Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE), formerly Tiger Gate Entertainment, is a diversified media company based in

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that operates

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entertainment channels in Asia and oversees

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distribution rights in

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and

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. It is a

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...

co-owned by Saban Capital Group,

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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. 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. In 2013, cHK was launched in Singapore with Hong Kong celebrities Bernice Liu, Him Law and

Liu Kai-chi Dick Liu Kai-chi (, 30 September 1953 – 28 March 2021) was a Hong Kong actor, best known for his everyman supporting roles. His career spanned over 40 years, with appearances in over 90 television series and 70 films. He earned eight nomina ...

hosting a media event to promote cHK as a Hong Kong general entertainment channel. On August 15, 2024, CTE launches its first Chinese movie streaming app, CMGO, in Singapore, which focuses on the latest and greatest Chinese movies from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia.

Lionsgate/Starz partnership

CTE owns the Shaw Brothers film libraryLionsgate strikes Asian partnership with Saban Capital and Celestial Pictures
Retrieved on July 12, 2013 and leverages a library of film and TV from Lionsgate. 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. In 2013, CTE sold over 1700 hours of Lionsgate TV series and movies (including '' Anger Management'', '' The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2'', and ''

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'' franchise) to broadcasters and media platforms in southeast Asia and China as part of a regional distribution deal. CTE also expanded its Southeast Asian distribution deal with Lionsgate to cover Japan and Korea, and sold a further 700 hours of TV series and feature films in an SVOD deal with MediaCorp’s Toggle digital platform in Singapore.Dope show Weeds to air in Singapore
Retrieved on April 24, 2014

Channels

Celestial Tiger Entertainment operates the following channels: * Celestial Movies - A channel featuring current Asian films and entertainment news ** Available in Malaysia, Brunei, South Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, and Singapore, also Upcoming in Thailand, Myanmar. * Celestial Classic Movies* - Featuring classic Hong Kong Chinese films ** Available in Australia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, formerly available in Taiwan. * Celestial Movies Pinoy** - Filipino and English dubbed, Original Language subtitles in English Asian movie channel distributed and marketed by

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. ** Available only in the Philippines via

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Channel 40 SD. * cHK - Local Hong Kong entertainment and showbiz news channel ** Available only in Singapore until 2021 * CM+ - Featuring the latest blockbusters and exclusive movies from across Asia ** Available only in Singapore via Singtel TV Channel 571. * PopC - Featuring Chinese online movies from China ** Available only in Hong Kong via myTV SUPER Channel 206. * Kix* - Action, MMA, TV series,

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and extreme sportsTiger Gate KIX Into Gear to Thrill Audiences, Launching Two Pan-Asian Action and Horror Channels and Announcing Financial Partners
newswire.ca, Retrieved on July 18, 2012 ** Available in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia, formerly available in Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore. From October 2020, this channel is launched across Africa. * Thrill* - Horror, thriller and suspense ** Available in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Macau, Myanmar, and Malaysia, formerly available in Thailand and Singapore. * Miao Mi* - Mandarin Kids Channel. ** Available in Thailand and South Korea. * Distributed in the Philippines by Creative Programs
** Joint Venture with

References

External links

* {{Lionsgate Mass media companies of Hong Kong Mass media companies established in 2008 Joint ventures Starz Entertainment