Hang Meas HDTV

Hang Meas HDTV is a Cambodian television channel operated within Rasmey Hang Meas Video Group Production, a privately owned Cambodian media and entertainment group. The channel began broadcasting in 2012 and is identified with the expansion of locally produced, commercially sponsored television entertainment in Cambodia. It was described as the first Cambodian channel to broadcast in high definition, an attribute reflected in its name and central to its positioning as a modern national television service. The channel’s programming spans several major television categories. Its schedule includes locally produced news bulletins, international reality and game-show adaptations, Khmer-language drama series, music programming, concert broadcasts, sports coverage, foreign drama and animation. News output has included weekday live programs such as Hang Meas Morning Express News, Hang Meas Flash News and Hang Meas Updates Today. Entertainment programming has been particularly important to the channel’s identity, with licensed or format-based Cambodian versions of internationally recognized franchises including The Voice Cambodia, Cambodian Idol, The X Factor Cambodia, Cambodia’s Got Talent, The Voice Kids Cambodia, Cambodian Idol Junior, Killer Karaoke Cambodia, The Mask Singer Cambodia and I Am a Singer Cambodia. Hang Meas HDTV also functions as a platform for locally made scripted content. Its Khmer drama schedule has included serials and music-series projects such as Autumn in My Heart, My Little Devil, Pous Keng Kang, The Frog Prince, Wife, Two Mothers, My Office Mate and I Have A Plus Sense. The channel commonly schedules Khmer drama in evening blocks, helping it compete for prime-time audiences through recurring serial storytelling rather than relying only on imported programming. Music and branded entertainment are another major part of the business. Hang Meas HDTV broadcasts weekend concerts and has carried studio-branded or sponsor-linked productions associated with brands including Ganzberg, Cambodia Beer, Boostrong, Freshy, M-150 and Oishi Green Tea. It has also presented touring concerts in Cambodian provinces for special events. This model connects television production with the wider activities of the Hang Meas group, which has been described as having interests in video and music-video production, radio, television and live entertainment. The channel has carried selected sports and event programming, including Kun Khmer-related competitions, football, combat-sports content, the Olympic Games, the 2023 Southeast Asian Games and other licensed international events. Its listed entertainment catalogue has also included foreign drama, Korean drama, animation and programs such as Wipeout and Ultimate Fighting Championship content. Availability has been associated with a transmitter on Tiger Beer Road in Phnom Penh, while the channel’s intended market is Cambodia as a whole. Hang Meas HDTV is privately owned, but reference material has described it as being indirectly controlled by Cambodia’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party. That political context is relevant to understanding the channel’s place in Cambodia’s media system, although the available material does not provide a detailed ownership chain or a separate corporate filing. Financial information, audience figures and current leadership details are not established in the supplied sources.

Hang Meas HDTV emerged in Cambodia’s expanding commercial television sector and began broadcasting in 2012. Its launch marked a technological and market-positioning milestone because the channel was described as the first in Cambodia to broadcast in high definition. Rather than operating as a narrowly focused service, it developed as a general-entertainment channel connected to a broader media group whose activities include television, radio, music-video production, video production and live events. The channel’s development has centered on combining imported or internationally licensed formats with Cambodian production. Talent and reality franchises became a major part of its schedule, including Cambodian editions of The Voice, The Voice Kids, Cambodian Idol, Cambodia’s Got Talent, The X Factor, Killer Karaoke, The Mask Singer and related competition formats. These programs localized familiar international television structures through Cambodian hosts, judges, performers and contestants, while giving the channel recurring event programming capable of generating audience attention across multiple seasons. Alongside format adaptations, Hang Meas HDTV established a substantial Khmer-language scripted output. Its drama schedule has included serialized family, romantic, supernatural and melodramatic stories, as well as music-series projects. Evening drama blocks provided a regular prime-time anchor and supported the channel’s broader role as a producer and distributor of Cambodian popular culture. The channel has also carried weekday news programs, allowing it to combine current-affairs output with entertainment rather than functioning solely as a music or variety broadcaster. Music has remained closely integrated with the channel’s identity. Hang Meas HDTV has televised weekend concerts, studio productions and branded music events, including programs associated with beverage, youth and consumer brands. It has also supported provincial tour concerts and special-event broadcasts. This relationship between television, music production, sponsorship and live performance reflects the wider business model of Rasmey Hang Meas Video Group Production. The channel’s schedule has broadened through sports and event rights, with listed programming covering Kun Khmer competitions, football, combat sports, the Olympic Games, the Southeast Asian Games and other international sporting properties. Foreign drama, Korean drama, animated series and internationally known entertainment programs have supplemented the locally produced catalogue. The channel has therefore operated as a mixed programming service designed to retain viewers across news, prime-time drama, reality competition, music, sport and family entertainment. Reference material describes Hang Meas HDTV as privately owned while also stating that it is indirectly controlled by Cambodia’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party. The available information does not document the precise ownership structure, changes in control, financial performance or individual executives. Its transmission facilities have been associated with Tiger Beer Road in Phnom Penh, and its principal operating market remains Cambodia.

