Eutelsat Corporate – Mar 09, 2016 08:37 GMT

 

Photo : Mohamed Said Zerari (left), OSN, receiving Eutelsat's special award from Ali Korur (right), CEO of Eutelsat's Middle East

Paris, Dubai, 9 March 2016 – The threshold of 6,000 channels broadcasting via Eutelsat’s satellites was crossed earlier this year with the launch of OSN First HD – Home of HBO, a new channel broadcast by OSN, the leading Pay-TV network in the Middle East and North Africa. In honour of this landmark Eutelsat presented a Special Award to OSN at this week’s Cabsat event in Dubai.

OSN First HD – Home of HBO, bringing award-winning and world-class series from the HBO stable at same time as the US. OSN First HD – Home of HBO takes OSN’s long-term partnership with HBO, the leading name in ground-breaking, award-winning series, to the next level. It offers first and exclusive access for OSN subscribers to HBO’s spectacular and award-winning portfolio of TV movies, comedy specials, documentaries and talk-shows. The line-up includesTogetherness, Vinyl, Game of Thrones, Ballers, The Brink, True Detective, Girls, Silicon Valley and Veep, among prime series; the extremely popular Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and several mini-series including Show Me a Hero.

Mark Billinge, OSN’s CTO, said: “With this Award from Eutelsat we are also celebrating a 10-year relationship during which the Middle East and North Africa broadcast landscape has transformed into one of the most vibrant in the global television business. The launch of OSN First HD – Home of HBO reflects our strategy to raise the bar in sound and image quality. Looking beyond HD, Ultra HD is on our roadmap as the next opportunity to give our viewers an exceptional TV experience.”

Soaring channel growth in MENA market

OSN First HD – Home of HBO launched on February 1^st from Eutelsat’s 7/8° West neighbourhood that broadcasts over 1,100 channels. Two out of three satellite channels in the Middle East and North Africa have converged at this position, making it the most popular in the region. Over 100 channels are already broadcast in HD by the high-power satellites at 7/8° West, positioning this neighbourhood in the vanguard of premium signal quality.

Meet Eutelsat at Cabsat 2016, Dubai World Trade Centre, until 10 March:

Zabeel Hall Stand: ZB5-10

About Eutelsat Communications

Established in 1977, Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is one of the world's leading and most experienced operators of communications satellites. The company provides capacity on 40 satellites to clients that include broadcasters and broadcasting associations, pay-TV operators, video, data and Internet service providers, enterprises and government agencies.

Eutelsat’s satellites provide ubiquitous coverage of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas, enabling video, data, broadband and government communications to be established irrespective of a user’s location.

Headquartered in Paris, with offices and teleports around the globe, Eutelsat represents a workforce of 1,000 men and women from 37 countries who are experts in their fields and work with clients to deliver the highest quality of service.

For more about Eutelsat please visit www.eutelsat.com

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NEW GAME OF THRONES SEASON 6 TRAILER

Gives more insight to the new season premiering in Asia this April 25 on HBO

Watch the trailer

Download production stills from the new season of Game of Thrones here

 

 

Singapore, March 9, 2016 – HBO has released the new trailer for the wildly anticipated ten-episode sixth season of GAME OF THRONES (#GoTSeason6), premiering in Singapore the same time as the US – exclusively on HBO (StarHub TV Ch 601) this April 25 at 9am, with a same day primetime encore at 9pm. The series will also be available on HBO GO on StarHub Go and HBO On Demand.

 

Based on George R.R. Martin’s popular book series “A Song of Ice and Fire”, HBO’s Emmy^®-winning fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast and violent kingdom. The HBO series has won 26 Emmys^®, among many other awards.

 

The ensemble cast for the fifth season included Emmy^® and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Kit Harington, Diana Rigg, Natalie Dormer, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner. Executive producers, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, George R.R. Martin.

