KTV

plural KTVs

1. Chinaregionaluncountablechiefly AsiaKaraoke television, a form of interactive musical entertainment.

   Most KTV clubs in Taiwan have since followed a single architectural formula: […]

   2004, Avron Boretz, "Carousing and Masculinity: The Cultural Production of Gender in Taiwan", in Catherine Farris, Anru Lee, Murray Rubinstein, Women in the New Taiwan: Gender Roles and Gender Consciousness in a Changing Society, East Gate, page 179

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   They are enshrined and worshiped on the table as ‘holy scripture’ for KTV devotees.

   2006, Tsen Wang, "DEMO Exegesis: Virtual Songs", in Kevin K. W. Wong et al., Proceedings of Third Australasian Conference of Interactice Entertainment, Murdoch University, page 34

   As opposed to karaoke’s open venues, such as bars, KTV is enclosed in a private room and features microphones and a large television screen which includes the lyrics and features the music videos or, in the case of most Western songs, a low-budget video filmed especially for KTV.

   2010, Marc L. Moskowitz, Cries of Joy, Songs of Sorrow: Chinese Pop Music and Its Cultural Connotations, University of Hawaiʻi Press, page 10

2. Chinacountableregionalchiefly AsiaKaraoke box, a karaoke entertainment establishment.

   The KTV is an apt place to begin an investigation into such phenomena, […]

   2014, Brian Hu, Love in the Club: Karaoke Realism in Chinese and Hong Kong Cinema, in David Laderman, Laurel Westrup, Sampling Media, Oxford University Press, page 135

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   The longest take of the film, where the underwold and political figures decide the case of Flatty and Kao in the shadowy interstices of a KTV, […]

   2009, James Udden, No Man an Island: The Cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien, Hong Kong University Press, page 139

   “Anyway, in order to take my mind off of the problem, my wife suggested we go to a KTV,” Su said.

   2012, Peter Martel, Gator Tango and the Higgs Boson, Strategic Book Publishing and Rights, page 67

1. Kondatam Television (a popular Tamil TV channel)