The M

The M is a South Korean pay television variety channel owned by Channel The Movie Co.

Previously, the channel served as the South Korean counterpart of the American cable music channel, MTV and had features South Korean artists, international music, news, and a few reality programs, up until 2022 where it had been replaced by SBS M and was eventually closed.



2001–2011	2011–2022	2022–2025	2025–present

MTV Korea

2001–2011

MTV Korea was launched on 1 July 2001 under a joint venture between OnMedia and MTV Networks Asia. Due to poor business performance, it was spun off to form MTV Networks Korea after being acquired by C&M.

SBS MTV

2011–2022

In November 2011, SBS acquired the domestic stake of MTV Networks Korea, thus the company name was changed to SBS Viacom. With this, MTV became a part of SBS, and was renamed to SBS MTV. At this point, the channel had focused more on South Korean talents and original productions such as the longest running The Show. Much like its previous counterpart, it also broadcasts programs from its American counterpart, although those was pushed all the way to the late night schedules.

SBS M

2022–2025

In 2022, following Paramount Global's (now ended) partnership with TVING to launch the Paramount+ platform in South Korea, it had ended its partnership with SBS Viacom, causing it to change its name to Medianet Plus and rebranded the channel as SBS M from July 1st of that year, now shifting its focus as an entertainment channel airing reruns of Inkigayo and other SBS programs. All MTV's shows were also removed from the lineup.

2025–present

In March 2025, the channel's operating division was spun off from SBS Medianet, and in April of the same year, it was sold to Channel The Movie Co., Ltd., becoming excluded from the SBS Medianet group. It appears that the sale was due to genre overlap issues, as SBS Medianet already had two similar entertainment channels, SBS funE and SBS Plus. The channel ended its broadcast on May 13 of the same year, and replaced by the variety channel The M on May 14.

V • T • E

Seoul Broadcasting System

Subsidiaries

Mediacreate | SBS A&T | SBS Contents Hub | Studio S

Terrestrial TV
SBS TV (HD, UHD) | SBS u TV (HD)

Regional Broadcasters
KNN | TBC | KBC | TJB | UBC | JTV | CJB | G1 | JIBS

Defunct
Kizmom | SBS M

Notes

¹	The program is

V • T • E

Paramount Skydance

Predecessors:

V • T • E

Paramount Pictures

Part of Paramount Skydance

Television production
Paramount Television Studios (Other | On-Screen Logos) | Paramount Television International Studios (Other | On-Screen Variations)

Home entertainment
CBS Home Entertainment (CBS Blu-ray | CBS DVD) | Paramount Home Entertainment (Other | On-Screen Logos) | Paramount Presents

Others
Paramount Music | Paramount Production Support Inc. | Premium Large Format | Paramount Games Studio

Notes
¹Joint-venture with BeIN Media Group.
²Joint-venture with Marvel Comics.
³Joint-venture with Universal Pictures.
⁴Joint venture with 20th Century Fox.

TV Media
US television networks:
CBS Entertainment Group
CBS (Sports (Network)) | Dabl⁷ | Start TV⁷ | The CW (Plus | Sports)⁶

V • T • E

Paramount International Networks

Part of Paramount Skydance

V • T • E

Paramount Networks Americas

Part of Paramount Skydance

Television channels:
Latin America and the Caribbean:
Comedy Central | MTV | Nickelodeon (Jr.)

Streaming assets:
Paramount+ | Pluto TV

Notes

¹	Acquired from Telefónica.
²	Acquired from WarnerMedia Latin America.
³	Sold to Grupo Televisión Litoral.
⁴	Sold to Vytal Group.

