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Country | Singapore |
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Broadcast area | Southeast Asia (including Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand & Vietnam) Hong Kong Taiwan |
Network | NBCUniversal International Networks Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) (3 May 1995-11 February 2001) |
Affiliates | E! |
Headquarters | Marina Bay Sands, 10 Bayfront Avenue, Marina Bay, Downtown Core, Singapore |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese) Indonesian Malay Thai Filipino Vietnamese |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV 16:9) |
Ownership | |
Owner | NBCUniversal Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) (3 May 1995-11 February 2001) |
Sister channels | CNBC Asia E! |
History | |
Launched | 3 May 1995 |
Closed | 31 December 2019 [1] |
Replaced by | CNBC Asia |
Former names |
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Links | |
Website | divatv |
Diva (formerly Diva Universal) was an English-language pay television channel in Singapore. It launched on 3 May 1995 as Hallmark Entertainment Network, along with E!, and was first owned by Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS). In 2010, as part of an agreement with NBCUniversal International Networks, the channel was renamed Diva Universal in 2010 and then Diva in 2014. It closed at the end of 2019 in anticipation of the launch of the streaming service Hayu in the region.
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