Celestial Tiger Entertainment Secures First and Exclusive Rights to Bring World Series of Fighting and Glory World Series to KIX

HONG KONG (July 24, 2014) – Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE), operator of the largest bouquet of pan-Asian channels dedicated to Asian entertainment, announced today that it has secured first and exclusive content deals with two global combat sports promotions for KIX. The deals are with IMG Media for World Series of Fighting (WSOF), the fastest-growing mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in the world, and Total Sports Asia for Glory World Series (GWS), the premier international kickboxing league.

“KIX is the pay TV ‘Home of Combat’ in Asia and we are excited to add two amazing global promotions to our roster of top combat sports events from around the world. We promise our audience action and you can’t get more action than with World Series of Fighting and Glory World Series,” said Betty Tsui, Vice President, Programming – KIX and Thrill, Celestial Tiger Entertainment.

KIX will air exclusive first-in-Asia runs of World Series of Fighting featuring epic match-ups between elite fighters from around the globe. Star fighters for WSOF include Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje, world-class Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Rousimar Palhares, the world’s no. 1 Strawweight Champion Jessica Aguilar, and top middleweight Yushin Okami. World Series of Fighting will start airing July 29 at 10PM (HK/SG/PHIL) 9PM (JKT/BKK).

KIX will also be the exclusive pan-regional broadcaster of Glory World Series. GWS is the world’s premier kickboxing league and maintains six different weight classes. GWS’ fights can be single matches between two fighters (known as ‘superfights’) or as part of tournaments. Having acquired rival kickboxing promotion It’s Showtime, GWS brings all the best kickboxers in the world under one promotion. Key GWS fighters include World Grand Prix Champion Mirko Cro Cop, 95kg World Champion Tyrone Spong and Heavyweight Champion Gokhan Saki. Glory World Series premieres on KIX starting August 19 at 10PM (HK/PHIL) 9PM (JKT/BKK).

WSOF and GWS adds to KIX’s “Home of Combat” roster which includes Bellator MMA, the largest tournament-based MMA promotion in the world; BAMMA, the No. 1 MMA event in the UK; M-1, featuring battles between Europe’s top MMA clubs; Enfusion Live, the kickboxing event starring a new generation of fighters; and Road FC, one of Asia’s biggest MMA promotions featuring Korea’s “Young Guns”.


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About Celestial Tiger Entertainment

CELESTIAL TIGER ENTERTAINMENT (CTE) is a diversified media company dedicated to entertaining audiences in Asia and beyond. The company focuses on the operation of branded pay television channels, content creation and content distribution targeted at Asian consumers.

CTE operates a powerful bouquet of distinct pay television channels including: CELESTIAL MOVIES, the most widely distributed 24-hour Chinese movie channel in the world; CELESTIAL CLASSIC MOVIES, the gateway to an unparalleled array of Chinese movie masterpieces; cHK, a one-stop channel for cool, chic, and contemporary celebrity-powered Hong Kong entertainment; KIX, the ultimate destination for action entertainment; and THRILL, Asia's only horror and suspense movie channel.

As one of Asia's largest vertically integrated independent entertainment companies, CTE produces original content which complements its channels business. CTE is also the exclusive sales agent for Hollywood studio Lionsgate in Greater China and Southeast Asia, and represents Lionsgate’s television content and vast feature film library in Japan and Korea as well.

Headquartered in Hong Kong, CTE’s majority shareholders are Saban Capital Group, a leading private investment firm specializing in the media, entertainment and communications industries; Celestial Pictures, a major Asian entertainment company wholly-owned by Astro, the owner and operator of the leading DTH platform in Malaysia; and Lionsgate, the world’s largest independent filmed entertainment studio.

For more information, please visit www.celestialtiger.com.