Channel V

Channel V
Type	Pay television channel;
Country	China
Broadcast area	Mainland China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Middle East
Network	Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific (formerly); Star China Media (a subsidiary of China Media Capital);
Headquarters	Hong Kong
Programming
Languages	English; Mandarin
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Star China Media
Sister channels	Xing Kong
History
Launched	15 September 1991 (As MTV Asia) ; 27 May 1994; (As a standalone pay-TV channel); 1 June 1996; (Malaysia on Astro); 4 August 1996; (Thailand); 22 February 1997; (Middle East); 1 September 2013; (Malaysia on HyppTV)
Closed	16 June 2010 (Malaysia on Astro); 1 September 2012 (Taiwan); 1 June 2018 (Malaysia on Unifi TV); 1 October 2021 (Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Middle East); 8 May 2026 (Mainland China)
Replaced by	FOX Showbiz (Taiwan)
Former names	MTV Asia; 15 September 1991 – 1 May 1994

Channel [V] ("V" as in the letter, not the Roman numeral "5") was a music television network originally launched by Star TV Hong Kong (now Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific). It was part of the unit of Disney International Operations, and was launched on 27 May 1994 to replace the first incarnation of MTV's Asian operation before it was shut down on 1 October 2021.

The mainland Chinese version was owned by Star China Media, and was the last operational Channel [V]. The Australian channels were owned by Foxtel before their closure.

Channel [V] previously operated either a local feed or a relay of the international version in Hong Kong, Macau, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Thailand or localized versions in India, the Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and Australia.