Skydance International Content and Distribution formerly known as Turner Broadcasting System International and WarnerMedia International and Warner Bros Discovery Internacional is the international unit of Skydance Corporation led by President Gerhard Zeiler. The unit oversees the production, broadcasting and promotion of its key brands outside of the United States. These brands include Adult Swim, Animal Planet, Boomerang, Cartoon Network, Discovery Channel, HBO, TLC, TBS, TNT, and Warner TV.
The networks' headquarters are located in London. Other international offices are located in São Paulo, Santiago, Mexico City, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Milan, Mumbai, Paris, Singapore, Bogotá, and Auckland amongst others.
Divisions Europe, Middle East, and Africa
In 1985, Ted Turner would launch a European division in London, England, which reached across the Middle East and African regional feeds, Around the same time Discovery Channel would launch in April in Europe. In mid-2007, Discovery Networks Europe would be split into two various branches around Europe.
On 27 November 2012, Discovery announced it would acquire Dubai-based broadcaster Takhayal Entertainment, which owns MENA lifestyle channel Fatafeat. This acquisition was then completed.
On 21 December 2012, Discovery announced it had acquired a 20% stake in the pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport from TF1 Group for €170 million (US$221.6 million). On 21 January 2014, Discovery acquired an additional 51% share to gain controlling interest, and subsequently acquired the remainder for €491 million in July 2015 to receive sole ownership.
In June 2015, Discovery acquired pan-European rights to the Olympic Games from 2018 through 2024, excluding Russia, on all platforms, in a €1.3 billion deal. Discovery will primarily broadcast the Games on local outlets (including Eurosport), but will sub-license coverage to over-the-air broadcasters in each region.
Through its purchase of SNI, Discovery added the Polish broadcaster TVN Group to its European portfolio, which SNI had acquired in 2015 from ITI Group and Canal+ Group., as well as the UKTV joint venture with BBC Worldwide (later BBC Studios).
In August 2016, Discovery renewed its distribution deals in 12 countries with shareholder Liberty Global. On 31 January 2017, after nearly facing a carriage dispute, Discovery renewed its distribution deals in Germany and the United Kingdom with Sky plc.
In November 2016, Discovery partnered with the streaming media company BAMTech to create a joint venture to serve Europe. In May 2017, ProSiebenSat.1 Media and Discovery announced a joint venture to create a German over-the-top content service, built upon its existing 7TV service.
In August 2017, Discovery announced that it would acquire the remaining 51.06% of Green Content, the operator of the Polish DTT channel Metro, from Agora SA for PLN19,000,000 under a share buyback agreement.
On 3 July 2020, Discovery agreed to acquire the German free-to-air station Tele 5 from Leonine Holding.
In December 2020, the Discovery-backed GB News received a licence from Ofcom to broadcast on their service on various British platforms, such as Freeview, in 2021. GB News was set up by Andrew Cole and Mark Schneider from Liberty Global.
In March 2021, Discovery was made available to beIN Media Group subscribers in the Middle East and North Africa. The two organizations have worked together since 2016, but this is the first time that Discovery Channel itself has been made available.
In 2022, Discovery merged with WarnerMedia, forming Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA, with the new entity being responsible for the assets in Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
In December 2024, Warner Bros. Discovery has begun the process of selling the TVN Group - its Polish unit which is a part of TVN Warner Bros. Discovery. Ultimately, on 14 April 2025, WBD decided to keep the TVN unit.
Latin America
In June 2016, Discovery acquired a 27.5% stake in Bethia Comunicaciones S.A., a division of Chilean conglomerate Bethia that owns Red Televisiva Megavisión S.A., a company which in turn owns both the private television network Mega and a 70% stake in the anime-, Korean drama- and K-pop-focused cable television channel ETC (which is co-owned with its creator, who is businessman and television executive Hernán Schmidt Fuentes). As a result, Bethia acquired 72.5% of the company.
Redknot, a joint venture with Canadian animation studio Nelvana, launched on 12 February 2019.
In 2022, Discovery merged with WarnerMedia, forming Warner Bros. Discovery Latin America, with the new entity being responsible for the assets in Latin America and Brazil.
Asia-Pacific
As part of its acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive in 2018, Discovery added Asian Food Network (which SNI had acquired from the co-founders Hian Goh and Maria Brown in 2013) to its Asian portfolio.
On 7 September 2020, MediaWorks New Zealand Limited announced that Discovery would be purchasing the television arm of their business including Three, Bravo, The Edge TV, Breeze TV, streaming service ThreeNow, and current affairs service Newshub. MediaWorks said in a statement that the transaction was subject to "a number of pre-completion approvals" but was expected to completed by the end of the year. . The sale was finalized in December 2020, with the new entity being rebranded as Discovery New Zealand.
On 27 April 2021, Discovery Inc. confirmed that it would be restructuring its business operations in Australia and New Zealand with the goal of incorporating Three, Bravo and Newshub into a single trans-Tasman organization. Discovery also announced that this new trans-Tasman organization would be headed by two general managers, the Sydney–based Rebecca Kent and Glen Kyne in Auckland. Discovery had also separately acquired MediaWorks' TopTV operations in 2019. In mid-May 2021, Newshub closed its Dunedin office as part of a restructuring of Discovery's business operations in Australia and New Zealand. Following the closure of the Dunedin newsroom, the network's South Island operations will consist of its Christchurch–based bureau and freelancers.
In April 2022, WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks Asia Pacific merged with Discovery Asia-Pacific and consequently been announced that Discovery+ which currently available in India and the Philippines would be merged with HBO Go which available in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries, that carried several content from HBO Max, to form simply Max on 19 November 2024.
