Country | Singapore |
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Broadcast area | Southeast Asia |
Headquarters | Number 10, Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01, Hansapoint @ Changi Business Park, Changi, Singapore |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Japanese Mandarin |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | KC Global Media Asia |
Sister channels | AXN Animax ONE |
History | |
Launched | 1 January 2014 (Vietnam) 1 October 2015 (Hong Kong, Indonesia, Cambodia and Thailand) 17 March 2020 (Singapore and the Philippines) 1 October 2021 (Unifi TV, Malaysia) 1 September 2022 (Hong Kong, second time) 1 May 2023 (Tonton, Malaysia) |
Closed | 1 April 2019 (MNC Vision) 21 February 2019 (Vietnam) 16 January 2021 (Hong Kong, first time) 1 January 2022 (Myanmar) 27 August 2022 (TransVision (feed only in Indonesia) 5 April 2024 (Cignal due to the expiration of Cignal's contract with the said networks in Philippines) 31 July 2024 (Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines) |
Links | |
Website | https://www.gemtvasia.com |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
UseeTV (Indonesia) | Watch Live |
StarHub TV+ (Singapore) | Watch Live |
Mediacorp (Singapore) | meWATCH |
Amazon Prime Video (India) | Watch Online |
Tonton (Media Prima) (Malaysia) | Watch Live; subscription required |
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