V • T • E

Paramount Networks UK & Australia

Part of Paramount Skydance

Pay television channels:
UK & Ireland:
Comedy Central (Extra)² | MTV | Nickelodeon (Nicktoons | Nick Jr. | Nick Jr. Too)

Other channels:
UK & Ireland: True Crime (Xtra)³ | Legend (Xtra)³ | Colors (Rishtey | Cineplex | Gujarati)⁶

Production companies:
Australia: Network 10 Productions | 10 Comedy Productions | 10 Drama Productions

Digital assets:
Paramount+⁴
United Kingdom: 5 | Win on 5 | Watch Free UK | True Crime UK
Australia: 10 (Pluto TV) | 10 Speaks

Other assets:
United Kingdom: Milkshake! (preschool block on 5) | 5 News (news program)
Australia: 10 News (news program) | 10 Sport (sport television) | 10 Intensify (advertising)

V • T • E

10 News

Division of Network 10

Television News Stations
Sydney | Queensland | Melbourne | Adelaide | Perth

Bulletins
Lunchtime | Afternoon | News+ | Late | Sports Tonight

Notes

¹	Under license from Direct Group, later moved to Seven Network.
²	Joint venture with Sky Group.
³	Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
⁴	Managed by Paramount Streaming.
⁵	Joint venture with Travlr.
⁶	Managed by JioStar.

Cinema chains
Showcase Cinemas (United Kingdom | Argentina) (Cinema de Lux) · Multiplex | UCI (Brazil) (UCI Kinoplex³⁹ | UCI Orient⁴⁰)

Notes

¹	Joint venture with BeIN Media Group.
²	Co-owned with TV18.
³	Co-owned with NBCUniversal (Comcast).
⁴	Owned by A+E Global Media, a joint venture of Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company.
⁵	Co-owned with 20th Century Fox.
⁶	Co-owned with Nexstar Media Group (75%) and Warner Bros. Discovery (12.5%).
⁷	Joint-venture with Weigel Broadcasting.
⁸	Co-owned with Seoul Broadcasting System.
⁹	Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
¹⁰	Co-owned with 1+1 Media.
¹¹	Co-owned with RTL Group (Bertelsmann).
¹²	Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
¹³	Joint venture with BBC.
¹⁴	Joint venture with Marvel Comics (The Walt Disney Company).
¹⁵	Co-owned with Grupo Abril from 1990 to 2009.
¹⁶	Co-owned with Viva Entertainment.
¹⁷	Joint venture with Hubbard Broadcasting.
¹⁸	Co-owned with Solar Entertainment.
¹⁹	51% owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting.
²⁰	Co-owned with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon).
²¹	Joint venture with RTL Group from 2013 to 2018, now owned by Rock Networks since 2021.
²²	Co-owned with ABC.
²³	Joint venture with Comcast.
²⁴	Co-owned with Viaplay Group.
²⁵	Co-owned with CH Media.
²⁶	Co-owned with Vodafone & UPC.
²⁷	Owned by ARY Digital Network, but licensed by Paramount.
²⁸	Owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
²⁹	Owned by Amblin Partners.
³⁰	Joint venture with Grupa Polsat Plus.
³¹	Joint venture with Sky Group (25%).
³²	Co-owned with Blue Ant Media.
³³	Operated by E-Plus, but under license from Viacom International Media Networks.
³⁴	Operated by TIM, but under license from Viacom International Media Networks.
³⁵	Operated by T-Mobile/KPN, but under license from VIMN.
³⁶	Operated by T-Mobile, but under license from Viacom International Media Networks.
³⁷	Operated by Telekom Romania Mobile Communications, but under license from Viacom International Media Networks.
³⁸	Operated by Sunrise, but under license from Viacom International Media Networks.
³⁹	Joint-venture with Kinoplex.
⁴⁰	Joint-venture with Orient Cinemas.
⁴¹	Co-owned with Sony Music Entertainment.
⁴²	Owned by Viacom18, but licensed by Paramount Skydance.
⁴³	Sold to Grupo Televisión Litoral.
⁴⁴	Sold to Vytal Group.
⁴⁵	Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery.
⁴⁶	Owned by CME Group, but licensed by Viacom International Media Networks.
⁴⁷	Joint venture with FTV Prima.
⁴⁸	Sold to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
⁴⁹	Sold to AMC Networks.
⁵⁰	Now owned by Sega Sammy Holdings.