In late July 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery announced it would sell its New Zealand assets to local television network Sky Network Television, effective 1 August 2025. Sky also confirmed that Discovery NZ would be rebranded as Sky Free.
Animal Planet Current channels The Americas Latin America Brazil Caribbean Asia-Pacific Asia Australia and New Zealand India EMEA Germany Netherlands Nordics Pan-EMEA Poland
Former channels The Americas Canada (10%) EMEA Russia
Boomerang Current channels The Americas Canada (licensed to Corus Entertainment) EMEA Italy Francophone United Kingdom, Ireland & Malta
Former channels The Americas Latin America Asia-Pacific Australia India South Korea Southeast Asia EMEA Central and Eastern Europe Germany Middle East & Africa Nordics Portugal Spain Turkey
Cartoon Network Current channels The Americas Canada (licensed to Corus Entertainment) Latin America
Asia-Pacific Australia & New Zealand India Japan Pakistan Philippines Southeast Asia South Korea Taiwan
EMEA Arab World (Hindi) Central and Eastern Europe Italy Middle East & Africa Turkey UK & Ireland Western Europe
Former channels EMEA Merged into Western Europe Francophone Germanic Netherlands and Flanders Nordics Portuguese Merged into CEE CIS and Southeastern Europe Poland Israel Spain
Cartoonito Current channels The Americas Latin America Asia-Pacific South Korea Southeast Asia
EMEA Central and Eastern Europe Francophone Italy (Free to air) Middle East & Africa UK & Ireland Western Europe
Former channels Australia & New Zealand (Block on Boomerang) EMEA Merged into Western Europe Nordics Portuguese Spain Turkey (Merged into MENA)
CNN International
EMEA CNN Arabic Asia-Pacific CNN International South Asia CNN-News18 (joint venture with Network 18)
Licensed A2 CNN (G2 Media) Antena 3 CNN (Intact Media Group) CNN Brazil (Novus Media) CNN Chile (Carey Media Holdings) CNN Indonesia (Trans Media) CNN Portugal (Media Capital) CNN Prima News () CNN Türk (Demirören Group) N1 (United Group)
Discovery Channel The Americas Canada (licensed to Rogers Sports & Media) Latin America Asia-Pacific Discovery Asia Australia and New Zealand India Southeast Asia EMEA Africa and Central Europe Denmark Finland Belgium France Germany Hungary Italy MENA Netherlands Norway Portugal Poland CIS Spain Sweden UK & Ireland
DMAX EMEA Germany Italy Middle East and Africa Spain Turkey UK & Ireland Asia-Pacific Asia Australia Food Network The Americas Canada (licensed to Rogers Sports & Media) Latin America Asia Pacific Asia Asian Food Network EMEA Italy UK and Ireland Poland
HGTV Current channels The Americas Canada (licensed to Rogers Sports & Media) Latin America Asia-Pacific Australia Indonesia Malaysia Hong Kong Philippines New Zealand Singapore Taiwan Vietnam
EMEA Germany Italy MENA Netherlands Poland Romania South Africa
Former channels EMEA UK and Ireland
Investigation Discovery The Americas Canada (licensed to Rogers Sports & Media) Latin America Asia-Pacific India EMEA Middle East & Africa Central and Eastern Europe France Netherlands and Flanders Pan-European Portugal Sweden
Science Channel Current channels The Americas Discovery Science Latin America Asia-Pacific Discovery Science Asia Discovery Science India
Former channels The Americas Discovery Science Canada (10% with CTV Specialty Television) EMEA Central Europe MENA & SS Africa Poland Turkey
TLC The Americas Canada Latin America Asia-Pacific Asia Australia and New Zealand India EMEA France Germany MENA Netherlands Norway Poland Sweden Turkey UK and Ireland
TNT Sports
The Americas TNT Sports (Argentina) TNT Sports Premium (Argentina) TNT Sports (Brazil) Estádio TNT Sports TNT Sports (Chile) TNT Sports Premium (Chile) TNT Sports (Mexico) Asia-Pacific TNT Sports (Asia) TNT Sports (Australia) TNT Sports (India) EMEA TNT Sports (United Kingdom) (50% with BT Group) TNT Sports 1 TNT Sports 2 TNT Sports 3 TNT Sports 4 TNT Sports Box Office TNT Sports (France)
Travel Channel Current channels The Americas DTour Canada (licensed to Corus Entertainment) Asia-Pacific Asia Australia India EMEA Germany MENA & SS Africa Sweden Turkey Poland
Former channels Asia-Pacific New Zealand EMEA Netherlands UK and Ireland
Warner TV Current channels The Americas Warner Channel TNT Latin America TNT Novelas TNT Series TCM Latin America Asia-Pacific Asia EMEA TNT Africa Czechia (free TV) France Warner TV Next Germany channels WarnerTV Film WarnerTV Serie WarnerTV Comedy Poland Romania Spain Warner TV TCM Cinéma TCM MENA
Former channels The Americas True TV Canada TruTV Latin America Asia-Pacific TruTV Asia WB Channel (India) Turner Classic Movies Asia Turner Classic Movies India EMEA TruTV UK and Ireland TNT Nordics TCM Movies Warner TV Italy
Other networks Current channels The Americas Adult Swim Canada (licensed to Corus Entertainment) Adult Swim Latin America Discovery Home & Health Discovery Kids Latin America Redknot (joint venture with Nelvana) Discovery Theater Discovery World Discovery Turbo Latin America Golf Channel Latin America HTV Raze Space