Los Angeles & Santa Monica, CA/Vancouver, BC – Lionsgate and Saban Capital Group (SCG), a leading private investment firm specializing in the media, entertainment and communications industries, announced an equal partnership to operate and manage Tiger Gate, operator of pay television channels and distributor of television programming and action and horror films across Asia. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established by Lionsgate in partnership with William Pfeiffer and Paul Presburger in 2008, Tiger Gate currently operates the thriller/horror channel THRILL and the action channel KIX. The channels, which launched in Indonesia in August 2009, will launch in Hong Kong and Singapore on April 28.