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WB Channel
Country	India
Broadcast area	Indian subcontinent
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	16:9 SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Warner Bros. Discovery India
Sister channels	Animal Planet; Cartoon Network; Cartoon Network HD+; CNN International; CNN News18; Discovery Channel; Discovery HD World; Discovery Jeet; Discovery Kids; Discovery Science; Discovery Tamil; Discovery Turbo; Eurosport; Eurosport HD; HBO; HBO Defined; HBO HD; HBO Hits; Imagine TV; Imagine Showbiz; Investigation Discovery; ID HD; Jeet Prime; Jeet Prime HD; Lumiere Movies; Pogo; Real; TCM; Toonami; TLC; TLC HD;
History
Launched	15 March 2009
Closed	15 December 2020

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WB Channel (short for Warner Bros.) was an Indian pay television channel. It was launched on 15 March 2009 by Warner Bros. Discovery India (then TimeWarner) through its international division exclusively for the Indian subcontinent.^[1] The channel featured a mix of Hollywood films and (formerly) television dramas from the Warner Bros. Vault.

The channel was shut down on 15 December 2020 a little after midnight interrupting the airing of the Area 51 movie. The channel was closed along with HBO India.^[2]

History

WarnerMedia announced on 15 October 2020 that HBO South Asia and WB Channel would close down on 15 December 2020. The HBO channel would no longer be available in India and Pakistan after this date, while WB Channel ceased to exist in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Maldives.

HBO India had closed down at midnight with the last movie on the SD channel being Mad Max: Fury Road (completed 1 hour before the shutdown) and the last movie on the HD channel being Memoirs of a Geisha. HBO Pakistan was also closed down at midnight.

References

^ "Turner And Warner Bros. Entertainment To Entertain India With The Launch Of A New Channel: WB". www.warnerbros.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
^ "Popular English film channels HBO and WB to be discontinued in India; find out why". DNA India. 18 October 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[1] "Turner And Warner Bros. Entertainment To Entertain India With The Launch Of A New Channel: WB". www.warnerbros.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.

[2] "Popular English film channels HBO and WB to be discontinued in India; find out why". DNA India. 18 October 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

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 | owner           = [[Warner Bros. Discovery India]]
 | sister_channels = {{Plainlist|
-* [[Animal Planet]]
+* [[Animal Planet (Indian TV channel) | Animal Planet]]
 * [[Cartoon Network (Indian TV channel)|Cartoon Network]]
 * [[Cartoon Network HD+]]
 * [[CNN International South Asia|CNN International]]
+* [[CNN News18]]
 * [[Discovery Channel India|Discovery Channel]]
+* [[Discovery Channel HD India | Discovery HD World]]
 * [[Discovery Jeet]]
 * [[Discovery Kids (Indian TV channel)|Discovery Kids]]
 * [[Discovery Science (Indian TV channel)|Discovery Science]]
+* [[Discovery Tamil]]
 * [[Discovery Turbo (Indian TV channel)|Discovery Turbo]]
 * [[DSport|Eurosport]]
+* [[Eurosport HD India | Eurosport HD]]
 * [[HBO India| HBO]]
+* [[HBO Defined]]
+* [[HBO India| HBO HD]]
+* [[HBO Hits]]
 * [[Imagine TV]]
+* [[Imagine Showbiz]]
 * [[Investigation Discovery (Indian TV Channel)|Investigation Discovery]]
+* [[Investigation Discovery (Indian TV Channel)|ID HD]]
+* [[Jeet Prime]]
+* [[Jeet Prime | Jeet Prime HD]]
 * [[Lumiere Movies]]
-* [[Pogo (TV channel)|Pogo TV]]
+* [[Pogo (TV channel)|Pogo]]
 * [[Real (TV channel)|Real]]
+* [[Turner Classic Movies (Asian TV channel) | TCM]]
 * [[Toonami (Indian TV channel)|Toonami]]
 * [[TLC India| TLC]]
+* [[TLC HD India | TLC HD]]
 }}
 }}
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 The channel was shut down on 15 December 2020 a little after midnight interrupting the airing of the ''[[Area 51 (film)|Area 51]]'' movie. The channel was closed along with [[HBO India]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-18|title=Popular English film channels HBO and WB to be discontinued in India; find out why|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/television/report-popular-english-film-channels-hbo-and-wb-to-be-discontinued-in-india-find-out-why-2850660|access-date=2020-12-16|website=DNA India|language=en|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128171225/https://www.dnaindia.com/television/report-popular-english-film-channels-hbo-and-wb-to-be-discontinued-in-india-find-out-why-2850660|url-status=live}}</ref>
-== Closure ==
+== History ==
 WarnerMedia announced on 15 October 2020 that HBO South Asia and WB Channel would close down on 15 December 2020. The HBO channel would no longer be available in India and Pakistan after this date, while WB Channel ceased to exist in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Maldives.
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 [[Category:Television stations in Mumbai]]
 [[Category:Defunct television channels in India]]
-[[Category:Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific]]
+[[Category:Warner Bros. Discovery India]]
 [[Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020]]