{{Short description|Asian TV channel}} {{Lowercase title}} {{For|the original South Korean TV channel of the same name|tvN (South Korean TV channel)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox television channel | name = tvN | logo = Logo tvN.svg | logo_size = 250px | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | launch_date = {{ubl|{{Start date|df=y|2009|10|26}}|{{Start date|df=y|2016|6|3}} (rebrand as tvN)}} | closed_date = {{End date|df=y|2018|07|02}} (Vietnam) | owner = Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific <br/><small>(branding licensed from CJ ENM HK)</small> | picture_format = {{ubl|1080i HDTV}} | country = China | language = {{ubl|Korean|Mandarin|Cantonese (Hong Kong and Malaysia only)|Malay (Malaysia and Singapore)|Indonesian (Indonesia)|English (subtitled and in bumpers)}} | area = {{ubl|Hong Kong|Taiwan|Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand)|Maldives}} | headquarters = Hong Kong | former_names = Channel M (2012–2016) | replaced = <!-- Fox Sports 1 (G Sat channel space, Philippines Starting Oct. 1, 2021) --> | sister_channels = {{ubl|[https://tvnmovies.net/ tvN Movies]|tvN Movies Pinoy (Philippines only)<ref>{{cite web|last=Cañete|first=Patrick|title=tvN Movies Pinoy and tvN Premium channels launched with CignalTV|url=https://www.noypigeeks.com/entertainment/tvn-movies-pinoy-premium-cignaltv/|website=NoypiGeeks|date=November 13, 2023|access-date=November 28, 2023}}</ref>}} | website = {{URL|tvnasia.net}} | parent = | key_people = }}
'''tvN''' (formerly '''Channel M''') is a Southeast Asian pay television channel managed by Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific, under the brand licensing agreement with CJ ENM HK. {{Citation needed|date=February 2026}} 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). 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 (Mnet Asia) on November 23, 2012, which serves K-POP and K-Variety.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=21599&idxType=News|title=tvN Asia to Change to K-Culture Channel ′Channel M Asia′|website=Mnet|access-date=November 21, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/news/tvn-asia-changes-to-channel-m-asia-022038406.html|title=tvN Asia Changes to Channel M Asia|website=Yahoo! OMG Philippines|date=November 21, 2012|access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-date=December 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204050018/http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/news/tvn-asia-changes-to-channel-m-asia-022038406.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 5, 2015, Fox International Channels Asia Pacific will no longer distributing Channel M and its sold to Viacom International Media Networks Asia (Now as Paramount SkyDance Asia) and Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific (Now as Warner Bros Discovery Asia). It reverted back to tvN on June 3, 2016.<ref>{{cite video|publisher=Channel M|title=tvN is COMING...|website=YouTube|date=May 4, 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5mYHb207EA|access-date=May 8, 2016|archive-date=May 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527150357/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5mYHb207EA|url-status=live}}</ref>
The channel is available in the Philippines, where it is distributed by Creative Programs of ABS-CBN Corporation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asiamediajournal.com/pressrelease.php?id=593 |title=Fox, CJ Media To Launch Pan-Asian GE Channel |access-date=January 26, 2021 |work=Asia Media Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526180116/http://www.asiamediajournal.com/pressrelease.php?id=593 |archive-date=May 26, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Their sister cable provider Sky Cable stopped airing the channel in the Philippines starting September 1, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TVN End of Broadcast|url=https://www.mysky.com.ph/Bulacan/updates/1498/2021/08/18/tvn-end-of-broadcast|access-date=2021-08-31|website=SKY - Cable TV and Fiber|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831160002/https://www.mysky.com.ph/Bulacan/updates/1498/2021/08/18/tvn-end-of-broadcast|url-status=live}}</ref> However, it is available through PLDT's Cignal and Smart GigaPlay. (Smart GigaPlay got the Premium Feed before Cignal TV to replace their feed on November 1, 2023) 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.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
The channel was closed in Vietnam on July 2, 2018 (as tvBlue, although the channel relaunched with content from other broadcasters).
As of 2021, ViacomCBS International Networks Asia will no longer distributing tvN as its solely owned by WarnerMedia International Networks Asia-Pacific.
===tvN Movies=== {{expand section|date=December 2023}} The channel was launched in Singapore through Starhub TV on January 11, 2017 at 11am.<ref>{{cite web|last=Doo|first=Rumy|date=January 12, 2017|title=TV channel to offer Korean movies in Southeast Asia|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2017/01/12/tv-channel-to-offer-korean-movies-in-southeast-asia.html|publisher=The Korea Herald|via=The Jakarta Post|access-date=December 31, 2023|archive-date=December 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216101104/https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2017/01/12/tv-channel-to-offer-korean-movies-in-southeast-asia.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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'' (which the film won multiple Academy Awards), and most recently ''The Moon'' and ''Concrete Utopia''.
As of 2021, ViacomCBS International Networks Asia will no longer distributing tvN Movies as its solely owned by WarnerMedia International Networks Asia-Pacific.
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.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
tvN occasionally aired movies for some markets, specially in Singapore.
==Programming== {{main|List of programmes broadcast by tvN (Asia)}}
In addition to programming from CJ ENM TV networks (including their digital streaming platform TVING), they aired titles from other Korean broadcasters. Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Viu, and even Disney+ picked up some of their own programming outside South Korea, such as JTBC and KT-owned ENA.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://tvnasia.net/}}
{{Philippine cable channels}} {{Television in Hong Kong}}
Category:TvN (South Korean TV channel) Category:Cable television in Hong Kong Category:Korean-language television stations Category:Television channels and stations established in 2009