Turner Classic Movies was an Asian digital classic film channel featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. film libraries, which include many MGM titles. It was the Asian version of the US Turner Classic Movies and aired in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Middle East.[1]
After 24 years of operation, the channel was shut down on 2 January 2019.[2]
The channel shut down alongside TruTV.
History
The channel normally launched as TNT in October 1994, it was time shared with Cartoon Network.[3] The channel was aired from 21:00 CET to 6:00 CET (from 20:00 UTC to 5:00 UTC) and IST respectively and Cartoon Network for the remaining day, mainly for analogue cable systems across Europe and India, although it was originally targeted at the Republic of Ireland, India and the United Kingdom.