BeTV (Asia Pacific)

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BeTV
Sony beTV logo.jpg
CountrySingapore
Broadcast areaSoutheast Asia
HeadquartersNo. 10 Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01
Hansapoint @ CBP
Changi, Singapore
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 4:3 480i pan and scan for SDTVs)
Ownership
OwnerSony Pictures Television
Sister channelsAXN Asia
Animax Asia
Sony Channel
ONE (Korean)
GEM
History
Launched2 April 2012 (2012-04-02)
ReplacedAXN Beyond (2008-2012)
Closed30 September 2015
Replaced bySony Channel (15 October 2014; Philippines only)
GEM TV (1 October 2015; Hong Kong, Indonesia and Thailand)

ONE TV (1 November 2021; Philippines and Thailand)

Animax Asia (9 December 2021; Thailand)
Links
WebsiteSoutheast Asian website
Malaysia and Philippines website
Availability

BeTV was a pay television channel, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment in the Asia-Pacific region. Launched on 2 April 2012, it replaced AXN Beyond as a spin-off of AXN Asia and Sony Entertainment Television. Selected programs from AXN Philippines and SET were exclusively available in the Philippine feed of the channel. AXN Beyond HD, renamed BeTV HD on 2 April 2012. The renamed channel would become the first channel that ceases to be carried on Astro B.yond HD and Astro B.yond PVR on 26 August 2013 at midnight. BeTV was finally shut down on 15 October 2014 due to its merger with SET to form Sony Channel.

Feeds[]

  • Southeast Asian feed: available for most countries in the region. It lasted two months, from 1 August until 30 September 2015.
  • Philippine feed: available only to that certain country. Its programming schedule was similar to the Southeast Asian feed, with local advertisements and featuring programming imported from AXN and SET. It was shut down in October 2014.
  • Malaysian feed: – It branched off the Southeast Asian feed. Its HD feed ceased broadcasting on 26 August 2013 [1])

Programming[]

The channel mainly aired popular shows and movies syndicated from the United Kingdom and the United States.

See also[]

  • AXN Asia
  • Animax Asia
  • GEM
  • ONE
  • Sony Channel
  • SET Asia (Indian region)
  • List of programs broadcast by BeTV (Asia Pacific)

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