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Launched | 2 April 2012MST/SST/PST/CST | at 06:00
Closed | 26 August 2013 15 October 2014 (Philippines) 1 August 2015 (Hong Kong) 14 September 2015 (Singapore) 30 September 2015 (Indonesia and Thailand) |
(HD Feed, Malaysia)
Network | Sony Pictures Television |
Owned by | Sony Pictures Television |
Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Slogan | Best of TV |
Country | Singapore |
Broadcast area | Defunct |
Headquarters | No. 10 Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01 Hansapoint @ CBP Changi, Singapore |
Replaced | AXN Beyond (2008-2012) |
Replaced by |
Sony Channel (effective 15 October 2014; Philippines only) GEM TV (effective 1 October 2015; Hong Kong, Indonesia and Thailand) |
Sister channel(s) |
AXN Asia Animax Asia Sony Channel ONE (Korean) GEM |
Website |
Asia Version MY/PH Version |
BeTV was a cable and satellite TV channel, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment in the Asia-Pacific. Launched on 2 April 2012 at 06:00 MST/SST/PST/CST by the channel was formerly known as AXN Beyond and it is a spin-off of the two popular channels AXN Asia and Sony Entertainment Television South East Asia under permission due to Sony Pictures Entertainment in the Asia-Pacific. It was available in throughout the 15 countries around the Asia-Pacific region (Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand) and features a line-up and a new on- and off-air look and feel programmes, with a channel "personality" to match. Aside from Asian feed, selected programs from AXN Philippines and Sony Entertainment Television South East Asia which exclusively available to Philippines viewers.
Subscribers in Malaysia via Astro, the beTV HD channel feed has ceased transmssion from 26 August 2013 at 00:00 MST. Meanwhile, subscribers in the Philippines had a big changes from 15 October 2014 at 06:15 PST, beTV will be upgraded as Sony Channel. The change affected the Philippine feed of beTV only while its retained in Hong Kong and selected Asian countries.