Turner Classic Movies (Asia)
| Turner Classic Movies | |
|---|---|
|
Turner Classic Movies logo | |
| Launched | 6 October 1994 |
| Owned by |
Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific (Time Warner) |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9) |
| Country | Hong Kong, India |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Australia, India, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, Malaysia |
| Headquarters |
New Delhi Singapore |
| Formerly called |
Turner Network Television (6 October 1994–1995) TNT (1995–2 April 2000) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Cartoon Network CNN International Boomerang |
| Website |
turnerclassicmoviesasia |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Foxtel | Channel 428 |
| SKY Network Television | Channel 24 |
| TrueVisions | Channel 243 |
| Indovision | Channel TBA |
| Tata Sky | Channel 357 |
| Cignal Digital TV | Channel TBA |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel | Channel 417 |
| Optus | Channel 417 |
| Neighbourhood Cable | Channel 35 |
| TransACT | Channel 15 |
| TelstraClear InHomeTV | Channel 24 |
| StarHub TV | Channel 616 |
| SkyCable | Channel 105 (Digital) |
| Destiny Cable |
Channel 36 (Analog) Channel 105 (Digital) |
| Cablelink | Channel 204 |
| Cable TV Hong Kong | Channel 47 |
| Parasat Cable TV | Channel 57 |
| Macau Cable TV (Macau) | Channel 131 |
| IPTV | |
| now TV | Channel 126 |
| Singtel TV (Singapore) | Channel 420 (SD) |
| CHT MOD (Taiwan) | Channel 166 |
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 or Citizen Kane). It is the Asian iteration of the US Turner Classic Movies.
History
The channel originally launched as TNT in October 1994, and was time shared with Cartoon Network.[1] TNT 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. TCM has four separate feeds: the Indian subcontinent, East Asia, Taiwan, and Australia and New Zealand.[1]
In April 2000 the channel was rebranded as Turner Classic Movies.[1][2]
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.[3]
In Australia, the channel is ceasing to be available on satellite and cable provider Foxtel from 13 December 2016. It is believed the cause of the removal of the channel from the service is due to the repeated broadcasting of a limited catalogue of films.[4]
References
- 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 17 November 2016.