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Country | Singapore Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Hong Kong Thailand |
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Broadcast area | Southeast Asia |
Network | Sony Pictures Television |
Headquarters | No. 10 Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01 Hansapoint @ CBP Changi, Singapore Unit 15A BDO Equitable Tower, Makati, Philippines |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English Mandarin Cantonese Thai Malay Indonesian |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscalled to 16:9 SDTV for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Sony Pictures Television |
Sister channels | AXN Asia (formerly) Animax Asia (formerly) ONE TV (Korean, formerly) Gem TV (formerly) SET Asia (Hindi) Sony MAX (Hindi) |
History | |
Launched | July 1, 2007 |
Closed | June 1, 2019 (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore) May 31, 2019 (Indonesia and Thailand) |
Former names | Sony Entertainment Television (2008-2014) |
Links | |
Website | www |
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