Discovery Asia (formerly known as Discovery HD and Discovery HD World) is a Southeast Asian

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channel that features Asia-related documentaries and original Asian programming. It is operated by

Warner Bros. Discovery Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at 230 Park Avenue South in New York City. It was formed after the spin-off of WarnerMedia by AT&T, and its merger with Di ...

through its Asia-Pacific division.

History

The channel was launched in 2005 as Discovery HD, the first high-definition channel in Asia. It was first available in South Korea in February, and in Japan in December. On April 1, 2010, Discovery HD was rebranded to Discovery HD World. In 2008, Discovery Channel HD was launched in Japan. In February 2010, Discovery HD World India was launched with dubbed programming in Hindi and Tamil.Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Corporate News http://corporate.discovery.com/discovery-news/discovery-networks-asia-pacific-brings-discovery-h/

Programming

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American Loggers ''American Loggers'' is a television series on the Discovery Channel. It was filmed in Maine, debuted in 2009, and went off the air in 2011 after three seasons. Storyline The show follows the Pelletier family from Millinocket, Maine. With thei ...

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Baltic Coast The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...

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Disappeared An enforced disappearance (or forced disappearance) is the secret abduction or imprisonment of a person by a state or political organization, or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organiz ...

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Discovery Atlas ''Discovery Atlas'' is a documentary television series on the Discovery Channel and Discovery HD Theater which focuses on the cultural, sociological, and natural aspects of various countries by exploring their different peoples, traditions, and ...

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Earth Diaries Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surf ...

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Faces of a Vanishing World The face is the front of an animal's head that features the eyes, nose and mouth, and through which animals express many of their emotions. The face is crucial for human identity, and damage such as scarring or developmental deformities may aff ...

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Fantastic Festivals Of The World The fantastic (french: le fantastique) is a subgenre of literary works characterized by the ambiguous presentation of seemingly supernatural forces. Bulgarian-French structuralist literary critic Tzvetan Todorov originated the concept, characte ...

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Fish Life Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of liv ...

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Getaway to Africa Getaway or Get Away may refer to: *Crime scene getaway, the act of fleeing the location of a crime scene *A short vacation or holiday, a leave of absence or a trip for recreation * ''Getaway'' (2013 film), an American action thriller film * ''Geta ...

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The Greatest Auto Race On Earth ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

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Green Paradise Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combin ...

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Hotels A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...

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I Have Seen the Earth Change I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''i'' (pronounced ), plural ...

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King of Construction King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

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Laura McKenzie's Traveler Laura McKenzie is an American author, television personality, and a two-time Emmy nominated travel host for her TV series ''Laura McKenzie's Traveler''. Early career Laura began her career as an NBC reporter, where she developed and became reco ...

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Lost City in the Sky Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have be ...

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Mighty Ships ''Mighty Ships'' is a documentary television program produced by Exploration Production Inc. in Canada and aired on Discovery Channel Canada and also broadcast around the world. Each episode of the series follows a particular sea-going vessel a ...

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Mixer Season Mixer may refer to: Electronics * DJ mixer, a type of audio mixing console used by disc jockeys * Electronic mixer, electrical circuit for adding signal voltages * Frequency mixer, electrical circuit that creates new frequencies from two signal ...

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Mysterious Journeys ''Mysterious Journeys'' is a paranormal television series that aired on the Travel Channel. Similar to ''Weird Travels'' (on the same channel), '' In Search Of...'', and '' Is It Real?'' (on the National Geographic Channel), the show explores ...

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My Cypriot Kitchen My or MY may refer to: Arts and entertainment * My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station * Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe * ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak * ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon Business * Market ...

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Prototype This! ''Prototype This!'' is an American television with the stated goal to "look into the viability of gadgets and technology seen in science-fiction movies". The series premiered on October 15, 2008, on The Discovery Channel. It was filmed on Treasu ...

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Really Big Things With Matt Rogers Really may refer to: * ''Really'' (album), by JJ Cale * Really (TV channel) *''Really'', a 2006 film starring Philip Arditti *''Really'', a 2000 album by David Huff *"Really", a 2018 song by Blackpink from ''Square Up ''Square Up'' is the f ...

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Sarah Palin's Alaska ''Sarah Palin's Alaska'' is an American reality television show hosted by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.de Moraes, Lisa (March 25, 2010)"Discovery makes it official: 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' to TLC" ''The Washington Post'' According to Palin, ...

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Secret Creatures of Jao Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controvers ...

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Splash of Color Splash or Splash! or The Splash may refer to: Common meanings * Splash (fluid mechanics), sudden disturbances on the surface of water Entertainment * ''Splash'' (film), a 1984 fantasy film starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah ** '' Splash, Too ...

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Star Racer ''Star Racer'' is a reality-genre TV show which originally aired on Discovery Channel Canada Discovery Channel (often referred to as simply Discovery) is a Canadian specialty television channel owned by CTV Speciality Television Inc. (a joint ve ...

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Stunt Stars A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat or an act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes usually on television, theaters, or cinema. Stunts are a feature of many action films. Before computer generated imagery spec ...

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Sunrise Earth ''Sunrise Earth'' is a nature documentary television series that last aired in the United States in 2008 on HD Theater (originally Discovery HD Theater), which has since been reformatted and rebranded as Velocity. The series focused on presenting ...

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Three Sheets ''Three Sheets'' was an international travelogue/ pub-crawl television series which aired on Spike in the United States. The first three seasons of the show originally aired on MOJO HD before moving to FLN for the fourth season. Repeats of the ...

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Ultimate Journeys Ultimate or Ultimates may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music Albums * ''Ultimate'' (Jolin Tsai album) * ''Ultimate'' (Pet Shop Boys album) *'' Ultimate!'', an album by The Yardbirds *'' The Ultimate (Bryan Adams Album)'', a compilat ...

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Unusual World Unusual or The Unusual or The Unusuals may refer to: Film and TV *'' The Unusuals'', a 2009 TV series. Music *''The Unusual'', an El Da Sensei album *Unusual (album) Giuni Russo 2006 Songs *Unusual (song) Trey Songz *"Unusual", song by Frances ...

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Water Life Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a s ...

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Weird Creatures Weird derives from the Anglo-Saxon word Wyrd, meaning fate or destiny. In modern English it has acquired the meaning of “strange or uncanny”. It may also refer to: Places * Weird Lake, a lake in Minnesota, U.S. People *"Weird Al" Yankovic (b ...

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The World From Above ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...

References

External links

* {{Warner Bros. Discovery, state=collapsed Discovery Channel Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific Mass media in Southeast Asia Television channels and stations established in 2005

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