Thrill Unveils Refreshed Logo and New On Air Presentation: Channel's New Look to Coincide with its Annual Asian Fear Fest

Hong Kong, 2 October 2014—Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE), operator of the largest bouquet of pan-Asian channels dedicated to Asian entertainment, has unveiled a new look for Thrill, Asia’s only regional channel dedicated to the genres of horror, thrillers, and suspense. The new look includes an updated logo as well as a sleek and scary new on-air presentation package. Created by its in-house on-air production team, the new package is inspired by pulsating blood vessels pumping blood to an eye ball. The logo has also been updated with cleaner lines and a sharp edge at the bottom of each letter, mimicking a killer's knife.

To kick off the new look, Thrill will be showcasing a slate of the latest Asian horror movies with its third annual Asian Fear Fest. Launched in 2012, Asian Fear Fest features eight tales of terror from across Asia guaranteed to make you scream. First and exclusive titles featured in this year's festival include: the award-winning film Kala directed by acclaimed Indonesian filmmaker Joko Anwar; The House That Never Dies, just released theatrically in July and the highest-grossing horror movie of all time at the Chinese box office; and Raaz 3, the third and most successful film of the famous Bollywood horror franchise.

Besides Asian Fear Fest, Thrill will also exclusively premiere Rosemary's Baby, a four part miniseries based on Ira Levin's best-selling novel, in November. Starring blockbuster movie actress Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy, Avatar, Star Trek), the miniseries, shown on NBC in the U.S., will be paired with Roman Polanski's iconic movie of the same name in a special thematic called "Fear is Born."

Asian Fear Fest starts 4 October on Thrill at 11pm (HK/SG/PHIL)/10pm (JKT/BKK). Rosemary's Baby will premiere 8 November at 11pm (HK/SG/PHIL)/10pm (JKT/BKK).

Thrill is currently available in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines.


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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.