Warner TV is a pay television channel mainly airing in Latin America, Europe, parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its International unit that focuses on airing American series and films.
Broadcast area | Latin America Brazil Mexico Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Southeast Asia Singapore Malaysia Philippines Indonesia Thailand Vietnam East Asia Hong Kong Taiwan Japan South Korea South Asia Sri Lanka Bangladesh Maldives Europe France Belgium Switzerland Germany Poland Romania Italy Spain Czech Republic |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | English Spanish Portuguese French Chinese Indonesian Malaysian Thai Vietnamese Cantonese Japanese Korean German Polish Romanian Italian Czech |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
History | |
Launched | September 30, 1995 (Latin America) January 1, 2010 (Asia) November 9, 2017 (France) September 25, 2021 (Germany) October 23, 2021 (Poland and Romania) October 30, 2022 (Italy) April 14, 2023 (Spain) April 2, 2024 (Czech Republic) |
Former names | WBTV: El Canal Warner / O Canal da Warner (1996–2001), The Warner Channel (2001–'02, 1996–2002 on the channel logo) |
Links | |
Website | Official Website (Brazil) Official Website (Latin America) Official Website (Asia) Official Website (France) Official Website (Germany) Official Website (Poland) Official Website (Romania) Official Website (Italy) Official Website (Spain) Official Website (Czech) |
Most programming air in their original English audio, with subtitles in Spanish (for Latin American countries except Brazil), Portuguese (for Brazil), Chinese (for Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore), Malaysian (for Malaysia) and Indonesian (for Indonesia), however, there are also some dubbed programming.
Warner TV's headquarters are located in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Singapore, and Malaysia; the broadcasting, however, is based in Miami for Latin American viewers and Singapore for Asian viewers.
The channel's catalogue, for its entirety, is sourced from the library of Warner Bros., which licensed its name to the channel until 2019.
History
editIn March 2015, the Filipino feed separated from the Southeast Asian Warner TV channel to air a different programming schedule, including selected programming from truTV.[1]
On November 1, 2015, the Latin American channel changed it to dub a programming instead of just subtitling them. This caused an uproar to most of its audience.
On November 9, 2017, Turner Broadcasting System France and Canal+ both launched Warner TV in France, replacing Syfy which became a SFR exclusive.[2]
On April 22, 2020, the French version launched in Sub-Saharan Africa in StarTimes.
On May 2, 2020, Warner TV began broadcasting the Adult Swim programming block in Latin America and Brazil, which initially included Rick and Morty, Robot Chicken, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.[3][4][5] On May 3, 2021, Metalocalypse and The Shivering Truth were added to the Adult Swim programming block.[6] On November 8, 2021, Adult Swim was pulled from Warner TV's lineup.
On June 14, 2021, it was announced that the TNT channels in Germany would be rebranded into Warner TV from September 25, 2021.[7]
On July 8, 2021, it was announced that TNT in Poland and Romania would rebrand into Warner TV from October 23, 2021.[8][9]
In October 2022, it was announced that a Warner TV channel would be launched in Italy by October 30 of the same year. However unlike other Warner TV channels, this one will be operating as a free to air channel on Italian DTT.[10]
On February 27, 2023 it was announced that TNT in Spain would be rebranded as Warner TV on April 14, 2023.[11]
In January 2024, it was announced that Warner TV would be launched in the Czech Republic sometime in the same year,[12] and on March 4, WBD has confirmed that the channel would launch on April 2.[13]
Programming
editShows marked with a parenthesis after the title are Southeast-Asia-only programs unless otherwise noted.
2016
edit- DC's Legends of Tomorrow
- Supergirl
- Lethal Weapon (Southeast Asia)
- Angie Tribeca (Southeast Asia)
- Good Behavior (Southeast Asia)
2015
edit- Blindspot
- iZombie
- Public Morals (Southeast Asia)
2014
edit- The 100 (except for the Philippines viewers)
- Believe
- The Flash
- Gotham
- Ground Floor
- Selfie (Southeast Asia)
- Surviving Jack
- The Last Ship (Southeast Asia)
- Undateable
2013
edit- Almost Human
- Hostages
- Major Crimes (Southeast Asia)
- Mom
- Super Fun Night
- The Originals (Except Brazil, where it is shown by MTV)
2012
edit- Are You There, Chelsea?
- Arrow
- Dallas
- Go On
- I Hate My Teenage Daughter
- Southland (Southeast Asia)
2011
edit2010
edit- Better with You
- Chase
- Human Target
- Nikita
- Men of a Certain Age
- The Middle
- Mike & Molly
- Pretty Little Liars
- $#*! My Dad Says
- V
2009
edit2008
edit- Aliens in America
- Big Shots
- Eleventh Hour
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
- Flashpoint
- The Mentalist
- The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Privileged
- Pushing Daisies
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2007
edit- The Big Bang Theory
- Californication
- Cane
- Chuck
- Gossip Girl
- Moonlight
- Notes from the Underbelly
- Pussycat Dolls Present
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
- Traveler
2006
edit2005
edit- The Bachelorette
- Freddie
- Hot Properties
- Joey
- Kevin Hill
- The L Word
- Related
- Reunion
- Supernatural
- The Swan
Others
edit- Cold Case (currently airing)
- Complete Savages
- Deep in the City
- ER (currently airing)
- Everwood
- Fastlane
- Four Kings
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Friends (currently airing)
- Full House
- Gilmore Girls
- Jack & Jill
- Jesse
- Modern Men
- The O.C.
- Smallville
- Step by Step
- Thick and Thin
- Third Watch
- Two and a Half Men
- Veronica's Closet
- What I Like About You
- The West Wing
- Without a Trace
References
edit- ^ "Warner TV Revamps, Launches Philippines Feed". Media Business Asia. March 12, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
- ^ "Turner, Canal+ Group Launch Warner TV in France". Variety.com. 13 September 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ Brasil, Warner Channel (2020-04-23). "Vocês estão prontos para novidades no canal? Então se prepara porque o bloco #AdultSwim está chegando para animar as suas noites! Nossa estreia vai acontecer dia 04/05 às 23h45, então já coloca o despertador para não perder um segundo pic.twitter.com/ZMena51GSo". @WarnerChannelBR (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ^ Raphael, Pablo (2020-04-27). "Rick and Morty e mais séries do Adult Swim chegam ao Warner Channel". Omelete (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ^ Barbarossa, Diego (2020-04-24). "Adult Swim é anunciado pela Warner Channel em sua programação; veja". CosmoNerd (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ^ "Adult Swim: Metalocalypse y the Shivering Truth llegan en mayo a Warner Channel".
- ^ "TNT channels to become Warner TV in Germany". 14 June 2021.
- ^ "TNT od października w Polsce jako Warner TV".
- ^ "La revedere, TNT! Bun venit, Warner TV! Când va fi lansat noul post care înlocuieşte TNT?".
- ^ "Ufficiale: Warner TV arriva il 30 ottobre sul canale 37 del digitale terrestre".
- ^ "TNT se convierte en Warner TV el próximo 14 de abril". www.mundoplus.tv (in Spanish). February 27, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ REFRESHER. "Do Česka míří nový televizní kanál, spustí ho Warner Bros. Discovery". refresher.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ "Warner TV to go live in Czech Republic on 2 April". Broadband TV News. 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-04.