Celestial Pictures is a diversified entertainment company focusing on Asian-language film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 and television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 content including production, aggregation, distribution and the operation of TV channels

Television channel

A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...

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Headquartered in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

, the company owns the world's largest Chinese film collection including the Shaw Brothers film library. Celestial Pictures is restoring the Shaw Brothers movies and distributing these films into cinemas and the worldwide television and home video markets.

Television channels

Celestial’s television channel operations include Celestial Movies

Celestial Movies

Celestial Movies is a 24-hour movie channel bringing current Chinese blockbusters to the world. The channel also showcases internationally acclaimed titles from Japan and Korea, and features behind-the-scenes, interviews with movie stars and directors, entertainment news and film award ceremonies...

, Celestial Movies Asia, which screens Japanese and Korean blockbusters; Celestial Classic Movies, which features Chinese classic films including the Shaw Brothers film collection, and WaTV, a Chinese infotainment channel dedicated to a new reflection of modern China.

Film & TV Content Acquisition

Besides the Library and TV Networks, Celestial Pictures also produces and acquires feature films and hundreds of hours of television programmes each year, including television dramas, children's programmes, animation and documentariesfor our channels as well as worldwide distribution.

Celestial Pictures is a wholly owned subsidiary of Astro Overseas Ltd that owned by Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd

External links

• Celestial Pictures - Official Website
• CELESTIAL MOVIES - Official Website
• CELESTIAL MOVIES ASIA - Official Website
• CELESTIAL CLASSIC MOVIES - Official Website
• China Travel

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