Asian TV channel
Television channel
tvN
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Country
| Hong Kong SAR China
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Broadcast area
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Headquarters
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Picture format
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Owner
| CJ ENM
HK
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Sister channels
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Launched
| - October 26, 2009
(
2009-10-26
)
- June 3, 2016
(
2016-06-03
)
(rebrand as tvN)
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Closed
| July 2, 2018
(
2018-07-02
)
(Vietnam)
October 1, 2023
(
2023-10-01
)
(Thailand
[
citation needed
]
)
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Former names
| Channel M (2012-2016)
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Website
| tvnasia
.net
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tvN
(formerly known as
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), with a number of original shows made for the Southeast Asian version.
History
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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.
[2]
[3]
It reverted back to tvN on June 3, 2016, which also carried dramas from CJ E&M's sister channels.
[4]
The channel is available in the Philippines, where it is distributed by
Creative Programs
of
ABS-CBN Corporation
[5]
when their sister cable provider
Sky Cable
stopped airing the channel in the Philippines starting September 1, 2021.
[6]
However, it's still available through
PLDT
's
Cignal
,
Smart
GigaPlay. (Smart GigaPlay got the Premium Feed before Cignal TV to replace their feed on November 1, 2023)
The channel was closed down in Vietnam on July 2, 2018 (as tvBlue, although the channel has relaunched with contents from other broadcasters).
tvN Movies
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The channel was firstly launched in Singapore through
Starhub TV
on January 1, 2017.
[7]
With the slogan "Home of Korean Blockbusters", they mostly aired
K?Movies
, with some titles premiered for the first time. Titles that has been aired on the channel includes
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
.
Programming
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References
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- ^
Canete, Patrick (November 13, 2023).
"tvN Movies Pinoy and tvN Premium channels launched with CignalTV"
.
NoypiGeeks
. Retrieved
November 28,
2023
.
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"tvN Asia to Change to K-Culture Channel ′Channel M Asia′"
.
Mnet
. Retrieved
November 21,
2012
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"tvN Asia Changes to Channel M Asia"
.
Yahoo! OMG Philippines
. November 21, 2012
. Retrieved
November 21,
2012
.
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tvN is COMING...
YouTube
. Channel M. May 4, 2016
. Retrieved
May 8,
2016
.
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"Fox, CJ Media To Launch Pan-Asian GE Channel"
.
Asia Media Journal
. Archived from
the original
on May 26, 2013
. Retrieved
January 26,
2021
.
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"TVN End of Broadcast"
.
SKY - Cable TV and Fiber
. Retrieved
August 31,
2021
.
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Doo, Rumy (January 12, 2017).
"TV channel to offer Korean movies in Southeast Asia"
.
The Korea Herald
. Retrieved
December 31,
2023
– via
The Jakarta Post
.
External links
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