Discovery Asia


Discovery Asia is a Southeast Asian pay television channel that features Asia-related documentaries and original Asian programming. It is operated by Discovery Asia-Pacific, a division of Discovery, Inc.

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.

Programming