Rock Entertainment

Rock Entertainment (formerly RTL CBS Entertainment and Blue Ant Entertainment; stylized as ROCK entertainment) is a 24/7 Southeast Asian English-language television channel owned by Rock Entertainment Holdings.

ROCK Entertainment

Country	Singapore
Broadcast area	Hong Kong Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Cambodia Singapore Taiwan Thailand Mongolia Sri Lanka Maldives Palau Myanmar South Korea
Headquarters	Singapore
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Rock Entertainment Holdings
Sister channels	Rock Extreme (Taiwan only) Rock Action
History
Launched	1 September 2013; 11 years ago (2013-09-01)
Closed	1 April 2023; 2 years ago (2023-04-01) (Vietnam)
Former names	RTL CBS Entertainment (2013–2016) Blue Ant Entertainment (2017–2022)
Availability
Streaming media
Cignal Play (Philippines)	Internet Protocol television (requires premium subscription)
Vidio (Indonesia)	OTT streaming (requires premium subscription)
Unifi TV (Malaysia)	Ch 473

Rock Entertainment Holdings, Pte. Ltd.

Formerly	RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network (2013–2016) Blue Ant Media Asia (2017–2022)
Company type	Private
Industry	Mass media
Founded	1 September 2013; 11 years ago (2013-09-01)
Headquarters	Singapore
Area served	Southeast Asia
Key people	Ward Platt
Products	Television production Television channels
Brands	Rock Entertainment Rock Extreme (Taiwan only) Rock Action ZooMoo Love Nature Smithsonian Channel Makeful Global Trekker Outdoor Channel Golden Chinese Drama (Hong Kong only)
Website	www.rockentertainment.com

History

RTL CBS Entertainment HD

Launched in 2013, it was initially called RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network, a joint-venture of RTL Group and CBS Studios International.^[1] This channel launched on 1 September 2013, which focuses on entertainment and variety shows and broadcast in high-definition. Within 2 years, the channel became available in 2015 to Philippine cable viewers with a separate feed.

Blue Ant Entertainment

On 1 January 2018, the channel changed its name to Blue Ant Entertainment after Blue Ant Media's acquisition of the said channel, along with Blue Ant Extreme.

In 2020, Blue Ant Media sold most of its linear television operations in Asia to Rock Entertainment Holdings, a company owned by Blue Ant executive Ward Platt.^[2] On 1 September 2021, the channel was rebranded as Rock Entertainment to reflect the new ownership.^[3]

On 12 December 2022, Rock Entertainment Holdings restructured their contents, with the plan to focus on movies and special events, which also led to the launch of the sister channel Rock Action as the replacement for Rock Extreme.^[4]

Operating channels

• Rock Entertainment (HDTV, Asia except Philippines)
• Rock Entertainment (Philippines)^[5] – Joint-venture with Asian Cable Communications

Programs

Current

• 30 Rock
• A.P. Bio
• Chicago Med
• Chucky
• Crime Scene Kitchen
• FBI
• Late Night with Seth Meyers
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Masterchef Australia Junior
• Magnum P.I.
• NCIS
• Next Level Chef
• Poker Face
• Star Trek: Discovery
• The Good Fight
• The Masked Singer UK
  • The Masked Dancer UK
• The Masked Singer US
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV specials

• American Music Awards (since 2014)
• Hollywood Film Awards
• People Magazine Awards
• People's Choice Awards (since 2016)
• Golden Globe Awards (2015–2021)
• Critics' Choice Movie Awards (since 2015)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015–2022 as Netflix holds global rights starting with 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards.^[6])
• Billboard Music Awards (since 2015)
• Critics' Choice Television Awards (since 2015)
• Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (2015–2022)
• Asian Television Awards (since 2015)
• Circle Chart Music Awards (since 2023)^[7]

Former

• America's Got Talent (moved to HITS NOW)
• Brave New World
• Britain's Got Talent (moved to HITS NOW)
• Bull
• Come Dance with Me
• Devils
• First Dates
• Four Weddings and a Funeral
• Motherland: Fort Salem (now owned by Disney+)
• Reign
• Siren
• The InBetween
• The Late Late Show with James Corden
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
• The X Factor UK

See also

• Rock Extreme