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About HBO ASIA

Singapore-based HBO Asia brings the best of Hollywood to Asia first through its exclusive licensing deals with major Hollywood and independent studios, including Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, Warner Bros. and Lionsgate. HBO Asia has proprietary and award-winning HBO and HBO Asia Original programmes that are produced exclusively for HBO viewers. Wholly owned by HBO (a Time Warner company), HBO Asia reaches 23 territories across Asia and offers a bouquet of channels and services including 24-hour commercial-free subscription movie channels in standard-definition and high-definition – HBO, HBO SIGNATURE, HBO FAMILY, HBO HITS, CINEMAX and RED by HBO – as well as HBO GO and HBO ON DEMAND. HBO Asia is also the exclusive distributor of BabyFirst and the DreamWorks channel in Asia. Log on to www.hboasia.com for more information.

 

 

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For more information, please contact HBO Asia:

 

Karen Lai

Director, Communications

Tel: (65) 6381 1796 / 9111 2655

Email: karen.lai@hboasia.com

 

Angela Poh

Manager, Communications

Tel: (65) 6381 1838 / 9187 0886

Email: angela.poh@hboasia.com

 

 

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Punit Goenka & Amit Goenka become the first Indians to receive this coveted honour

Paris, France / Mumbai, India; 08 March 2016 – MIPTV, the world’s leading market event for the international TV industry, today announced that it will honour the top leaders of India’s most valuable listed entertainment entity, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL). Mr.Punit Goenka, Managing Director & CEO, and his brother Mr. Amit Goenka, CEO – International Broadcast Business, will be awarded MIPTV Médailles d’Honneur in a ceremony taking place in Cannes, France on Wednesday 6 April 2016.

The prestigious MIPTV Médailles d’Honneur are awarded to senior executives who have, through their talent, leadership, and passion, made a significant contribution to the world of television and to the development of the international TV community. Punit Goenka and Amit Goenka are the first Indians to receive the coveted Médailles d’Honneur. MIPTV 2016 will welcome 60 Indian TV delegates among over 11,000 leading television executives attending the event from around the world.

Punit Goenka took charge as MD & CEO in 2008 and since then, he has been extremely successful in enhancing ZEEL’s performance and keeping the company at the forefront of the TV business in India. Punit’s younger brother Amit took over as the group’s CEO, International Broadcast Business late last year, and is responsible for spearheading ZEE’s foreign expansion. Today, ZEE is available in 169 countries and reaches over 959 million viewers worldwide.

“For many years, Zee Entertainment has been at the heart of the Indian presence at MIPTV and MIPCOM, and the company’s leaders, Punit and Amit, are among the most respected chief executives in the global TV industry. As the group has developed across the international market, one understands and appreciates ZEE’s corporate philosophy ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam – The World Is My Family’, said Laurine Garaude, Director of Reed MIDEM’s Television Division.

Commenting on the award, Punit Goenka said, “Receiving such an honour from MIPTV is as much a personal recognition as it is a tribute to our highly creative and dedicated teams across the globe at ZEEL.”

“It is a great honour and privilege for us to receive this prestigious award and to be named amongst such a stellar group of luminaries from the global Media and Entertainment industry;” Amit Goenka said.

In addition to Punit Goenka and Amit Goenka, three other distinguished TV industry leaders will receive Médailles d’Honneur in Cannes: Ms. Rola Bauer, Managing Director, STUDIOCANAL TV GmbH, Germany; Mr. Ben Pyne, President Global Distribution – Disney Media Networks, USA; and Mr. Marcel Vinay, President, Comarex, Mexico.

