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.

History

Launched in 2013, it was initially called RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network, a joint-venture of

RTL Group RTL Group S.A. ("Radio Télévision Luxembourg") is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate office in Cologne, Germany. The company operates 56 television channels and 36 radio stations in Germany, France an ...

and

CBS Studios International Paramount Global Content Distribution is the international television distribution arm of American media conglomerate, Paramount Global, originally established in 1962 as the international distribution division of Desilu Productions. With the s ...

. 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_logo

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. On 18 August 2021, it was announced that Blue Ant Entertainment and Blue Ant Extreme were to change their name to Rock Entertainment and Rock Extreme starting September 1. Blue Ant Media Asia, the owner of the said channels, was officially renamed as Rock Entertainment Holdings and continues to operate other Blue Ant Media channels (

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for the Southeast Asian region. 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.

Operating channels

*Rock Entertainment (HDTV, Asia except Philippines) *Rock Entertainment (Philippines) – Joint-venture with Asian Cable Communications

Programs

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