Discovery Kids is the first channel in the kids' genre in India by
Discovery Networks Asia Pacific launched on 7 August 2012 in
English,
Hindi, and
Tamil. Earlier it was the name of an Infotainment and edutainment kids programming block on
Discovery Channel India which ran from 2001 to 2005. Discovery India announced plans to revamp the channel in 2018 with new IPs. The revamp began the same day
Discovery Jeet launched by removing all existing shows, except for
Mister Maker at night and airing
ZeeQ's
Bandbudh Aur Budbak the whole day. Later, the channel changed its logo to the current logo. To expand its reach in the South, a
Tamil-language audio track was added again and later a
Telugu-language audio track on 1 April 2018. The revamp was ultimately completed on 21 April 2018, coinciding with the premiere of Discovery's latest local animation property at time, called
Little Singham, based on the original
Singham film from 2011. The show launched with 156 episodes and five TV feature films. The
English Audio Track was added again in July and was removed on 22 April 2020.
Kannada and
Malayalam were added on 19 October 2019. Discovery Kids saw an increase in ratings since the release of
Bandbudh Aur Budbak on the channel. The launch of
Little Singham helped the channel to achieve second position in the kids genre, with a reach of 24 million and 111 minutes per viewer. On 8 November 2021, Discovery Kids India launched
Doki from
Latin America. The
Warner Bros. Discovery India merger was held in mid-July 2022, making both
Cartoon Network and
Pogo sister channels to Discovery Kids. Following the merger, on 13 November 2022, Discovery Kids stopped airing
Little Singham and replaced it with
Roll No 21. Little Singham moved to Pogo on 24 December 2022. On 3 April 2023, the channel launched
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series. On 22 May 2023, the channel launched
The Tom and Jerry Show and
Tom and Jerry Tales.
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, an original show of
Cartoon Network premiered on the channel on 19 June 2023. The channel launched
Batwheels, which is an original show of
Cartoonito on 15 July 2023. The channel launched the live action series of
Mr. Bean on 9 September 2023. In March 2026, the channel started airing another
Cartoon Network original series i.e.
We Bare Bears. == Programming ==