Broadcast area | Southeast Asia |
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Network | Comedy Central |
Headquarters | Singapore |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 anamorphic widescreen or letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | ViacomCBS Networks EMEAA |
Sister channels | MTV Nickelodeon MTV Live HD Nick Jr. Paramount Network |
History | |
Launched | November 1, 2012 |
Closed | January 31, 2021 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Comedy Central was a television channel owned by ViacomCBS, broadcasting in Southeast Asia and the domestic version of the international Comedy Central network.
It was launched on November 1, 2012. The channel was first launched in Singapore, followed by other countries in Asia. [1] The network aired most of the post-2000 programming seen on the American network, along with various other programming, both from other ViacomCBS networks and acquired through syndication. On 1 September 2014, this channel was launch in Malaysia. [2]
The channel closed on February 1, 2021, together with MTV China. [3]
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