with HBO HD!". Turner. 6 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  20. ^ Bansal, Shuchi (22 December 2017). "Karan Bajaj: A winning discovery". mint. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  21. ^ Bureau, Adgully (20 April 2018). "Curtains down on Turner India's kids' channel Toonami from May 15". www.adgully.com. Retrieved 7 August 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  22. ^ "Jeet had reached 140 million on launch day". [dead link]
  23. ^ a b "Popular English film channels HBO and WB to be discontinued in India; find out why". DNA India. Retrieved 7 August 2023.