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| Country | Singapore |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Hong Kong Taiwan Mongolia Southeast Asia |
| Headquarters | 21 Media Circle, #08-01, Infinite Studios, Singapore 138562 |
| Programming | |
| Languages | English (Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore & Hong Kong) Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese) (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore & Malaysia) Japanese (Japan) Korean (South Korea) Indonesian (Indonesia) Malay (Malaysia & Singapore) Thai (Thailand) Filipino (Philippines) Vietnamese (Vietnam) |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9480i/576i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | 12 August 2005; 20 years ago (2005-08-12) |
| Former names | Asian Food Channel (12 August 2005 – 28 November 2019) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
TheAsian Food Network (AFN), formerly known asAsian Food Channel, is a Southeast Asian pay television channel and website owned byWarner Bros. Discovery International through itsAsia-Pacific division. Launched in 2005, it provides a mix of food programming content primarily focused on Asian cuisine.
The Asian Food Channel was co-founded by Hian Goh and Maria Brown in 2005.[1] The idea was conceived by Goh, an investment banker, and Brown, a journalist at the BBC, in 2004 to bring a food television channel to Asia.[1]
Content for the network was originally purchased from overseas markets and included shows such asMeat and Greet andSingapore Flavours fromMediacorp.[1] In 2009, it launched AFC Studio atOrchard Central in Singapore.[2] It allowed fans to purchase branded merchandise and also used for original content creation such asGreat Dinners of the World andBig Break.[1] By 2013, the network reached 130 million viewers in 12 markets.[1]
Scripps Networks Interactive purchased the channel in 2013.[3] It became part ofDiscovery, Inc. in 2018 when Discovery acquired Scripps Networks Interactive,[4] Six years after the acquisition of the channel by the same company that ownedFood Network, the network was rebranded as the Asian Food Network in 2019, with a larger focus placed on multi-platform content.[5]
The Asian Food Network provides a wide mix of food programming content that are sourced internationally such as the United Kingdom, the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, as well as Asian specific content from Korea, Japan, China, Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.
Most shows aresubtitled, but English shows are sometimes subtitled in Chinese, like inSkyCable. Others don't have subtitles in English programming such as onCignal.
