Singapore – RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network announced a deal with Sony Pictures Television that will bring the Emmy award-winning series House of Cards to Southeast Asia on April 7. The series, which is produced by Media Rights Capital, premiered in the U.S. on streaming service Netflix, and stars Academy Award-winner Kevin Spacey and Golden Globe-winner Robin Wright. House of Cards will premiere in May first and exclusive on the RTL CBS Entertainment channel.

“We’re committed to bringing a very strong programming proposition to operators and audiences in the region and are delighted to have secured House of Cards,” said Jonas Engwall, CEO, RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network. “This award-winning, highly anticipated show will complement the stellar line-up of programmes on our channel.”

House of Cards

Kevin Spacey stars as Congressman Francis Underwood in this wicked one-hour political drama series that slithers behind the curtain of power, sex, ambition, love, greed and corruption in modern Washington D.C. Francis and his equally ambitious wife Claire, played by Robin Wright, stop at nothing to ensure their ascendancy.

Developed and produced by Beau Willimon (The Ides of March), House of Cards has earned several accolades including Robin Wright’s Golden Globe award for Best Actress in a Television Drama, as well as Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series, and Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series. It was also honoured as one of the American Film Institute’s TV Programs of the Year for 2013.

RTL CBS Entertainment HD is available in Malaysia on HyppTV, in the Philippines on SKYcable and Cablelink, in Singapore on mio TV and in Thailand on TrueVisions.