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1994–2008[]

Channel V
Designer:  Unknown
Typography:  Unknown
Launched:  May 1, 1994

On May 1, 1994, after their joint venture deal with Viacom was expired, STAR TV of Hong Kong, China replaced MTV Asia with Channel [V] in Asia and the Middle East. It later expanded its service into the rest of Southeast Asia via Palapa-B2P, Oceania (including Australasia) via AsiaSat 2 and Palapa-C1 (later Palapa-C2) and North Africa via Arabsat for cable distribution (including Bob Cooper's Far North Cablevision Ltd. in New Zealand) and it can be received in many Asia-Pacific countries those with privately-owned C/Ku band satellite dishes, especially in China (including Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau).

Similar to MTV: Music Television in the United States, Channel [V]'s logo was constantly branded with different colors, patterns and images on a variety of station IDs. In some idents that features an artists mostly do the peace sign to resemble the Channel [V] logo.

2008–2021[]

Channel V Logo
Designer:  Unknown
Typography:  Futura Bold
Futura Extra Bold
Launched:  January 1, 2008

The logo was slightly modified, while changing its font and the word "CHanneL" is now spelled in all caps but later it was dropped on-screen as it adopts the "[V] Plays Music" station IDs.

Channel [V], including Channel [V] International and Channel [V] Thailand, ceased their transmissions on October 1, 2021 alongside with FOX and Disney channels across the Asia-Pacific region.[1] However, Channel [V] Mainland China is still active till this day as it is a part of Star China Media (a subsidiary of China Media Capital) and no longer associated with Fox Networks Group nor Disney since 2014.

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MTV Asia (under STAR TV)
Channel V
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