GEM (formerly known as Sony GEM until 2020) was a pay television channel owned by KC Global Media Asia (formerly owned by Sony Asia). This channel was first launched in

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on 1 January 2014 and was subsequently rolled out in other countries in Southeast Asia. In the rest of Southeast Asia, the channel broadcast Japanese-language programming; chiefly from

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, with subtitles in local languages, while in Vietnam the channel mainly broadcast dramas from Mainland China and South Korea - something also featured on the Southeast Asian channel until June 2018. On 21 February 2019, the channel closed down in Vietnam due to low audience. GEM was closed on 1 August 2024 due to low viewers on cable TV, low demand on Japanese TV series as some may not be available outside Japan, and even lack of newer shows, as they shift the focus on their other channels (

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for English entertainment,

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for highly-demanded

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series, and

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for K-drama and K-variety show). Prior to the shutdown, they aired the anime '' Shadows House'' mid-season before the series resumed on Animax.

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KC Global Media Official website
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