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Notes to Editor:

About MIPTV – MIPTVis the world’s biggest TV and digital content market powering the unlimited potential of extraordinary stories. In April, professionals from across the TV and digital entertainment ecosystem gather in Cannes, France, to forge partnerships, seal distribution deals, network with their international executive peers, and attend high-level conferences and keynotes. MIPTV is also a key venue for early-stage development and financing deals, content acquisitions and programme sales. And with the MIPDigital Fronts – the premier global digital content market – empowering the new digital content era and bringing together the new online video ecosystem with the TV industry, MIPTV anticipates and shapes the future of entertainment. http://www.miptv.com

Full programme here

About Reed MIDEM– Founded in 1963, Reed MIDEM is a leading organiser of professional, international tradeshows. Reed MIDEM events have established themselves as key dates in professional diaries. The company hosts MIPTV, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, MIPCANCUN and MIPJUNIOR for the television and digital content industries, MIDEM for music professionals, and MIPIM, MIPIM Asia, MIPIM UK and MAPIC for the property and retail real estate sectors. www.reedmidem.com

About Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) – Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) is one of India’s leading television media and entertainment companies. It is amongst the largest producers and aggregators of Hindi programming in the world, with an extensive library housing over 210,000 hours of television content. With rights to more than 3,500 movie titles from foremost studios and of iconic film stars, ZEE houses the world’s largest Hindi film library. Through its strong presence worldwide, ZEE entertains over 959 million viewers across 169 countries.

Pioneer of television entertainment industry in India, ZEE’s well-known brands include Zee TV, &tv, Zee Cinema, Zee Action, Zee Classic, &pictures, Zee Anmol, Ten Sports, Ten Cricket, Ten Action, Zee Cafe, Zee Studio, Zee Salaam, Zing, ETC Bollywood, ZeeQ and Zindagi. The company also has a strong offering in the regional language domain with channels such as Zee Marathi, Zee Talkies, Zee Bangla, Zee Bangla Cinema, Zee Telugu, Zee Kannada and Zee Tamil. The company’s HD offerings include Zee TV HD, Zee Cinema HD, &tv HD, Zee Studio HD, Zee Café HD, &pictures HD, Ten HD and Ten Golf HD. ZEE and its affiliate companies have leading presence across the media value chain including television broadcasting, cable distribution, direct-to-home satellite services, digital media and print media amongst others. More information about ZEE and its businesses is available on www.zeetelevision.com

ZEE ENTERTAINMENT PRESS CONTACTS

Jayshree KUMAR, DVP-Corporate Brand: +91 9769286661 > jayshree.kumar@zee.esselgroup.com

Arantxa GONSALVES, Manager-Corporate Brand: +91 9820336890 > arantxa.gonsalves@zee.esselgroup.com

 

REED MIDEM PRESS CONTACTS

Jane GARTON, Entertainment PR Director: +33 1 79 71 94 39 >jane.garton@reedmidem.com

Philippe LE GALL, PR Manager: +33 1 79 71 96 48 >philippe.legall@reedmidem.com

Yassia FEKIR, PR Manager: +33 1 79 71 95 82 >yassia.fekir@reedmidem.com

 

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ZEE’s APAC Territory to launch a new division – ‘ATL Media APAC’

·      A Media Sales House for the APAC region

Singapore 08 March 2016: The APAC region of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) today announced the launch of ‘ATL Media APAC’, a new division that will represent varied Indian and South Asian Media businesses in the region for Advertising Sales. ‘ATL Media APAC’ will work with both mainstream and retail clients targeting the South Asian population in the key markets across the region. A similar model is currently operational in the MENAP region where ZEE has tied up with several channels including Geo TV, Imagine Movies, Cartoon Network apart from its own portfolio of ZEE channels.

Commenting on this new division, Mr. Amit Goenka, CEO, International Broadcast Business, ZEEL said, “Our APAC business is on a fast track and ATL Media APAC will help us to consolidate and add new clients into the segment. We believe this initiative will be beneficial in helping us grow the overall Ad Sales pie for the South Asia channels.”

Revealing further details on ATL Media APAC, Mr. Sushruta Samanta, Business Head – APAC said, “The new unit will be led by Ms Deepali Gupta, Revenue Head, ATL Media APAC, who has more than 13 years of experience in advertising sales across media in India and APAC markets. I strongly believe that Deepali, whose new role is effective immediately, is the ideal candidate to lead this new division”.

