COMEDY CENTRAL ASIA, ASIA’S FIRST AND ONLY 24/7 ALL-COMEDY NETWORK, AVAILABLE TO ALL ME TELEVISION SUBSCRIBERS IN THAILAND
FREE PREVIEW EXCLUSIVELY FOR ALL ME TELEVISION SUBSCRIBERS FROM 16th JANUARY TO 15th FEBRUARY 2013
BANGKOK, 18th JANUARY 2013: Comedy Central Asia announced that Asia’s only all-comedy channel will be available to Thailand’s Me Television (MeTV) subscribers from 16th January. The launch marks the latest expansion of Comedy Central across Asia, following launches in seven territories like Singapore and Myanmar last year.
Comedy Central Asia – Thailand’s first and only 24-hour all-comedy channel, features a programming schedule designed specifically for Asian viewers overflowing with original programming, stand-up and sketch comedy plus offbeat comedy TV series like Emmy® and Peabody® award-winning content, such as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. MeTV subscribers will enjoy the exclusive free preview of the channel, available on MeTV’s Total Choice Extra Group in high-definition (HD) Channel 318.
Encompassing a wide variety of comedy-genres talk-show and stand-up comedy, animation, live-action sitcom, sketch-comedy, physical and gag, Comedy Central Asia will feature both original and acquired content including Comedy Central’s global hit series South Park, Workaholics and Key & Peele, the Asia Pay-TV premiere of such titles such as Anger Management, Happily Divorced, Jo Koy Lights Out, as well as classic titles Mind Your Language and Boiling Points.
Tan Sian Ju, Vice President, MTV & Comedy Central Brands, Viacom International Media Networks, Asia said, “We are pleased to launch Comedy Central Asia in Thailand and complete MeTV’s consumer offering with a 24/7 all-comedy channel. Everyone needs a good laugh now and then, and we are delighted that all MeTV subscribers will be able to enjoy Comedy Central’s programming and see that it is truly the funniest channel around.”
Comedy Central Asia will be available on MeTV’s Package Choice M. To subscribe, customers may visit www.totiptv.com for details.
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About Comedy Central
Comedy Central, the world’s biggest comedy network, has been making audiences laugh since it first launched in the United States in 1991. Renowned for exclusively featuring a stable of exclusive and tailor-made local and international comedy, the brand has become the ultimate destination for all kinds of humor, from traditional to satire to sketches to popular sitcoms. Outside of the United States, Comedy Central, seen in over 70 territories via more than 12 locally programmed and operated TV channels, is part of Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a division of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. For information about Comedy Central in Asia, visit www.comedycentralasia.com.
About Viacom International Media Networks
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), is comprised of many of the world’s most popular multimedia entertainment brands, including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount Channel, VH1, VIVA, COLORS, Game One and Tr3s: MTV, Música y Más. Viacom brands are seen globally in nearly 700 million households in approximately 170 territories and 37 languages via more than 200 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 550 digital media and mobile TV properties. Keep up with VIMN news by visiting the VIMN PR Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/VIMN_PR. For more information about Viacom and its businesses, visit www.viacom.com, the Viacom blog at blog.viacom.com and Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/Viacom.
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Loh Bi Feng | Communications Executive
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