Hong Kong - Celestial Pictures announced the appointment of Jeffrey Soong as managing director of its newly opened Taiwan office. Celestial Pictures will utilize a local presence in Taiwan to expand the distribution of its channels, develop film and TV series co-productions, explore new media licensing opportunities and raise its profile in Taiwan's entertainment scene. Soong will lead the Taiwan operation and work closely with Celestial's management team in its Hong Kong headquarters as well as … [Read more...] about Celestial Pictures expands into Taiwan; appoints industry veteran Jeffrey Soong as Managing Director
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Shaw Brothers Films on Portable Viewing Devices to make debut in Singapore
Celestial Pictures, Chinese motion picture company and operator of regional pay-TV channels, announced today a strategic licensing agreement with Creative Technology Ltd to distribute more than 600 Shaw Brothers films and 500 hours of original TV dramas from Celestial Pictures on its portable viewing devices in Singapore. More in the next Executive News. … [Read more...] about Shaw Brothers Films on Portable Viewing Devices to make debut in Singapore
Celestial Pictures locks in exclusive output deal with Emperor Motion Pictures for its flagship channel
Hong Kong - Celestial Pictures (Celestial) announced the signing of a multi-year output deal with one of the leading Chinese movie companies in Hong Kong, Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP). The deal gives Celestial Pictures’ flagship channel CELESTIAL MOVIES (CM) the exclusive first run pay-TV rights to broadcast the entire upcoming slate of theatrical productions from EMP. Territories covered under the deal include Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. In consideration of today’s … [Read more...] about Celestial Pictures locks in exclusive output deal with Emperor Motion Pictures for its flagship channel
now TV and Celestial Pictures renew carriage of Celestial Movies Asia with more Hong Kong blockbusters
Hong Kong - Celestial Pictures announced a multi-year renewal of the exclusive carriage agreement on Celestial Movies Asia (CMA), a 24-hour channel featuring blockbuster movies from across Asia. The renewal ensures that not only will now TV customers continue to enjoy Asian movies on CMA (channel 147), but they may also watch a much bigger exclusive selection of first-run Hong Kong blockbuster movies. CMA exclusively premieres numerous blockbusters from Japan and Korea such as Oppai Volleyball … [Read more...] about now TV and Celestial Pictures renew carriage of Celestial Movies Asia with more Hong Kong blockbusters
Celestial Pictures appoints Gillian Zhao as new China MD
Hong Kong - Celestial Pictures announced the appointment of Gillian Zhao Fang as managing director, China. Based in Beijing, Zhao will be responsible for growing all of Celestial Pictures’ business lines in mainland China including channel distribution, content licensing, and film and television series production. Zhao will help drive distribution of Celestial Pictures’ Shaw Brothers Film Library to traditional and new media platforms in China. In particular, she will focus on … [Read more...] about Celestial Pictures appoints Gillian Zhao as new China MD
Celestial Pictures signs licensing deal with Shanghai Media Group
Hong Kong - Celestial Pictures announced it has signed a licensing deal with WingsMedia Co., Ltd, the distribution arm of Shanghai Media Group (SMG), for over 100 hours of programming produced by SMG. The programs encompassed in the deal will air, in its first run, exclusively on WaTV, Celestial’s Mandarin general entertainment channel on Astro’s platform in Malaysia and Brunei. The deal was sealed at the 16th Annual Shanghai Television Festival between Ofanny Choi, senior vice … [Read more...] about Celestial Pictures signs licensing deal with Shanghai Media Group