ZEE’s APAC’s region currently distributes eleven South Asian channels in the region targeting the diaspora population, apart from five localized channels for the local mainstream viewers. ZEE has an existing sales network across key APAC markets including Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney & Jakarta.

Ms. Deepali Gupta, who is based out of ZEE’s Singapore office added, “The decision to launch this new division stems from the need to address the growing market fragmentation in the ethnic media space. The new service is a one stop shop for all media solutions which will help clients achieve significant results for their marketing campaigns and at best prices. We have already initiated discussions with other leading networks across media to represent them”.

ATL Media APAC will represent media businesses including TV, Radio, Print and Digital in the region.

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About Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL)

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) is one of India’s leading television media and entertainment companies. It is amongst the largest producers and aggregators of Hindi programming in the world, with an extensive library housing over 210,000 hours of television content. With rights to more than 3,500 movie titles from foremost studios and of iconic film stars, ZEE houses the world’s largest Hindi film library. Through its strong presence worldwide, ZEE entertains over 959 million viewers across 169 countries.

Pioneer of television entertainment industry in India, ZEE’s well-known brands include Zee TV, &tv, Zee Cinema, Zee Action, Zee Classic, &pictures, Zee Anmol, Ten Sports, Ten Cricket, Ten Action, Zee Cafe, Zee Studio, Zee Salaam, Zing, ETC Bollywood, Zee Q and Zindagi. The company also has a strong offering in the regional language domain with channels such as Zee Marathi, Zee Talkies, Zee Bangla, Zee Bangla Cinema, Zee Telugu, Zee Kannada and Zee Tamil. The company’s HD offerings include Zee TV HD, Zee Cinema HD, &tv HD, Zee Café HD, Zee Studio HD, &pictures HD, Ten HD and Ten Golf HD. 

ZEE and its affiliate companies have leading presence across the media value chain including television broadcasting, cable distribution, direct-to-home satellite services, digital media and print media amongst others. ZEEL also operates its own digital platforms with OTT offerings on DittoTV and india.com. More information about ZEE and its businesses is available on www.zeetelevision.com

 

About Zee TV APAC

Launched in June 2004, Zee TV APAC is the Asia Pacific feed of the Flagship channel – Zee TV (India). Available in 18 countries, Zee TV APAC showcases Indian content with English Subtitles and airs all the programs from India. The channel showcases a variety of genres for all audience segments including prime time drama series, comedy, reality shows and children's programs. With an enviable Hindi Film Library the channel also offers viewers the latest and best of Bollywood.

 

Zee TV APAC is among the top five cable and satellite channels in Singapore. The city-state is home to one of the largest overseas Indian populations and its’ variety programming is watched by Indian and now increasingly, Malay audiences locally. Almost half (46%) of Zee TV APAC viewers’ have a HHI range which ranges between SGD 4,000 – 10,000 per month. Zee TV APAC continues to dominate in the Hindi General Entertainment Channel content category across local affiliate platforms like StarHub and Singtel TV.

 

 

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Media Contact:

 

Deepali Gupta

APAC Territory – Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL)

Email: deepali.gupta@zee.esselgroup.com

 

Jayshree Kumar / Arantxa Gonsalves

Corporate Brand – Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL)

Mobile: +91-9769286661 / 9820336890

Landline: +91- 22 – 7106 1367 / 7108 5464

Email: jayshree.kumar@zee.esselgroup.com / arantxa.gonsalves@zee.esselgroup.com

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Celestial Tiger Entertainment and LeEco Launch Thrill 360 in Hong Kong

 

HONG KONG (March 7, 2016) – Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE), operator of the largest bouquet of pan-Asian channels dedicated to Asian entertainment, and LeEco (formerly Letv), one of China’s leading vertically-integrated internet companies, announced today the launch of Thrill 360, the Over-The-Top (OTT) linear feed for Thrill, Asia's only regional horror and suspense movie channel. The new channel (Ch. 360) is available to all LeEco subscribers in Hong Kong.  In addition, Thrill 360’s movies and series are also made available to LeEco subscribers on-demand.

