HONG KONG – December 10, 2013 – Celestial Tiger Entertainment, Lionsgate’s partner in Asia and one of Asia’s largest vertically integrated independent entertainment companies, announced today that it has signed a content licensing deal with MediaCorp, Singapore’s leading media company, for more than 700 hours of Lionsgate’s TV series and feature films. The deal allows MediaCorp’s over-the-top platform, Toggle, to air the licensed Lionsgate series and films on its channels Toggle Eve and Toggle Movies, and include them in their Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVOD) service.
“We are very excited to be partnering with one of the region’s leading media companies to bring our fantastic slate of television series and prolific library of movies to Toggle’s growing subscriber base. Singaporean viewers can enjoy the flexibility of watching shows like Mad Men via multiple devices on demand. We look forward to more collaboration with MediaCorp as they continue to expand Toggle’s entertainment offering,” said Wendy Reeds, CTE’s Executive Vice President, Content Sales and Distribution, in a press release.
“We are excited to collaborate with Celestial Tiger Entertainment to bring Lionsgate’s TV series and feature films to our viewers. These programs will form an important part of our content portfolio for Toggle, and will allow us to continue to bring new and exciting content to our online multi-device entertainment service for our customers,” said William Lee, Senior Vice President, Toggle, MediaCorp.
The deal includes the Golden Globe® and Emmy® award-winning TV series Weeds, which recently completed its eighth season, and seasons one through five of fan favorite Mad Men, which won the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy® Award four years in a row. Also included in the deal are light-hearted entertainment such as the highly addictive Nail Files, a reality series following the fabulous life of nail salon owner Katie Cazorla, and Running Wilde, a half hour comedy starring Will Arnett (Arrested Development) as a rich, self-centered bachelor who has everything he wants except the girl of his dreams.
The deal also includes hundreds of films from Lionsgate’s vast feature library including blockbuster titles such as American Pie, American Psycho, Dirty Dancing, Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and the Cube and Leprechaun franchises.
Lionsgate is partnered in CTE with Saban Capital Group and Astro’s Celestial Pictures. CTE exclusively sells Lionsgate’s content in Greater China and Southeast Asia and also represents the studio’s television content and film library in Japan and Korea.
