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| Country | China India |
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| Broadcast area | |
| Headquarters | New Delhi Singapore Jakarta |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific |
| Sister channels | Warner TV TruTV Cinemax HBO Boomerang Cartoon Network CNN International |
| History | |
| Launched | 6 October 1994; 31 years ago (1994-10-06) (as TNT) 2 April 2000; 25 years ago (2000-04-02) (as TCM) |
| Closed | 2 January 2019; 6 years ago (2019-01-02) (as TCM) |
| Former names | TNT (1994–2000) |
Turner Classic Movies was an Asian digital classic film channel featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from theTurner Entertainment andWarner Bros. film libraries, which include manyMGM titles. It was the Asian version of theUS Turner Classic Movies and aired in theIndian subcontinent,Southeast Asia andMiddle East.[1]
After 24 years of operation, the channel was shut down on 2 January 2019.[2]
The channel shut down alongsideTruTV.
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The channel normally launched asTNT in October 1994, it was time shared with Cartoon Network.[3] The channel was aired from 21:00 CET to 6:00 CET (from 20:00 UTC to 5:00 UTC) and IST respectively and Cartoon Network for the remaining day, 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 onFoxtel, andAustar in Australia. Turner Classic Movies and Cartoon Network became two separate channels operating in Europe and the Indian subcontinent in 1999.[3]
On 3 April 2000, TNT was relaunched as an Asian version ofTurner Classic Movies.[3][4]
In Malaysia, the channel was available onMega TV until 1 October 2001. The channel has been discontinued onMega TV from 1 October 2001.In India, this channel was exclusively available onDish TV until 15 March 2009. Now it is available on IN Digital Cable from theHinduja Group and from 31 August 2009, onTata Sky. The channel has been discontinued onTata Sky from 15 September 2012.
On 1 July 2011, TCM's Australian and New Zealand feed began broadcasting in16:9widescreen.[5]
On 12 June 2012, TCM's Asian feed began broadcasting in16:9widescreen.
On 13 December 2016, Australian satellite and cable provider Foxtel removed TCM from its lineup. It is believed the cause of the removal was due to the channel's repeated broadcasting of a limited catalogue of films. Ultimately, this saw TCM no longer available in Australia.[6] Foxtel has since been criticised by its customers for its decision.[7]
In December 2017,StarHub TV had announced that they were removing Turner Classic Movies from their service lineup at the end of the year. Meanwhile, Turner Classic Movies was only available onSingtel TV.[8]On 30 November 2018,Sky Network Television in New Zealand replaced the channel with their own version called Sky Movies Vintage.[9]
On 31 December 2018, Filipino cable providerSkyCable and Singaporean cable providerSingtel ceased to provide the channel.[10]
The channel ceased broadcasting on 2 January 2019, after which the channel space created in 1994 by TNT ceased to exist.
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