Telekom Malaysia is adding CJ E&M’s tvN Movies to its HyppTV IPTV service, following the successful launch of the Korean film channel in Singapore earlier this year.
Starting from 1 April, the linear channel will deliver top grossing, classic and award-winning Korean films to HyppTV subscribers, while HyppTV’s app will also provide its content on-demand.“By introducing tvN Movies, the world’s first and only Korean blockbuster channel, we hope to tap the enormous audience base with a diverse cultural background, delivering them an all-Korean movies home-cinema experience. We believe the collaboration between tvN Movies and HyppTV will be a fruitful one and will be the stepping stone for tvN Movies to break into the SEA markets,” said Samey Lee, CEO, CJ E&M HK.
Titles scheduled for transmission include zombie-themed horror-thriller, Train to Busan, starring Gong Yoo; crime movie, A Violent Prosecutor, starring Hwang Jung-min & Gang Dong-won; political crime thriller, Inside Men, starring Lee Byung-hun and Jo Seung-Woo; and war drama, Operation Chromite, starring Lee Jung-jae and Liam Neeson.
South Korea’s Oscar contender for Best Foreign Language Film, the thriller The Age of Shadows, and box office hit The Master will also be shown on tVN Movies.
Over 20 first-run Korean movies will premier on tVN exclusively in Malaysia over the coming year, said CJ E&M. All will air with English, Simplified Chinese and Bahasa Malaysia subtitles.
The channel is expected to expand its reach further across Southeast Asia by the end of 2017.
