tvN (Asian TV channel)

TVN
Country	Hong Kong (main); Indonesia; Malaysia; Singapore;
Broadcast area	Brunei; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Malaysia; Maldives; Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand;
Headquarters	Hong Kong;
Programming
Language(s)	Korean; Mandarin; Cantonese (Hong Kong and Malaysia only); Malay (Malaysia and Singapore); Indonesian (Indonesia); English (subtitled and in bumpers);
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed);
Ownership
Owner	CJ E&M
Sister channels	tvN Movies; tvN Music (coming soon January 12, 2023[citation needed]);
History
Launched	October 26, 2009; June 3, 2016 (rebranded);
Closed	July 2, 2018 (Vietnam)
Former names	Channel M (2012-2016)
Links
Website	tvnasia.net

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

History

The channel was firstly launched on October 26, 2009 as tvN and was later rebranded as Channel M on November 23, 2012, which serves K-POP and K-Variety.^[1]^[2] It reverted back to tvN on June 3, 2016, which also carried dramas from CJ E&M's sister channels.^[3]

The channel is available in the Philippines, where it is distributed by Creative Programs of ABS-CBN Corporation^[4] when their sister cable provider Sky Cable stopped airing the channel in the Philippines starting September 1, 2021.^[5] However, it's still available through PLDT's Cignal & Smart GigaPlay.

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

Programming

References

^ "tvN Asia to Change to K-Culture Channel ′Channel M Asia′". Mnet. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
^ "tvN Asia Changes to Channel M Asia". Yahoo! OMG Philippines. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
^ tvN is COMING... YouTube. Channel M. May 4, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
^ "Fox, CJ Media To Launch Pan-Asian GE Channel". Asia Media Journal. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
^ "TVN End of Broadcast". SKY - Cable TV and Fiber. Retrieved August 31, 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "tvN Asia to Change to K-Culture Channel ′Channel M Asia′". Mnet. Retrieved November 21, 2012.

[2] "tvN Asia Changes to Channel M Asia". Yahoo! OMG Philippines. Retrieved November 21, 2012.

[3] tvN is COMING... YouTube. Channel M. May 4, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.

[4] "Fox, CJ Media To Launch Pan-Asian GE Channel". Asia Media Journal. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

[5] "TVN End of Broadcast". SKY - Cable TV and Fiber. Retrieved August 31, 2021.

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