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| Country | Singapore |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Southeast Asia |
| Headquarters | Number 10, Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01, Hansapoint @ Changi Business Park, Changi, Singapore |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Japanese English Mandarin Cantonese (2015–2021; 2022–2024) Thai Indonesian Malay Vietnamese (2014–2019) |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | KC Global Media Asia |
| Sister channels | AXN Animax ONE |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 January 2014; 10 years ago (2014-01-01) (Vietnam) 1 October 2015; 8 years ago (2015-10-01) (Hong Kong, Indonesia, Cambodia and Thailand) 17 March 2020; 4 years ago (2020-03-17) (Singapore and the Philippines) 1 October 2021; 2 years ago (2021-10-01) (Unifi TV, Malaysia) 1 September 2022; 22 months ago (2022-09-01) (Hong Kong, second time) 1 May 2023; 14 months ago (2023-05-01) (Tonton, Malaysia) |
| Closed | 1 April 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-01) (MNC Vision) 21 February 2019; 5 years ago (2019-02-21) (Vietnam) 16 January 2021; 3 years ago (2021-01-16) (Hong Kong, first time) 1 January 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-01) (Myanmar) 27 August 2022; 22 months ago (2022-08-27) (TransVision (feed only in Indonesia) 5 April 2024; 3 months ago (2024-04-05) (Cignal due to the expiration of Cignal's contract with the said networks in Philippines) 31 July 2024; 11 days' time (2024-07-31) (Southeast Asia, Maldives, Hong Kong, Macau) |
| Former names | Sony GEM (2014–2020) |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.gemtvasia.com |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| UseeTV (Indonesia) | Watch Live |
| StarHub TV+ (Singapore) | Watch Live |
| Mediacorp (Singapore) | meWATCH |
| Amazon Prime Video (India) | Watch Online |
| Tonton (Media Prima) (Malaysia) | Watch Live; subscription required |
GEM (formerly known as Sony GEM until 2020) was a pay television channel owned by KC Global Media Asia. This channel was first launched in Vietnam on 1 January 2014[1] and was subsequently rolled out in other countries in Southeast Asia. The channel broadcasts Japanese-language programming with subtitle in local languages.
On 21 February 2019, the channel was closed down in Vietnam due to low audience.
On 17 March 2020, both GEM and ONE were rebranded, with newer fonts for their logo and without the stylized "Sony" logo.
KC Global Media has announced that GEM will be closed down on 31 July 2024 due to low demand on Japanese entertainment contents and lack of new shows as they shift the focus on their other channels (AXN, Animax, and ONE).[2][3][4]
