Turner Classic Movies (Asian TV channel)

This article is about the Asian television channel. For the USA and other countries' versions of Turner Classic Movies, see Turner Classic Movies and List of international Turner Classic Movies channels.

Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies logo
CountryChina
India
Broadcast area
HeadquartersNew Delhi
Singapore
Jakarta
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format576i (16:9)
Ownership
OwnerTurner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific
Sister channelsWarner TV
TruTV
Cinemax
HBO
Boomerang
Cartoon Network
CNN International
History
Launched6 October 1994; 29 years ago (1994-10-06) (as TNT)
2 April 2000; 24 years ago (2000-04-02) (as TCM)
Closed2 January 2019; 5 years ago (2019-01-02) (as TCM)
Former namesTNT
(1994–2000)

Turner Classic Movies was an Asian digital classic film channel featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. film libraries, which include many MGM titles. It was the Asian version of the US Turner Classic Movies and aired in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Middle East.[1]

After 24 years of operation, the channel was shut down on 2 January 2019.[2]

The channel shut down alongside TruTV.

  1. ^ "Turner Group may take DTH route to relaunch TCM in India". New Delhi: exchange4media. 2001.
  2. ^ "Turner, Fox pull the plug: RIP truTV, TCM, Nat Geo Music".