NBC Asia

NBC Asia is an Asian television network owned by NBCUniversal that was launched in 1999.

History
The network was originally launched as a channel was on 1 January 1994, broadcasting throughout the continent. On 1 August 1998, it was replaced by an Asian version of National Geographic.

It was subsequently relaunched as a network on 6 October 1999. Separate feeds were launched from 2000 to 2009, starting with Taiwan on 1 January 2000 and ending with the Philippines on 30 July 2009.

On 31 December 2008, the Greater China feed closed due to low viewership. The Vietnamese feed was closed and replaced by the Southeast Asian feed on 1 April 2014 for the same reasons. The Chinese feed was closed down on 14 January 2020 along with sister channel Lost Media Network China following NBC's decision to withdraw from China.

Programming
Main article: List of programs broadcast by NBC Asia

The network broadcasts mostly acquired programming due to licensing issues with most of NBC's original shows.