Hong Kong (April 27, 2017) – Addressing the growing demand for Over-The-Top services, Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE), operator of the largest bouquet of pan-Asian channels dedicated to Asian entertainment, announced today four new carriage deals for OTT services of its existing channel brands across Asia. The new carriage deals include CTE’s first OTT launch in Taiwan and OTT carriage agreements in Hong Kong and Singapore.
“We are moving rapidly to address the growing demand for Over-The-Top services of our channels. All six of our main channel brands are available as OTT services and these carriage deals are just the beginning of our OTT expansion. We look forward to working with our affiliate partners as well as new platforms to build their OTT offering. From Chinese and Asian movies to action and horror content, our channel brands extend beyond the linear-viewing experience to offer consumers and subscribers specifically-curated content they can’t see anywhere else,” said Todd Miller, Chief Executive Officer, Celestial Tiger Entertainment.
The deals cover the following CTE channels: Celestial Movies (CM), the premier 24-hour first-run Chinese movie channel in Asia; Celestial Classic Movies (CCM), the world’s most-widely distributed classic Chinese movie channel; KIX, the ultimate destination for action entertainment; and Thrill, Asia’s only regional horror, thriller and suspense movie channel.
The new carriage deals are as follows:
Hong Kong
myTV SUPER, Hong Kong ‘s leading free-to-air broadcaster TVB’s OTT service, now carries CCM, KIX and Thrill. KIX and Thrill will be offered both as linear-streaming channels and as branded on-demand services, while CCM will be offered as a linear streaming channel only. All three channels are available under the Action Thriller Movie Entertainment Pack.
Singapore
CATCHPLAY, a renowned film distributor and co-producer headquartered in Taiwan, now carries a CM branded SVOD service on its OTT service- CATCHPLAY On Demand. The same content is also available for StarHub customers through its CATCHPLAY Unlimited HD add-on channel.
Taiwan
FTV, one of the leading free-to-air broadcasters and largest OTT content aggregators in Taiwan, will carry CCM on its OTT service, Four Seasons. Through FTV, Taiwan’s leading mobile operator Asia Pacific Telecom, also carries CCM on its OTT service, Gt TV.
LiTV, a renowned OTT service provider in Taiwan, carries CCM. LiTV offers nearly 100 local and international TV channels and is the subsidiary of TGC Taiwan Inc, a leading digital technology and entertainment service producer in Taiwan.
Beyond OTT launches, CTE also recently signed traditional linear carriage agreements with Southeast Asia’s platforms and distributors. Thrill launched on Nexmedia, one of the leading digital terrestrial-based pay-TV platforms in Indonesia. In Thailand, the company closed a deal with TTT Networks, a leading Thai cable channel distributor, to distribute CTE’s channels to local cable operators across Thailand. TTT Networks first deal for CTE is a carriage agreement for KIX and Thrill with Charoen TV, the biggest cable operator available in Bangkok and surrounding provinces.
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Celestial Tiger Entertainment
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About Celestial Tiger Entertainment
CELESTIAL TIGER ENTERTAINMENT (CTE) is a leading independent media company dedicated to entertaining audiences in Asia and beyond. The company creates and distributes branded pay television channels and services targeted at Asian consumers.
CTE operates a powerful bouquet of distinct pay television services including: CELESTIAL MOVIES, the premier 24-hour first-run Chinese movie channel in Asia and beyond; CELESTIAL CLASSIC MOVIES, the world’s most-widely distributed Chinese movie channel with an unparalleled array of Chinese movie masterpieces; CELESTIAL MOVIES PINOY, the Chinese movie channel that is programmed, dubbed and promoted specifically to Filipino viewers; cHK, the Chinese entertainment channel offering the latest Hong Kong and other Asian blockbuster movies, alongside highly-anticipated Chinese dramas and series; KIX, the ultimate destination for action entertainment; KIX , the dedicated Over-The-Top (OTT) linear feed for KIX; MIAO MI, the Mandarin “Edutainment” channel created for preschool kids across Asia; THRILL, Asia’s only regional horror, thriller and suspense movie channel; and THRILL , the dedicated Over-The-Top (OTT) linear feed for THRILL. All of CTE’s channel brands are available as linear, on-demand and over-the-top services. CTE also produces original production for its bouquet of channels.
Headquartered in Hong Kong, CTE’s majority shareholders are Saban Capital Group, a leading private investment firm specializing in the media, entertainment and communications industries; Celestial Pictures, a diversified Asian entertainment company owned by Astro Overseas Limited; and Lionsgate, the world’s largest independent filmed entertainment studio.
For more information, please visit www.celestialtiger.com.