By Patricia Lanzagarita
SOUTHEAST Asian countries, including the Philippines, witnessed the end of an era as the Walt Disney Company ceased the broadcast of the National Geographic channel last Sunday, October 1, 2023.
In a statement released by Sky Cable, the channels that ceased their airing included Nat Geo, Nat Geo Wild, Baby TV, Star Chinese Movies, and Star Chinese Channel.The last transmission of the said channels was scheduled last September 30.“As a result, all pay TV operators in the country will no longer be able to offer these channels,” the cable provider stated.
According to Variety, this initiative was foreshadowed by the same moves of the channel way back in 2020 and 2021.
Disney ended the broadcast of its sports channel in Taiwan in 2020.
In September 2021, it also closed Fox, Fox Crime, Fox Life, FX, and Channel V.However, viewers can still access the channels in Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar streaming platforms, which currently stream in the Asia-Pacific region except in China.
Source: SkyCable & VarietySkycable: https://www.mysky.com.ph/metromanila/updates/1647/2023/09/13/baby-tv-nat-geo-nat-geo-wild-scm-scc-end-of-broadcastVariety: https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/disney-closing-tv-channels-southeast-asia-korea-1235643667/
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