TvN (Asian TV channel)
tvN is a Southeast Asian pay television channel managed by Rock Entertainment Holdings and Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific, under the brand licensing agreement with CJ ENM HK. It broadcasts a variety of South Korean TV series and shows from the CJ ENM TV networks. number of original shows were made for the Southeast Asian version.
History
tvN
The channel was launched on October 26, 2009, as tvN before it was rebranded as Channel M on November 23, 2012, which serves K-POP and K-Variety. On June 5, 2015, Fox International Channels Asia Pacific will no longer distributing Channel M and it sold to Viacom International Media Networks Asia and Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific. It reverted back to tvN on June 3, 2016.The channel is available in the Philippines, where it is distributed by Creative Programs of ABS-CBN Corporation. Their sister cable provider Sky Cable stopped airing the channel in the Philippines starting September 1, 2021. However, it is available through PLDT's Cignal and Smart GigaPlay. 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.
The channel was closed in Vietnam on July 2, 2018.
tvN Movies
tvN Movies was launched in Singapore through Starhub TV on January 1, 2017.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, 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.
tvN occasionally aired movies for some markets, specially in Singapore.