 “We are thrilled to be working with LeEco to launch the first OTT service for Thrill,” said Ofanny Choi, Executive Vice President, TV Networks, Celestial Tiger Entertainment.  “LeEco subscribers in Hong Kong can now get their fill of horror, thriller and suspense movies from around the world, anytime and anywhere.  We look forward to working closely with LeEco to satisfy their subscribers’ needs and further our reach through their fantastic next-generation ecosystem.”

“We are excited to team up with Celestial Tiger Entertainment to introduce a newly formed channel to our subscribers. This is the first and only self-composed horror movie channel in Hong Kong. With the support of our big data, our expert team of programming specialists scheduled the movies to best suit the needs and habits of our users,” says Tin Mok, CEO for APAC at LeEco, “We loved the Thrill 360 proposition as soon as we heard about it. We are confident that horror movie fans will love the channel as much as we do. As always, our ultimate goal is to bring about excellent user experience to our users.”

Thrill 360 launches with a slate of exclusive horror and suspense movies under three thematics in March. The Spring Feast of Horror thematic features Asian horror movies Meat Grinder and Spicy Killer; the Zombie Resurrection thematic presents Night of the Living Dead: Re-animation and Open Grave; and the Bunshinsaba Trilogy thematic showcases three terrifying films directed by acclaimed Korean filmmaker Ahn Byeong-ki.  

In addition to movies, horror fans can also enjoy exclusive television series such as Ghost Hunters, the top-rated supernatural investigation series featuring a team of ghost hunters visiting haunted sites; and the paranormal docu-drama series When Ghosts Attack showcasing the first-hand accounts of violent supernatural encounters from ghost attack victims.

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Media Contact:

Pauline Poon

Celestial Tiger Entertainment

T: 852 2239 6131

E: pauline.poon@celestialtiger.com

 

 

About Celestial Tiger Entertainment

CELESTIAL TIGER ENTERTAINMENT (CTE) is a leading independent media company dedicated to entertaining audiences in Asia and beyond. The company creates and distributes branded pay television channels and services targeted at Asian consumers.
                                     

CTE operates a powerful bouquet of distinct pay television services including: CELESTIAL MOVIES, the premier 24-hour first-run Chinese movie channel in Asia and beyond; CELESTIAL CLASSIC MOVIES, the world’s most-widely distributed Chinese movie channel with an unparalleled array of Chinese movie masterpieces; cHK, a general entertainment channel offering cool, chic, and contemporary celebrity-powered Hong Kong entertainment; KIX, the ultimate destination for action entertainment; MIAO MI, the Mandarin edutainment channel created for preschool kids across Asia; and THRILL, Asia's only regional horror, thriller and suspense movie channel.  All of CTE’s channel brands are available as linear, on-demand and over-the-top services.  CTE also produces original production for its bouquet of channels. 

 

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 diversified Asian entertainment company owned by Astro Overseas Limited; and Lionsgate, the world’s largest independent filmed entertainment studio.
                                           
For more information, please visit www.celestialtiger.com.

 

About LeEco

Founded in November 2004 by Jia Yueting, LeEco is committed to creating the “Le Ecosystem,” a next-generation Internet engine that offers an online platform completed with Content, Device and Application. There are seven sub-ecosystems within Le Ecosystem, namely Internet and Cloud, Mobile, Content, Big Screen, Sports, Automobile and Internet Finance Ecosystem. The sub-ecosystems is engaged in a rich array of businesses, spanning from Internet TV, video production and distribution, smart gadgets, large-screen applications to e-commerce, sports content broadcast and event management, open cloud platform, Internet-based electric vehicles, etc. In 2014, the aggregate sales of Le Holdings amounted to approximately RMB 10 billion. LeEco has undergone a rebranding process in January 2016 and opened a new chapter in Le Ecosystem's development as it fully gears up for global expansion.

