MTV Southeast Asia

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MTV Southeast Asia
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Launched 2 May 1995
1 August 1995
Owned by Viacom through MTV Networks Asia Pacific
News Corporation through STAR TV (1 January 1992 – 1 May 1994)
Picture format 480i (SDTV/16:9 letterbox)
Country Singapore
Broadcast area South East Asia & selected Pacific Region
Headquarters Singapore
Formerly called Music Television (MTV Asia from February 25, 2011)
Replaced MTV (MTV South East Asia from February 25, 2011 - August 15, 2011 - present)
Sister channel(s)
Nickelodeon
Comedy Central Asia
Website http://www.mtvasia.com/
Availability
Satellite
Indovision Indonesia Channel TBA
Astro Malaysia Channel 713
Sky Pacific Fiji Channel 4
TrueVisions Thailand Channel 33 (Not Text Channel 1030)
Kristal-Astro Brunei Channel 713
TVB Pay Vision China Channel 29
Dream Satellite TV Philippines Channel 923
Channel 10
VTC Digital Vietnam Channel 46
K+ Vietnam Channel 27
Skynindo Indonesia Channel ???
StarHub TV Singapore Channel 533
Channel 768
TelkomVision Indonesia Channel 501
Channel 298
First Media Indonesia Channel 220
Channel 1217
TrueVisions Thailand Channel 33
Macau CATV Macau Channel 45
Channel 1042
Vietnam Cable Television (VCTV) Vietnam Channel 43
SkyCable Philippines Channel 71
Cablelink Philippines Channel 63
Southern Cable Vision Iligan Philippines Channel 38
Channel 951
Destiny Cable Philippines Channel 47
HTVC Vietnam Channel 30
IPTV
Now TV Hong Kong Channel 554
Channel 229
IndosatM2 Indonesia Channel 152
Channel 1058
M2V Mobile TV Indonesia Channel 0003
Channel 0916
mio TV Singapore Channel 350

MTV is the world’s premier youth entertainment brand. With a global reach of more than a half-billion households, MTV is the cultural home of the millennial generation, music fans and artists, and a pioneer in creating innovative programming for young people. MTV reflects and creates pop culture with its award-winning content built around compelling storytelling, music discovery and activism across TV, online and mobile. Outside of the United States, MTV is part of Viacom International Media Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. For more information about MTV in Southeast Asia, visit www.mtvasia.com.

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MTV Asia was launched in 1 January 1994, a joint venture between Star TV and Viacom, but later STAR TV's contract with MTV expired in 1 May 1994. This led to birth of Channel [V] International.

MTV Mandarin launched as a 24-hour Chinese language channel in Taiwan serving Mandarin-speaking China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore on 25 April 1995.

MTV Southeast Asia launched on 5 May 1995 as an English-language channel seen throughout Asia in territories including Brunei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines(2010-ongoing).

MTV Asia launches its dedicated Web site www.mtvasia.com in May 1999.

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