Mei Ah Entertainment Group Co., Ltd. () () is a media distribution company in Hong Kong.
History
The company was established in 1984 in
Kowloon Bay
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The bay is located at the east of the Kowloon Peninsula and north of Hong Kong Island. It is the eastern portion of Victor ...
by Mr. Li Kuo Hsing, Hong Kong. During the 1980s, the Group's principal activities were the distribution of videocassette tapes and laser discs. It has been one of the largest videofilm and TV drama distributors of film and TV drama in Hong Kong. Movies distributed by the company are also branded in the film and on the boxes. The company continued to expand until it was listed on the
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
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in 1993. Since 1997, the Group has been actively engaging in film investment, productions and has extended its distribution network to all over the world. From 1999, the Group has been involved in the business of TV program production and distribution. Since 2000, the Group has been dedicated to developing business in film production, television channel operation and multimedia distribution. The Group has co-operated with various TV and telecommunication networks in launching a number of channels.
TV channels
*Launched
Mei Ah Drama Channel (channel 138) in
now TV since November 2004 broadcasting TV dramas from Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China. (Discontinued in January 2012)
*Launched
Mei Ah Movie Channel (channel 812) in
now TV since September 2005 broadcasting Hong Kong and Asian movies,Until in at 1 July 2014 to come Back With TVB Network Vision Channel 52.(Two Pay TV Providers has been Ceased Transmission on 1 April and 1 June 2017; Now Available in myTV SUPER Channel 201)
*Launched Mei Ah Movie Channel (channel 577) in
Mio TV
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since July 2007 broadcasting Hong Kong and Asian movies. (Discontinued in September 2013)
*Launched
Mei Ah Japan Channel (channel 785) in
SKY PerfecTV 785 since March 2008 through
Direct To Home
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satellite broadcasting Hong Kong and Asian movies and dramas.
*Launched Mei Ah Drama Channel (channel 73) in
Mio TV
Singtel TV (formerly known as Singtel IPTV and mio TV) is a pay television service provided by Singtel in Singapore. It is transmitted through Singtel's broadband network via an IPTV platform, which uses Ericsson Mediaroom (originally devel ...
since October 2008 broadcasting TV dramas from Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China.(Ceased transmission since on 31 October 2011)
*In December 2009, the Group and
HBO Asia
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joined to launch the
RED
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Channel in Asia. (Renamed
RED by HBO
Red by HBO (formerly Screen Red, but simply known as Red) was a Southeast Asian pay television movie channel. It was a joint venture between HBO Asia and the Hong Kong studio Mei Ah Entertainment. Launched in 2010, the channel focused primarily ...
in October 2015.)
*Launched
Mei Ah HD Movie Channel (channel 60, Renumbering Of Channel 610 From November 2017) in MOD Taiwan in August 2010, broadcasting
HD movies and TV dramas.
*Provides
video on demand
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("VOD") and monthly subscription video on demand ("
SVOD") services in Hong Kong myTV Super (Subscription Only).
*In December 2013, Mei Ah and
Playboy
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collaborated to launch Lifestyle TV, the first men's lifestyle TV channel in the Asia Pacific, for men ages 18 to 38.
See also
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Golden Harvest
References
External links
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Film distributors of China
Cinema of Hong Kong
Mass media companies of Hong Kong
Entertainment companies established in 1984
Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange