Asian pay television channel
Television channel
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Broadcast area | Southeast Asia |
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Network | Comedy Central |
Headquarters | Singapore |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 anamorphic widescreen or letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | ViacomCBS Networks EMEAA |
Sister channels | MTV Nickelodeon MTV Live HD Nick Jr. Paramount Network |
History | |
Launched | November 1, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-11-01) |
Closed | January 31, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-01-31) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Comedy Central was a television channel owned by ViacomCBS, broadcasting in Southeast Asia and the domestic version of the international Comedy Central network.
History
[edit]It was launched on November 1, 2012. The channel was first launched in Singapore, followed by other countries in Asia.[1] The network aired most of the post-2000 programming seen on the American network, along with various other programming, both from other ViacomCBS networks and acquired through syndication. On 1 September 2014, this channel was launch in Malaysia.[2]
The channel closed on February 1, 2021, together with MTV China.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Starhub launches Comedy Central Asia tomorrow". AsiaOne. 2012-10-31. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ magazine, adobo (2014-09-16). "Comedy Central HD to launch on HyppTV in Malaysia". adobo Magazine Online. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Cessation of Comedy Central and MTV China" (PDF). Singtel. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
External links
[edit]Kids & Family Entertainment (Nickelodeon Group) | |
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Entertainment and Youth Group (MTV Entertainment Group) | |
Premium Networks Group (Showtime Networks) | |
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1 Joint venture. 2 Partnership. 3 Distribution. 4 Continued broadcast on international and online. |