Turner Classic Movies (Asia)
| Turner Classic Movies | |
|---|---|
 Turner Classic Movies logo | |
| Launched | 6 October 1994 |
| Owned by | Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9) |
| Country | Hong Kong, India |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | India, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, Malaysia, China, Mongolia |
| Headquarters |
New Delhi Singapore |
| Formerly called |
TNT (October 1994–2 April 2000) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Cartoon Network CNN International Boomerang |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 243 |
| SKY (New Zealand) | Channel 38 |
| Cable | |
| SkyCable / Destiny Cable | Channel 105 (Digital) |
| Cablelink | Channel 204 |
| Cable TV Hong Kong | Channel 220 |
| Parasat Cable TV | Channel 57 |
| Macau Cable TV (Macau) | Channel 131 |
| IPTV | |
| now TV | Channel 126 |
| Singtel TV (Singapore) | Channel 420 (SD) |
| HyppTV (Malaysia) | Channel 413 (Coming Soon) |
Turner Classic Movies is a digital television channel featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. film libraries, which include many MGM, United Artists, RKO and Warner Bros. titles, mainly classic films (e.g. The Wizard of Oz and Citizen Kane). It is the Asian iteration of the US Turner Classic Movies and airs in Indian Subcontinent, South East Asia and Middle East.[1]
History
The channel normally launched as TNT in October 1994, it was time shared with Cartoon Network,[2] and aired from 21:00 CET to 6:00 CET (from 20:00 UTC to 5:00 UTC) and IST respectively and Cartoon Network the remaining time, mainly for analogue cable systems across Europe and India, although it was originally targeted at the Republic of Ireland, India and the United Kingdom. It was formerly free-to-air, but is now carried encrypted and provided only to cable companies and on some commercial satellite systems. It was one of the three movie channels available on Foxtel, and Austar in Australia. Turner Classic Movies and Cartoon Network became two separate channels operating in Europe and the Indian subcontinent in 1999.[2]
In April 2000, TNT was rebranded as Turner Classic Movies.[2][3]
In India, this channel was exclusively available on Dish TV until 15 March 2009. Now it is available on IN Digital Cable from the Hinduja Group and from 31 August 2009, on Tata Sky. The channel has been discontinued on Tata Sky from 15 September 2012.
From 1 July 2011, TCM's Australian and New Zealand feed began broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen.[4]
From 12 June 2012, TCM's Asian feed began broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen.
From 13 December 2016, Australian satellite and cable provider Foxtel ceased to offer TCM. It is believed the cause of the removal was due to the channel's repeated broadcasting of a limited catalogue of films. Ultimately, this saw TCM no longer available in Australia.[5] Foxtel has since been criticised by its customers for its decision.[6]
In December 2017 Starhub in Singapore unilaterally announced they were cancelling Turner Classic Movies from their channel line up at the end of the year, Meanwhile Turner Classic Movies Was Only Available On Singtel TV.
References
- ↑ "Turner Group may take DTH route to relaunch TCM in India". New Delhi: exchange4media. 2001.
- 1 2 3 Thomas, Amos (2005). Imagi-Nations and Borderless Television: Media, Culture and Politics Across Asia. New Delhi: Sage Publications. pp. 33–34.
- ↑ "HBO movie channel to start from March 15 – TNT to go classical". The Times of India. 14 March 2000.
- ↑ "Mediaweek Australia – Sub TV". Mediaweek. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011.
- ↑ Knox, David (17 November 2016). "Foxtel to close TCM channel". TV Tonight. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ↑ Knox, David (23 December 2016). "Foxtel viewers unhappy over loss of TCM, increased prices". TV Tonight. Retrieved 30 December 2016.