 

Le.com made history on August 12, 2010 when it was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, making it the world’s first IPO Company in the sector. Prolific as well as successful, Le.com currently offers more than 100,000 episodes of TV dramas and over 5,000 movie titles. In addition, the site draws an estimated 250 million page views per day, 350 million users per month, 100 million daily content viewers on mobile devices, and 10 million daily content viewers on large-screen TVs.

 

LeEco Hong Kong, the headquarters of Asia Pacific region, was officially set up in August 2014, marking an important milestone of the company’s expansion in the overseas market. The company provides Hong Kong with an established, vertically-integrated Le Ecosystem. LeEco has held 15 online sales in Hong Kong, with thousands of smart devices sold on every occasion. Currently, LeEco Hong Kong offers various sales channels for users, including online pre-ordering services and 1,800+ offline outlets in Hong Kong and Macau. As the only entertainment platform with over 1,500 hours of 4K programs in Hong Kong, LeEco has always been committed to providing rich and diverse online content including movies, dramas, variety shows and concerts to its fans.

PCCW (SEHK:0008) – HONG KONG, March 4, 2016 — PCCW Media, a key global player in the entertainment industry, has launched Viu over-the-top (OTT) mobile video entertainment service in India and Malaysia.

Offered as a freemium service, Viu provides viewers in both markets with free access to thousands of hours of premium content for local users. For Viu India, consumers get free access to a vast archive of premium content from Bollywood and Hollywood top studios such as Media Prima, Sony Pictures, Sony Music, BBC, CBS, etc. Exciting fresh content includes over 17,000 hours of “First on Viu Bollywood” Indian movies and the latest music videos in India. In addition, at launch, a Viu Originals’ freewheeling chat show, “What the Duck”, co-created with Fluence, CA Media Digital’s celebrity network, will premiere on March 3. Hosted by standup comedian, cricket humorist and author Vikram Sathaye, each of the 10 episodes of the series will feature a cricket celebrity with interesting anecdotes and insightful stories.

Viu India viewers can choose to subscribe to premium service which is ad-free with access to additional quality content. Viu India service is well-supported with Samsung, eBay and FreeCharge. Samsung Android mobile phone users get an exclusive three-month trial while eBay and FreeCharge offers various promotional offers and flexible payment options.

As for Viu Malaysia, its rich content comprises the latest Korean drama and variety series from the top four South Korea broadcasters namely SBS, KBS, MBC and CJ E&M, as well as Chinese, Bollywood, Tamil, Indonesian and Malaysian programmes to bring together a locally relevant content offering that appeals to viewers in Malaysia. Selected Korean and Bollywood content are localized with Chinese and Bahasa Melayu subtitling. As in India, viewers in Malaysia can choose to subscribe to ad-free premium service with access to additional premium content through Viu’s telecoms partner, Telekom Malaysia Berhad.

Additional exciting content will be available from regional and international marquee studios for Viu in India and Malaysia as Vuclip already has long term partnerships with more than 250 top studios globally. Vuclip, a PCCW Media company, is a mobile video entertaining platform with over 9 million subscribers in 10 markets.

Commenting on the launch, Ms. Janice Lee, Managing Director of PCCW Media Group said, “Viu has been very well-received in Hong Kong and Singapore and it consistently tops the charts in free app downloads. The quick deployment and launch of Viu in Malaysia and India following hot on the heels of our Singapore launch in mid-January bears testament to our commitment to become the pre-eminent provider of mobile video entertainment service in Asia. We have every confidence in Viu’s success in these markets given our appealing content and the support of our strategic partners in these markets.”

Viu is deployed with its patented Dynamic Adaptive Transcoding^TM technology, and leverages Vuclip’s eight-year history of providing streaming video on demand entertainment experiences to emerging markets.

