Warner Bros. Discovery International
International unit of Warner Bros. Discovery
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| 2025 | The EMEA division sold TVN Group and folded remaining assets into Warner Bros. Discovery Poland, gaining no oversight over the separate Polish unit. |
| December 12 2024 | WBD announced plans to reorganize its studios, networks, and streaming divisions into two units: 'Streaming & Studios' and 'Global Linear Networks' in mid-2025. |
| November 19 2024 | Planned merger of Discovery+ (India and Philippines) with HBO Go (Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asian countries) to form Max. |
| September 18 2024 | Cartoon Network (Poland) was replaced by Cartoon Network (CEE) and RSEE. |
| August 16 2024 | Kathleen Finch announced her retirement as the head of Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, to be succeeded by Channing Dungey at the end of the year. |
| January 2024 | Root Sports Northwest sold its stake to the Mariners |
| October 21 2023 | AT&T SportsNet shut down |
| August 28 2023 | Checkered Past channel launched by Turner Broadcasting System |
| August 28 2023 | Checkered Past channel launched |
| April 3 2023 | Boing (France) was replaced by Cartoonito on this date. |
| 2022 | Discovery EMEA and WarnerMedia merged to form Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA, creating a unified media organization across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions. |
| 2022 | After the merger of Discovery and WarnerMedia, Kasia Kieli was named president for group operations in Poland and CEO of TVN Group. |
| July 7 2022 | Edward Miszczak, long-time programming director at TVN, announced his departure, with a transition period to lead the new programming division at TVN Warner Bros. Discovery. |
| April 2022 | WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks Asia Pacific merged with Discovery Asia-Pacific. |
| April 8 2022 | WarnerMedia was divested by AT&T and merged with Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). |
| March 9 2022 | Discovery halted broadcasts of its 15 linear channels to Russia through the Media Alliance partnership in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| September 13 2021 | Cartoonito launched by Cartoon Network |
| May 2021 | Newshub closed its Dunedin office as part of Discovery's restructuring in Australia and New Zealand. |
| May 17 2021 | AT&T decided to sell its ownership of WarnerMedia and merge with Discovery, Inc. to form a new publicly traded company. |
| April 27 2021 | Discovery Inc. confirmed restructuring of business operations in Australia and New Zealand, creating a trans-Tasman organization headed by Rebecca Kent (Sydney) and Glen Kyne (Auckland). |
| March 2021 | Discovery was made available to beIN Media Group subscribers in the Middle East and North Africa for the first time. |
| January 5 2021 | Discovery+ replaced Dplay as the streaming service for Discovery Benelux content. |
| 2020 | The division was rebranded from Turner EMEA to WarnerMedia EMEA, reflecting the company's broader organizational changes. |
| December 2020 | The sale of MediaWorks' television assets was finalized, with the new entity rebranded as Discovery New Zealand. |
| December 2020 | Discovery-backed GB News received a license from Ofcom to broadcast on various British platforms in 2021. |
| September 7 2020 | MediaWorks New Zealand Limited announced Discovery's purchase of their television arm, including Three, Bravo, The Edge TV, Breeze TV, ThreeNow, and Newshub. |
| August 10 2020 | WarnerMedia Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment television assets are merged to form WarnerMedia Studios & Networks Group. This corporate restructuring brings TBS, TNT, TruTV, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, and TCM under a unified management structure. |
| July 3 2020 | Discovery agreed to acquire the German free-to-air station Tele 5 from Leonine Holding. |
| 2019 | Discovery separately acquired MediaWorks' TopTV operations in Australia and New Zealand. |
| 2019 | Turner EMEA relocated to new headquarters in Old Street, Shoreditch, London, featuring expanded office space and a custom-built CNN newsroom to support European operations. |
| 2019 | Discovery Benelux launched Dplay, a video on demand streaming service featuring content from Discovery, TLC, and Investigation Discovery. |
| March 4 2019 | AT&T reorganizes its broadcasting assets, dissolving Turner Broadcasting System and creating WarnerMedia Entertainment. HBO, TBS, TNT, TruTV, and a new direct-to-consumer video service are consolidated, with Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, and Turner Classic Movies moved under Warner Bros. Entertainment's new 'Global Kids & Young Adults' business unit. |
| February 12 2019 | Redknot, a joint venture between Discovery and Canadian animation studio Nelvana, was officially launched. |
| January 31 2019 | Travel Channel, Fine Living, and Food Network were closed in the Netherlands and Flanders, with their content integrated into Discovery, TLC, and Investigation Discovery channels. |
| March 6 2018 | Discovery acquired Scripps, leading to an expansion of its Polish business and merging its localized global networks under TVN Group control. |
| August 2017 | Discovery announced it would buy the remaining 51% stock of Metro, gaining complete ownership of the channel. |
| July 31 2017 | Discovery announced acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive for $14.6 billion, with significant leadership reorganization including Kathleen Finch becoming chief brand officer of Lifestyle networks. |
| May 2017 | ProSiebenSat.1 Media and Discovery announced a joint venture to create a German over-the-top content service built on the existing 7TV service. |
| February 16 2017 | TruTV (UK and Ireland) was acquired by Sony Pictures Television. |
| January 31 2017 | Discovery renewed distribution deals in Germany and the United Kingdom with Sky plc after nearly facing a carriage dispute. |
| 2016 | All localized operations consolidated under Discovery EMEA, with headquarters established in Amsterdam and London, and additional local offices in Milan and Warsaw. |
| December 2016 | Discovery, Inc. bought a 49% stake in Metro, a television channel launched by Agora. |
| December 13 2016 | The Discovery Networks Western Europe division was officially dissolved. |
| November 2016 | Discovery partnered with streaming media company BAMTech to create a joint venture to serve Europe. |
| August 2016 | Discovery renewed distribution deals in 12 countries with shareholder Liberty Global. |
| 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., which includes the private television network Mega and a 70% stake in the cable television channel ETC. |
| May 2016 | Casey Bloys is elevated to President of Programming at HBO and Cinemax, after being with WarnerMedia since 2004 as director of development at HBO Independent Productions. |
| July 2015 | Discovery acquired the remainder of Eurosport for €491 million to receive sole ownership. |
| July 2015 | Scripps Networks Interactive acquired the remaining stake in TVN Group owned by ITI Group and Canal+ Group. |
| June 2015 | Discovery acquired pan-European rights to the Olympic Games from 2018 through 2024, excluding Russia, for €1.3 billion. |
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