CABLE TV Brings Viewers "Thrill"

(Hong Kong, January 30, 2012) - Hong Kong Cable Television Limited (CABLE TV)and Celestial Tiger Entertainment jointly announce today to carry the "Thrill" Channel on CABLE TV.

Starting from 6 am tomorrow (Jan 31), "Thrill" will be available on Basic Channel 48 serving viewers the chills and screams they crave for with the best pick of horror, thriller and suspense movies from Hollywood and Asia.

Welcoming "Thrill" on CABLE TV, Senior Vice President for Subscription Services Mr Vincent Cheung says “Thrill” offers premium horror and suspense programming, which is one the most popular entertainment categories among Hong Kong viewers.

“The carriage of 'Thrill' further enhances our already strong movies offerings and will undoubtedly delight our subscribers who are fans of home movie entertainment of the creepy and scary kind,” he adds.

“We are delighted to partner with Cable TV and extend Thrill to a wider audience in Hong Kong. Cable TV’s subscribers can now enjoy Asia’s only movie channel dedicated to the horror, suspense and thriller genres. By combining the best of the genres from both Hollywood and Asia, we are sure to please audiences looking for some spine-tingling thrills anytime of the day,” said Ofanny Choi, Executive Vice President, TV Networks, Celestial Tiger Entertainment.

Thrill is Asia's first and only movie channel dedicated 24/7 to the widely popular horror, thriller and suspense genres. Packed with scream-worthy movies from Asia and Hollywood, Thrill also features a selection of chilling TV series. Tapping into Lionsgate's vast stockpile of horror and thriller content, Thrill keeps viewers on the edge of their seats with non-stop scares.  Besides Hong Kong, Thrill can also be seen in Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand.


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About Hong Kong Cable Television Limited

Launched in 1993, Hong Kong Cable Television Limited (CABLE TV) is one of the largest pay television operators and content providers in Hong Kong, currently producing over 10,000 hours of programming a year.

With its leading position in News, Movies, Entertainment and Sports television programming, CABLE TV provides top-rated programmes to individual consumers, mobile operators, commercial premises and public transportation systems.

i-CABLE Communications Limited, CABLE TV’s parent company, owns and operates one of the two near universal wireline broadband telecommunications networks in Hong Kong, over which it provides Television, Broadband and Voice services to well over one million subscribing households and businesses.

i-CABLE Communications Limited also commands one of the largest and most influential TV viewer and communications service user bases in town.


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 broadly distributed 24-hour Chinese and Asian movies channel in the world; Celestial Classic Movies, the gateway to an unparalleled array of Chinese movie masterpieces; Celestial Movies On Demand, Celestial’s subscription video on demand service; KIX, the ultimate in action entertainment; Thrill, Asia's only horror and suspense movie channel; and KIX HD, featuring the best of action with a late-night dose of thrillers in high definition.

As one of Asia’s largest vertically integrated entertainment companies, CTE produces original content which complements its channels business. CTE is also the exclusive sales agent of content in all media in Southeast Asia and China from independent Hollywood studio Lionsgate.

Headquartered in Hong Kong, CTE is a joint venture among 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.


For further information, please contact:


Hong Kong Cable Television Limited

Ms. Christy Chan

External Affairs Department

Tel: (852) 2112 5927

E-mail: christychan@cabletv.com.hk


Celestial Tiger Entertainment

Ms. Pauline Poon

Public Relations Manager

Tel: (852) 2626 8131

E-mail: pauline.poon@celestialtiger.com