• 2026

  Listed FIFA World Cup broadcast rights

  [1]Hang Meas HDTVen.wikipedia.org

  Reference material lists the channel as licensed to broadcast live coverage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Cambodia.

• 2023

  Southeast Asian Games coverage

  [1]Hang Meas HDTVen.wikipedia.org

  The programming catalogue included coverage of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, hosted by Cambodia.

• 2021

  Olympic Games broadcasting

  [1]Hang Meas HDTVen.wikipedia.org

  The channel was listed as holding a Cambodian license to broadcast live coverage of the 2021 Summer Olympic Games.

• 2012

  Launch of Hang Meas HDTV

  [1]Hang Meas HDTVen.wikipedia.org

  The channel began broadcasting in Cambodia and was described as the country’s first high-definition television channel.

A national Cambodian general-entertainment television channel combining high-definition broadcasting, locally produced news and drama, licensed international formats, sports, music and sponsor-supported live entertainment.

• News programming

  Television news

  Hang Meas HDTV’s news output includes weekday live programs such as Hang Meas Morning Express News, Hang Meas Flash News and Hang Meas Updates Today. These programs provide a current-affairs component within a schedule otherwise heavily associated with entertainment, drama, music and sports.

• Reality and competition television

  International reality and talent formats

  The channel has produced Cambodian versions of internationally recognized competition formats, including The Voice Cambodia, Cambodian Idol, Cambodia’s Got Talent, The X Factor Cambodia, The Voice Kids Cambodia, Cambodian Idol Junior, Killer Karaoke Cambodia, The Mask Singer Cambodia and I Am a Singer Cambodia. These shows are built around local contestants and production teams while retaining the structures of their licensed formats.

• Khmer-language scripted television

  Hang Meas Khmer Drama

  The channel’s Khmer drama output includes serialized romantic, family, supernatural and social stories. Listed examples include Autumn in My Heart, My Little Devil, Pous Keng Kang, The Frog Prince, Wife, Two Mothers, My Office Mate and I Have A Plus Sense. Drama has been scheduled in evening time slots, making it a core prime-time offering.

• Music and live entertainment

  Concert and branded music programming

  Hang Meas HDTV broadcasts weekend concerts, studio-branded music events and special provincial tour concerts. Listed examples include Ganzberg Uber Concert, Cambodia Brew The Beat Concert, Boostrong Concert 2021, Freshy Hero Kids Concert, M150 Extra Concert and Oishi Green Tea Concert. These productions connect the channel with sponsors, performers and the wider Hang Meas music business.

• Sports television

  Sports and event broadcasts

  The listed sports catalogue includes Kun Khmer competitions, King of Fighter, Xtreme Kun Khmer, Bundesliga, Olympic Games coverage, the 2023 Southeast Asian Games and international combat-sports content. The channel has also been listed for live coverage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Cambodia.

• Foreign drama and animation

  Imported entertainment

  Imported programming supplements local production and format shows. The listed catalogue includes Naagin, Korean dramas, Regal Academy, Winx Club, Mia and Me, Wipeout and Ultimate Fighting Championship content.

1. 1Hang Meas HDTVen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Hang Meas official websitehangmeas.com.kh