Celestial Tiger Entertainment was founded in 2008 as Tiger Gate Entertainment, as a joint venture between private media investment firmSaban Capital Group and entertainment company Lionsgate. Pay television channelsKix andThrill were later launched in August 2009.[2]
In 2013, cHK was launched in Singapore with Hong Kong celebritiesBernice Liu,Him Law andLiu Kai-chi hosting a media event to promote cHK as a Hong Kong general entertainment channel.[6][7]
On August 15, 2024, CTE launches its first Chinese movie streaming app, CMGO, in Singapore, with Malaysia following on November 19, 2024. The app focuses on the latest and greatest Chinese movies from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia.
CTE owns the Shaw Brothers film library[8] and leverages a library of film and TV from Lionsgate.[9]
In February 2012,YOU On Demand Holdings and Lionsgate announced deal to show a number of Lionsgate films on a Transactional Video On Demand (TVOD) and Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) basis in China.[10]
In 2013, CTE sold over 1700 hours of Lionsgate TV series and movies (includingAnger Management,The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, andthe Hunger Games franchise) to broadcasters and media platforms in southeast Asia and China as part of a regional distribution deal.[11] CTE also expanded its Southeast Asian distribution deal with Lionsgate to cover Japan and Korea,[12] and sold a further 700 hours of TV series and feature films in an SVOD deal with MediaCorp’s Toggle digital platform in Singapore.[13][14]
Available in Australia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, formerly available in Taiwan.
Celestial Movies Pinoy** - Filipino and English dubbed, Original Language subtitles in English Asian movie channel distributed and marketed byViva Communications.
Available only in the Philippines viaCignal TV Channel 40 SD.
cHK - Local Hong Kong entertainment and showbiz news channel
Available only in Singapore until 2021
CM+ - Featuring the latest blockbusters and exclusive movies from across Asia
Available only in Singapore viaSingtel TV Channel 571.
Available in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia, formerly available in Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore. From October 2020, this channel is launched across Africa.
