Celestial Tiger Entertainment Explained

Celestial Tiger Entertainment
Type:Joint venture
Founded:2008
Former Name:Tiger Gate Entertainment (2008-2011)
Location:Suite 1603, Kwun Tong Harbour Plaza, 182 Wai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Key People:Todd Miller
Owners:
Industry:Entertainment

Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE), formerly Tiger Gate Entertainment, is a diversified media company based in Hong Kong that operates pay television entertainment channels in Asia and oversees Lionsgate distribution rights in Greater China and Southeast Asia.[1] It is a joint venture co-owned by Saban Capital Group, Lionsgate and Celestial Pictures.

Overview

Celestial Tiger Entertainment was founded in 2008 as Tiger Gate Entertainment, as a joint venture between private media investment firm Saban Capital Group and entertainment company Lionsgate. Pay television channels Kix and Thrill were later launched in August 2009.

Celestial Pictures Limited joined Tiger Gate Entertainment in late 2011 adding the already established Celestial Classic Movies and Celestial Movies to the company's channel lineup.[2] [3] Following this partnership, the company was renamed Celestial Tiger Entertainment and the high definition (HD) feed was added to existing channels for territories in Asia.[4]

In 2013, cHK was launched in Singapore with Hong Kong celebrities Bernice Liu, Him Law and Liu Kai Chi hosting a media event to promote cHK as a Hong Kong general entertainment channel.[5] [6]

In 2024, CTE will launch its first Chinese movie streaming app, CMGO, in Southeast Asia, which focuses on the latest and greatest Chinese movies from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia.

Lionsgate partnership

CTE owns the Shaw Brothers film library[7] and leverages a library of film and TV from Lionsgate.[8]

In February 2012, YOU On Demand Holdings and Lionsgate announced deal to show a number of Lionsgate films on a Transactional Video On Demand (TVOD) and Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) basis in China.[9]

In 2013, CTE sold over 1700 hours of Lionsgate TV series and movies (including Anger Management, , and the Hunger Games franchise) to broadcasters and media platforms in southeast Asia and China as part of a regional distribution deal.[10] CTE also expanded its Southeast Asian distribution deal with Lionsgate to cover Japan and Korea,[11] and sold a further 700 hours of TV series and feature films in an SVOD deal with MediaCorp’s Toggle digital platform in Singapore.[12] [13]

Channels

Celestial Tiger Entertainment operates the following channels:

* Distributed in the Philippines by Creative Programs
** Joint Venture with Viva Communications

References

  1. About Celestial Tiger Entertainment, Retrieved on July 12, 2013
  2. "The Wrap" Saban Invests $30M in Asian Pay-TV Business With Lionsgate thewrap.com, Retrieved on July 17, 2012
  3. "Asia Media Journal" Celestial And Tiger Gate Join Forces asiamediajournal.com, Retrieved on July 17, 2012
  4. http://china-screen-news.com/2012/02/a-new-hd-channel-for-the-new-celestial-tiger-entertainment/ A new HD channel for the new Celestial Tiger Entertainment
  5. https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/singapore-to-get-hong-kong-entertainment-channel-1200714966/ Singapore to Get Hong Kong Entertainment Channel
  6. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151930932839076.1073741884.93834254075&type=3 SingTel mio TV cHK Channel Launch - Meet & Greet
  7. http://playbackonline.ca/2011/12/22/lionsgate-strikes-asian-partnership-with-saban-capital-and-celestial-pictures/#ixzz2YpFwJvP5 Lionsgate strikes Asian partnership with Saban Capital and Celestial Pictures
  8. http://www.saban.com/html/press/news040610.pdf LIONSGATE AND SABAN CAPITAL GROUP FORM JOINT VENTURE TO OPERATE TIGER GATE
  9. http://china-screen-news.com/2012/02/you-on-demand-announces-licensing-deal-with-lionsgate-and-celestial-tiger-entertainment-for-video-on-demand-in-china/ YOU On Demand announces licensing deal With Lionsgate and Celestial Tiger Entertainment for Video On Demand in China
  10. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/celestial-tiger-sells-1700-hours-430911 Celestial Tiger Sells Over 1700 hours of Lionsgate Product in Asia
  11. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lionsgate-celestial-tiger-entertainment-distribution-deal-370736 Lionsgate Extends Celestial Tiger Entertainment Distribution Deal to Korea and Japan
  12. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lionsgate-celestial-tiger-license-700-664106 Lionsgate, Celestial Tiger License Over 700 Hours of TV and Movies to MediaCorp's Toggle
  13. http://www.contentasia.tv/pdf/Emag/177.ContentAsia_9-22Dec2013.pdf Dope show Weeds to air in Singapore
  14. http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/409645/tiger-gate-kix-into-gear-to-thrill-audiences-launching-two-pan-asian-action-and-horror-channels-and-announcing-financial-partners Tiger Gate KIX Into Gear to Thrill Audiences, Launching Two Pan-Asian Action and Horror Channels and Announcing Financial Partners

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Celestial Tiger Entertainment".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.