Rock Action (TV channel)
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| Broadcast area | Hong Kong Indonesia India Malaysia Philippines Singapore Taiwan Thailand Cambodia Sri Lanka Maldives Mongolia South Korea Africa |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Rock Entertainment Holdings |
| Sister channels | Rock Entertainment Rock Extreme (Taiwan only) |
| History | |
| Launched | December 12, 2022 |
| Former names | RTL CBS Extreme (2014-2017) Blue Ant Extreme (2017-2021) Rock Extreme (2021-2022) |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Nexmedia (Indonesia) | Channel 317 |
| Unifi TV Astro Malaysia (Malaysia) | Channel 474 Channel 124 |
| True Visions (Thailand) | Channel 147,228,338 |
| K Vision (Indonesia) | Channel 14 |
| Ddish TV (Mongolia) | Channel 403 |
| G Sat (Philippines) | Channel 32 |
| Cignal (Philippines) | Channel 57 |
| 3BB GIGA TV (Thailand) | Channel 108 |
| AIS Play (Thailand) | Channel 201 |
| Sky Net (Myanmar) | Channel 30 |
Rock Action (visually rendered in all uppercase) is a Southeast Asian English-language movie channel serving Southeast Asia, owned by Rock Entertainment Holdings.
Since its launched in 2014, it was originally known as RTL CBS Extreme, created by RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network, a joint-venture of RTL Group and CBS Studios International which focuses on action-packed movies and broadcast in high-definition.[1]
On January 1, 2018, RTL CBS Extreme was renamed Blue Ant Extreme after Blue Ant Media's acquisition of RTL CBS.
On August 18, 2021, Blue Ant Media Asia has rebrand their corporate name as Rock Entertainment Holdings, thus they will rebrand their channels as Rock Entertainment and Rock Extreme respectively.[2]
On December 12, 2022, Rock Entertainment Holdings has restructured their contents, with the plan to focus on movies and special events, which Rock Extreme has been rebranded as Rock Action, which focus on action movies, on selected regions and TV providers.[3]
Rock Action mainly carries films from Hollywood film studios Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Reel One Entertainment, MarVista Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and Lionsgate Films, among others.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "RTL Group and CBS Studios International announce plans for new venture to launch two new television channels in Asia.", RTL Group, Luxembourg/Los Angeles/Singapore, August 13, 2013. Retrieved on August 13, 2013.
- ^ Release, Press. "Blue Ant Channels to be Rebranded as ROCK Entertainment and ROCK Extreme This September - ClickTheCity". Retrieved August 18, 2021.
- ^ "Rock Action replaces Extreme in 9 Asia markets; linear movie channel goes live in 12 countries in the region from today". ContentAsia. December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
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