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Country | Singapore |
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Broadcast area | Singapore Brunei Philippines Thailand |
Headquarters | Singapore |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Korean Filipino English Thai Mandarin Cantonese Indonesian Malay |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific (Warner Bros. Discovery International) |
Sister channels | Cartoon Network Asia Cartoon Network Philippines CNN International Cinemax Asia HBO Asia HLN Warner TV |
History | |
Launched | 20 October 2014 12 January 2016 (Hong Kong) |
Closed | 29 January 2019 (Hong Kong) 1 September 2019 (Indonesia) 1 June 2022 (Malaysia) 16 September 2022 (Singapore, Philippines, Brunei and Thailand) |
Links | |
Website | ohk-tv |
Oh!K was a Southeast Asian pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, with content supplied by MBC.
It was launched on 20 October 2014 [1] on StarHub TV in Singapore. Its programming consists of South Korean drama, entertainment, variety and music programs supplied from Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. [2]
Oh!K's programming was available subtitled in local languages on optional subtitle tracks, depending on the country of the reception's market.
Oh!K was discontinued in Malaysia via Astro on 1 June 2022 and in Singapore on 15 September 2022 via SingTel TV and 16 September 2022 via StarHub TV.
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