Lion dancing: all that's changed at the MGM Channel movie network is the ownership. Everything else remains the same, says MGM Networks' executive vice president, Bruce Tuchman.(MGM Domestic TV Distribution)

Television Asia, June, 2005

The MGM Channel has signed a carriage deal with Hong Kong's dominant pay-TV platform, i-Cable Communication's Hong Kong Cable TV--the library channel's first deal in Asia since the since the sale of the US-based MGM was announced to a consortium including Sony and Comcast. The Hong Kong carriage agreement makes MGM part of the newly launched 22-channel CEO package, which is being offered for HK$129/ US$16.60 a month--less than half the price of Hong Kong Cable's basic package of about 50 channels.

The basic package, which Hong Kong Cable says will also include the MGM Channel, sells for US$40 a month. The CEO Package also offers HBO, Cinemax, Star Movies and Turner Classic Movies (TCM), as well as six Discovery channels, four cartoon channels, and a...

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