Celestial Movies

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Celestial Movies

Availability
Satellite
Astro Malaysia	Channel 39
Astro Nusantara Indonesia	Channel 61
Cable
Starhub Singapore	Channel 61

In 2003, Celestial Pictures [1]launched CELESTIAL MOVIES (天映頻道)[2], the 24-hour movie channel bringing the most current Chinese blockbusters to the world. The channel also showcases internationally acclaimed titles from Japan and Korea, and features behind-the-scenes, interviews with the hottest stars and directors, entertainment news and film award ceremonies. Currently the most broadly distributed Chinese-movie channel, CELESTIAL MOVIES is now available in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand.

Celestial Pictures is a diversified entertainment company focusing on Asian-language film and television content including production, aggregation, distribution and the operation of TV channels. Celestial Pictures launched its second TV brand in February 2006; WaTV is the first infotainment channel wholly dedicated to the trendy youth lifestyle of the “new China".

Headquartered in Hong Kong, the company owns the Shaw Brothers film library, the world's largest Chinese film collection. Celestial Pictures is restoring the Shaw Brothers movies and distributing these films into cinemas and the worldwide television and home video markets. With its synergistic businesses in movie and television channels, Celestial Pictures is one of the few truly integrated media companies in Asia. Celestial Pictures is a subsidiary of ASTRO ALL ASIA NETWORKS plc (ASTRO).