ImaginAsian
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ImaginAsian Entertainment is a multi-media company based in New York City. Its main feature is a television network
, iaTV, which premiered in 2004 and which focuses on entertainment featuring people of East Asian and South East Asian descent. There is also some South Asian content. The channel competed in certain markets with AZN Television
until April 2008, when the competing network ceased broadcasting. It is not yet available in many American television markets
.
They also operated The ImaginAsian
, a renovated movie theater
located in Midtown Manhattan that shows only first-run and classic Asian films, as well as several film festivals per year. The company renovated a second former movie theater in Los Angeles that opened in December 2007, the former Linda Lea Theater, which originally showed Japanese films and served the Little Tokyo area before shuttering in the 1980s.
In addition, past divisions of the company consisted of iaLink, ImaginAsian Entertainment's monthly e-zine, which at one point had over 10 million subscribers, ImaginAsian Pictures and Home Entertainment, a film and DVD distribution division that released several DVDs of Asian films and iaTV original shows, and the successful theatrical and DVD release of the Vietnamese American film Journey From The Fall
, and iaRadio, a block of radio programming both streamed online as well as made available on certain terrestrial stations.
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
, iaTV, which premiered in 2004 and which focuses on entertainment featuring people of East Asian and South East Asian descent. There is also some South Asian content. The channel competed in certain markets with AZN Television
AZN Television
AZN Television promoted itself as "the network for Asian America". It was run by International Networks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. The channel’s programming targeted the fast-growing, young, affluent, English-speaking Asian American community...
until April 2008, when the competing network ceased broadcasting. It is not yet available in many American television markets
Media market
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They also operated The ImaginAsian
The ImaginAsian
The ImaginAsian is a movie theater in midtown Manhattan, New York City, dedicated to exclusively showcasing Asian and Asian American films. Located on 59th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, The ImaginAsian is owned by ImaginAsian Entertainment, which also operates ImaginAsian TV , ImaginAsian...
, a renovated movie theater
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
located in Midtown Manhattan that shows only first-run and classic Asian films, as well as several film festivals per year. The company renovated a second former movie theater in Los Angeles that opened in December 2007, the former Linda Lea Theater, which originally showed Japanese films and served the Little Tokyo area before shuttering in the 1980s.
In addition, past divisions of the company consisted of iaLink, ImaginAsian Entertainment's monthly e-zine, which at one point had over 10 million subscribers, ImaginAsian Pictures and Home Entertainment, a film and DVD distribution division that released several DVDs of Asian films and iaTV original shows, and the successful theatrical and DVD release of the Vietnamese American film Journey From The Fall
Journey from the Fall
Journey from the Fall is a 2006 independent film by writer/director/editor Ham Tran, about the Vietnamese reeducation camp and boat people experience following the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. This drama was released on March 23, 2007, by ImaginAsian to sold-out screenings...
, and iaRadio, a block of radio programming both streamed online as well as made available on certain terrestrial stations.
Current status
As of late 2009, the company has undergone internal changes. Offices in New York were closed and operations were transitioned to Los Angeles under a new team. The television network currently airs its library content while programming, website, and relaunch preparations continue. Both theaters have closed, with the New York City location being operated by Phoenix Theatres, and the LA location being operated by the property owners as the Downtown Independent.List of corporate affiliates
- ImaginAsian Entertainment (IAEI) is the corporate parent
- ImaginAsianTV (iaTV) is the television network
- ImaginAsian Radio (iaRadio) is a streaming online radio
- iaLink is an online e-zine
- The ImaginAsian TheaterThe ImaginAsianThe ImaginAsian is a movie theater in midtown Manhattan, New York City, dedicated to exclusively showcasing Asian and Asian American films. Located on 59th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, The ImaginAsian is owned by ImaginAsian Entertainment, which also operates ImaginAsian TV , ImaginAsian...
, a movie theater in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
which is now owned by Phoenix Theatres - ImaginAsian PicturesImaginAsian PicturesImaginAsian Pictures is an Asian/Asian-American film distribution arm of ImaginAsian Entertainment....
is for the creation, distribution, and promotion of films - ImaginAsian Home Entertainment is the DVD and home video division
- The ImaginAsian CenterThe ImaginAsian CenterThe Downtown Independent is a theater and cinema located in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles, California. It is operated by the Downtown Independent and owned by Orange County, California's Cinema Properties Group...
is the film/event theatre in the Gallery Row area of Los Angeles, California, which opened on December 1, 2007. The Los Angeles center seems to have stopped operations in October 2008, though its web site (http://www.theimaginasian.com/la/) is still up.
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