BeTV | |
Closed Date: | 30 September 2015 |
Picture Format: | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i pan and scan for SDTVs) |
Owner: | Sony Pictures Television |
Country: | Singapore |
Area: | Southeast Asia |
Headquarters: | No. 10 Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01 Hansapoint @ CBP Changi, Singapore |
Replaced: | AXN Beyond |
Replaced By: | Sony Channel (15 October 2014; Philippines only) GEM TV (1 October 2015; Hong Kong, Indonesia and Thailand) |
Sister Channels: | AXN Asia Animax Asia Sony Channel ONE (Korean) GEM |
Website: | Southeast Asian website Malaysia and Philippines website |
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.[1] 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.[2]
The channel mainly aired popular shows and movies syndicated from the United Kingdom and the United States.