MANILA, APRIL 25, 2013 – Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE), sealed three new deals this week to expand reach for Celestial Classic Movies (CCM), including carriage with Cablelink in the Philippines, a branded primetime program block on Central Motion Pictures channel (66) in Taiwan and carriage with Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited’s (HKBN) bbTV in Hong Kong.
“The momentum for Celestial Classic Movies’ footprint expansion keeps building. The channel is now in 8 territories and on 16 platforms, making it the most widely carried classic Chinese movie channel in the world,” said Ofanny Choi, executive vice president for TV networks. “Even more fans around Asia will now get to enjoy some of the best Kung Fu movies of all time and other Chinese cinematic gems in digitally remastered as well as high definition quality.”
In Taiwan, CTE will launch a CCM branded HD primetime program block on Central Motion Pictures channel in May. Central Motion Pictures channel, owned and operated by Golden Media Corporation, is available on Chunghwa Telecom MOD, the largest IPTV platform in Taiwan.
In the Philippines, CCM will launch on Cablelink, a premier cable TV and cable broadband operator covering the southern part of Metro Manila. CCM will be made available on Cablelink’s Digital Movies and Chinese packs. And HKBN, a leading telecommunications service provider in Hong Kong, will carry CCM on its branded IPTV service, bbTV. bbTV currently carries CTE’s KIX and Thrill channels as well.
CCM presents masterpieces from Chinese cinema by tapping into the world-renowned and digitally remastered Shaw Brothers Film Library as well as other Chinese movie libraries. In April, CCM is featuring the iconic actress Cherie Chung as this month’s Celestial VIP. Four of her hit movies will be shown every Saturday at 9pm including Cherie, Hong Kong Hong Kong, Maybe It’s Love and Prince Charming. CCM is now available in Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan.
