Celestial Tiger Entertainment


Chinese kids channel app launches in the US

Mandarin-language kids net Miao Mi has launched via a dedicated iOS app in North America. The channel is operated by Celestial Tiger Entertainment, which is backed by Saban, Astro and Lionsgate. It created its Chinese-language net in 2015 as a local alternative to the big three international kids services – Cartoon Network, Disney and Nickelodeon […]

Endemol Shine, Celestial taking a BROcation

Lionsgate and Saban-backed channel operator Celestial Tiger has ordered its second original series, a structured reality series from Endemol Shine Group. The Ultimate BROcation will go out on CTE’s Kix channel. Set in Hong Kong, it will follow the adventures of four celebrities from four different Southeast Asian countries as they revel in a five-day, […]

Chinese streamer launches Celestial horror channel

Asian streaming service LeEco has launched an OTT feed of Thrill, the horror channel operated by Celestial Tiger Entertainment. LeEco (fka Letv) will run a linear feed of the channel on its service in Hong Kong. The Thrill line-up will also be available on-demand to LeEco’s wider customer base in mainland China. “We are thrilled […]

Celestial launches Miao Mi kids channel

Celestial Tiger Entertainment has rolled out its preschool channel Miao Mi, securing carriage for the new service on the PT MNC Sky Vision platform in Indonesia. Celestial, which is backed by Saban and Lionsgate, created Mandarin-language Miao Mi specifically to reach out to Asian viewers and to provide an alternative to the big international nets […]

Channels switch on OTT

Premium, basic pay and free TV channels around the world are looking to OTT and direct-to-consumer services to reach customers who are leaving the traditional TV space, or those that were never there in the first place. Stewart Clarke talks to analysts and execs about how channels are going over-the-top. Getting the established pay TV […]

Celestial Tiger takes Kix OTT

Asian channel operator Celestial Tiger Entertainment is launching an over-the-top version of its Kix entertainment channel. The OTT version 0of the linear pay TV service will be called Kix 360 and be programmed with the same action series and movies and combat sports content as the original channel. Titles include Bellator MMA, Glory World Series, […]

Celestial Tiger pounces on Chinese kids opportunity

Celestial Tiger Entertainment announced its entry into a very crowded space last month when it said it was launching Miao Mi, a preschool kids channel. With the big three of Disney, Nickelodeon and Turner all well established in the region Miao Mi will need to provide kids and parents with something new, and that is […]

Celestial launching Chinese-language kids channel

Celestial Tiger is seeking to break the dominance of Turner, Viacom and Disney in the Asian kids TV space with the launch of  a Chinese children’s channel that will launch later this year. Celestial Tiger Entertainment, which is backed by Saban, Lionsgate and Astro, operates a bouquet of movie and entertainment channels in Asia and […]

Sky Vision’s What Went Down generates sales

More than 60 territories have taken on user-generated content clip show What Went Down since its launch at MIPCOM last year, distributor Sky Vision has said. The 104×30 factual entertainment show has gone to broadcasters including Fox International Channels in Finland and the Netherlands, Seven Network in Australia, Globosat in Brazil, TV2 in Denmark and […]