Techstorm

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TechStorm
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Type Pay TV
Country Singapore
Ownership
Owner TechTV Network Pte Ltd
Key peopleDebbie Lee (CEO)
History
Founded24 March 2019;4 years ago (2019-03-24)
Launched25 March 2019;4 years ago (2019-03-25)
Links
Website www.techstorm.tv

TechStorm is a pay TV channel that carries Asian esports and tech-centric content. [1] It debuted on StarHub and Singtel in 2019 and 2020 respectively [2] [3] The channel is owned and operated by TechTV Network Pte Ltd in Singapore. It was founded by Singaporean Debbie Lee. [4]  

It partnered with Nanyang Technological University in adopting automatic content recognition (ACR) technology. [5]

Programming

Programming seen on TechStorm includes:

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