TvN (Asian TV channel)

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tvN
Country Hong Kong
Broadcast area
HeadquartersHong Kong
Programming
Languages
Picture format
Ownership
Owner CJ ENM HK
Sister channels
History
Launched
  • 26 October 2009 (2009-10-26)
  • 3 June 2016 (2016-06-03) (rebrand as tvN)
Closed2 July 2018 (2018-07-02) (Vietnam)
1 October 2023 (2023-10-01) (Thailand)
Former namesChannel M (2012–2016)
Links
Website tvnasia.net

tvN (formerly Channel M) is a Southeast Asian pay television channel managed by CJ ENM HK. It broadcasts a variety of South Korean TV series and shows from the CJ ENM TV networks (which includes the South Korean channel of the same name, as well as Mnet, OCN and others). number of original shows were made for the Southeast Asian version.

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History

tvN

The channel was launched on October 26, 2009, as tvN before it was rebranded as Channel M (Mnet Asia) on November 23, 2012, which serves K-POP and K-Variety. [2] [3] It reverted to tvN on June 3, 2016. [4]

The channel is available in the Philippines, where it is distributed by Creative Programs of ABS-CBN Corporation. [5] Their sister cable provider Sky Cable stopped airing the channel in the Philippines starting September 1, 2021. [6] However, it is available through PLDT's Cignal and Smart GigaPlay. (Smart GigaPlay got the Premium Feed before Cignal TV to replace their feed on November 1, 2023) In 2024, tvN was added on TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation's streaming platform Blast TV, and is distributed by TAP DMV to local pay TV providers in key provinces.[ citation needed ]

The channel was closed in Vietnam on July 2, 2018 (as tvBlue, although the channel relaunched with content from other broadcasters).

tvN Movies

tvN Movies was launched in Singapore through Starhub TV on January 1, 2017. [7]

With the slogan "Home of Korean Blockbusters", they mostly aired K–Movies, premiering some titles. Titles that aired on the channel include Train to Busan , The Outlaws and its sequel The Roundup , Parasite (which the film won multiple Academy Awards), and most recently The Moon and Concrete Utopia .

In 2023, tvN Movies launched a feed for the Philippines under sub-brand name tvN Movies Pinoy, which airs the same schedule but dubbed in Filipino language.[ citation needed ]

tvN occasionally aired movies for some markets, specially in Singapore.

Programming

In addition to programming from CJ ENM TV networks (including their digital streaming platform TVING), they aired titles from other Korean broadcasters. Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Viu, and even Disney+ picked up some of their own programming outside South Korea, such as JTBC and KT-owned ENA.

References

  1. ↑ Cañete, Patrick (November 13, 2023). "tvN Movies Pinoy and tvN Premium channels launched with CignalTV". NoypiGeeks. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  2. ↑ "tvN Asia to Change to K-Culture Channel ′Channel M Asia′". Mnet. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  3. ↑ "tvN Asia Changes to Channel M Asia". Yahoo! OMG Philippines. November 21, 2012. Archived from the original on December 4, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  4. ↑ tvN is COMING... YouTube. Channel M. May 4, 2016. Archived from the original on May 27, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Fox, CJ Media To Launch Pan-Asian GE Channel". Asia Media Journal. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  6. ↑ "TVN End of Broadcast". SKY - Cable TV and Fiber. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  7. ↑ Doo, Rumy (January 12, 2017). "TV channel to offer Korean movies in Southeast Asia". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on December 16, 2024. Retrieved December 31, 2023– via The Jakarta Post.
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