Viu will continue to be rolled out in Indonesia in the coming months. Viu is an expanded service capitalizing on PCCW’s investment into Vuclip in 2014. Viu is accessible via mobile phones and tablets as well as desktops by downloading the Viu app on Google Play in India and Malaysia or by typing in www.viu.com on your desktop browser. It will also be made available in the Apple App Store soon.

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About PCCW Media

The media group of PCCW is a leading, fully integrated multimedia and entertainment group in Hong Kong.

The media group operates the leading pay-TV service in Hong Kong under the now TV brand delivering both self-produced and licensed content to its customers using advanced IPTV technology. now TV offers more than 190 linear channels of local, Asian and international programming. Its premium content can also be accessed on-demand and on the go via now Player app. It is also a leading producer of Chinese language news, financial news and sports programming in addition to Asian infotainment content which complements its wide portfolio of licensed movie and international television content.

The media group is also engaged in the provision of over-the-top (OTT) video service under the Viu brand in Hong Kong and other places in the region. In addition, MOOV is a hugely popular lossless music digital streaming service in Hong Kong.

Moreover, the media group operates one of Asia’s leading directories businesses under the Yellow Pages brand.

 

About PCCW Limited

PCCW Limited (SEHK: 0008) is a global company headquartered in Hong Kong which holds interests in telecommunications, media, IT solutions, property development and investment, and other businesses.

The Company holds a majority interest in the HKT Trust and HKT Limited, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider and leading operator in fixed-line, broadband and mobile communication services. HKT meets the needs of the Hong Kong public and local and international businesses with a wide range of services including local telephony, local data and broadband, international telecommunications, mobile, and other telecommunications businesses such as customer premises equipment sale, outsourcing, consulting, and contact centres.

PCCW also owns a fully integrated multimedia and entertainment group in Hong Kong, PCCW Media. PCCW Media operates the largest local pay-TV operation, now TV, and is engaged in the provision of over-the-top (OTT) video service under the Viu brand in Hong Kong and other places in the region.

For further enquiry, please contact:

Ivan Ho

PCCW

Tel: (852) 2883-8747

Email: ivan.wy.ho@pccw.com

 

Marina Leung

Magnus Muses Limited

Tel: (852) 2159-7429

Mobile : (852) 9203-6203

Email: marina.leung@magnusmuses.com

SINGAPORE TO HOST HBO ASIA’S FIRST IMMERSIVE

GAME OF THRONES EVENT

FEATURING 4D OCULUS RIFT GAME OF THRONES EXPERIENCE

 

“The Game of Thrones Experience: Worlds of Westeros” (#GOTAsiaWOW)

April 2 to 7 at ION Orchard

 

Download other high res pictures here

Download production stills from the new season of Game of Thrones here

Watch the trailer

         

SINGAPORE, MARCH 1, 2016 – Calling all GAME OF THRONES fans in Singapore! Fancy ascending The Wall like Jon Snow or wielding Arya Stark’s sword from the series, Needle? Maybe claiming the Iron Throne for yourself and taking pictures with a Targaryen dragon?

 

 

For the very first time in Asia and for a limited time only, HBO Asia will bring to Singapore an interactive event anchored by the Game of Thrones: Ascend the Wall virtual reality experience. An unprecedented 4D immersive entertainment experience powered by Oculus Rift, Game of Thrones: Ascend the Wall takes the user into the show and on a journey to the top of the 700-foot ice Wall as featured in the hit HBO series. 

 

The Game of Thrones Experience: Worlds of Westeros (#GOTAsiaWOW)

When: April 2 to 7, 2016

Time:   10am to 10pm

Where: ION Orchard, Basement 4 Atrium

 

A free interactive event open to all, HBO Asia’s “The Game of Thrones Experience: Worlds of Westeros” will also include:

 

• A display of the actual weapons from the series, including swords Oathkeeper (given to Brienne of Tarth by Jaime Lannister), Arya Stark’s Needle, Ned Stark’s Ice and the White Walker sword.
• A replica of the iconic Game of Thrones Iron Throne from the series, where fans and the uninitiated alike can sit and experience
• Original storyboards and concept art from the series
• Photo opportunities with Daenerys Targaryen’s dragon, Drogon, against a green screen set up

 

StarHub customers* will be given priority to experience the Game of Thrones: Ascend the Wall – Oculus Rift virtual reality experience as well as photo opportunities with the Iron Throne and Daenerys Targaryen’s dragon.

