Gem (Southeast Asian TV channel)
Gem (sometimes referred to as Gem TV Asia, formerly known as Sony Gem) is a pay television channel owned by KC Global Media. The channel was first launched in Vietnam on 1 January 2014[6] and was subsequently rolled out in other countries in Southeast Asia (excluding Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Macau). The channel broadcasts its programming either dubbed or subtitled in local languages.
| Gem | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 1 January 2014 (Vietnam) 1 October 2015 (Hong Kong, Indonesia, Cambodia and Thailand) 27 June 2016 (Singapore and Philippines) |
| Closed | 21 February 2019 (Vietnam) |
| Network | KC Global Media |
| Owned by | KC Global Media (50%) Nippon Television Network Corporation (50%) |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Slogan | The Best of Japanese Entertainment |
| Country | Singapore |
| Language | Japanese |
| Broadcast area | Hong Kong Thailand Indonesia Cambodia Singapore Philippines Myanmar |
| Headquarters | Number 10, Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01 Hansapoint @ Changi Business Park, Changi, Singapore |
| Sister channel(s) | One |
| Website | https://www.gemtvasia.com |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Satellite | |
| TrueVisions (Thailand)[1][2] | Channel 244 |
| Transvision (Indonesia)[1][3] | Channel 372 (HD) |
| Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) | Channel 135 |
| CANAL+ (Myanmar) | Channel 75 |
| G Sat (Philippines) | Channel 62 |
| Cable | |
| PPCTV (Cambodia)[1] | Channel 42 (Analog) Channel 126 (Digital) |
| Parasat Cable TV (Cagayan De Oro City, Philippines) | Channel 79 |
| Macau Cable TV (Macau) | Channel 182 |
| SkyCable (Philippines) | Channel 116 (Digital) |
| First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 38 |
| South Luzon CATV (Philippines) | Channel 308 (Digital) |
| IPTV | |
| now TV (Hong Kong)[1][4] | Channel 151 (SD/HD)[5] |
| MyRepublic (Indonesia)[1][3] | Channel 65 |
| Singtel TV (Singapore) | Channel 519 (HD/VOD) |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 814 (HD) Channels 120 and 850 (VOD) |
On 21 February 2019, the channel was closed down in Vietnam due to low audience.
On 18 March 2020, both GEM and ONE have been rebranded, now having newer fonts for their logo and without the stylized "S" logo.
See also
- Animax Asia
- AXN (Asia)
- BeTV (defunct)
- Sony Channel (defunct)
- One
References
- "Get GEM Thailand".
- "Get GEM Hongkong".
- "now TV (PCCW) offers viewers even greater choices by ramping up its repertoire of Asian entertainment content". 10 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- Sony Pictures launches new channel in Vietnam marketing-interactive.com 21 October 2013, Retrieved on 4 August 2015
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