 

HBO’s most successful series of all time, GAME OF THRONES (#GameofThrones) begins its ten-episode sixth season (#GoTSeason6) in Singapore the same time as the US – exclusively on HBO (StarHub TV Ch 601) this April 25 at 9am, with a same day primetime encore at 9pm. The series will also be available on HBO GO on StarHub Go and HBO On Demand.

 

Based on George R.R. Martin’s popular book series “A Song of Ice and Fire”, HBO’s Emmy^®-winning fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast and violent kingdom. The HBO series has won 26 Emmys^®, among many other awards.

 

The ensemble cast for the fifth season included Emmy^® and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Kit Harington, Diana Rigg, Natalie Dormer, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner. Executive producers, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, George R.R. Martin.

 

About the Game of Thrones: Ascend the Wall – Oculus Rift virtual reality experience

Game of Thrones: Ascend the Wall was developed by HBO in cooperation with its experiential agency, Relevent. Powered by Oculus Rift, this experience combines the latest in interactive technology and computer graphics generated by Framestore, the Academy Award^® winning imaging company for Best Visual Effects for its work on the blockbuster, Gravity. 

 

An unprecedented immersive entertainment experience that takes fans into the show and on a journey to the top of the Wall, visitors step into a physical recreation of the Castle Black winch elevator where they don the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and a pair of headphones. From that moment on, they are transported into Westeros and find themselves inside a virtual version of the same elevator – everything looks, sounds and feels extremely real.

 

The elevator starts to go up, taking our rider on a journey 700 feet up to the top of the Wall.  Along the way, 4D elements create the sensation of wind whipping their hair and the elevator rattling underfoot, adding to the realism. At the top, they can look out across all of the Seven Kingdoms and walk across to the other side for a breath-taking view of the land beyond the Wall.

 

*Priority will be given to StarHub customers and one guest, with the provision of one of the following:

• StarHub network indication on their mobile phones
• Digital or hardcopy StarHub bill from February, March or April 2016
• Successful log in with Hub-ID via the My StarHub App or StarHub Go App.  

 

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About HBO ASIA

Singapore-based HBO Asia brings the best of Hollywood to Asia first through its exclusive licensing deals with major Hollywood and independent studios, including Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, Warner Bros. and Lionsgate. HBO Asia has proprietary and award-winning HBO and HBO Asia Original programmes that are produced exclusively for HBO viewers. Wholly owned by HBO (a Time Warner company), HBO Asia reaches 23 territories across Asia and offers a bouquet of channels and services including 24-hour commercial-free subscription movie channels in standard-definition and high-definition – HBO, HBO SIGNATURE, HBO FAMILY, HBO HITS, CINEMAX and RED by HBO – as well as HBO GO and HBO ON DEMAND. HBO Asia is also the exclusive distributor of BabyFirst and the DreamWorks channel in Asia. Log on to www.hboasia.com for more information.

 

 

GAME OF THRONES, HBO and Home Box Office are trademarks of Home Box Office, Inc. Used with permission

 

 

For more information or images, please contact HBO Asia:

 

Karen Lai

Director, Communications

Tel: (65) 6381 1796 / 9111 2655

Email: karen.lai@hboasia.com

 

Angela Poh

Manager, Communications

Tel: (65) 6381 1838 / 9187 0886

Email: angela.poh@hboasia.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We had the privilege of speaking with Janice Lee, the Managing Director of PCCW Media Group about the plans of Viu, an OTT which builds on PCCW Media’s earlier investment into Vuclip, a leading mobile video platform. Viu was launched in Hong Kong in October last year and in Singapore this January.

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