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Cathay CineHome, the streaming video rental service of leading cinema operator Cathay Cineplexes in Singapore, and ABS-CBN Australia Pty. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Philippines' premiere media and entertainment company ABS-CBN Corporation, are teaming up to give fans of top-quality Filipino movies flexibility on how and when they want to watch their favorite films.
The Filipino box office hits are available for rent for as little as SGD4.98 at Cathay CineHome (www.cathaycinehome.com). Available films include the romantic drama Unbreakable (2019) starring Angelica Panganiban and Bea Alonzo, romantic comedy Always Be My Maybe (2016) starring Gerald Anderson and Arci Muñoz, zombie thriller Block Z (2020) starring Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto, and the biographical drama Quezon’s Game (2018) starring Raymond Bagatsing which are presented in original Tagalog audio with English subtitles. More box office hits and favorite films will be added regularly.
Launched in 2020 to serve as a contemporary platform to the cinema exhibition business by creating additional viewing opportunities for movie lovers, Cathay CineHome is the digital extension of Singapore's video-on-demand (VOD) movie streaming service Cathay Cineplexes. Through its collaboration with ABS-CBN Australia Pty. Ltd., Cathay CineHome aims to offer a channel for Filipino entertainment and film lovers that is free of membership fees and monthly subscriptions. The platform's pay-per-view (PPV) rental model provides viewers with the choice of watching their favorite shows and movies on smart TVs, computers, tablets and mobile devices.
“Cathay Cinehome is honored to partner with ABS-CBN Australia to offer more Filipino movies to film lovers in Singapore. Filipino films are some of the most creative and commercially successful films that are being made in the region and it is great that more people will be able to enjoy these films through the streaming service,” said Chang Long Jong, Chief Executive Officer of mm2 Asia Group which houses Cathay Cineplexes and Cathay CineHome. “ABS-CBN focuses on reinventing how we can deliver our content to Filipinos and non-Filipinos in Southeast Asia. The pandemic has tremendously changed our lifestyles and, for our audience, that includes not being able to enjoy films in movie theatres. True to ABS-CBN's commitment to bring news and entertainment around the world, we are proud to be partnering with Cathay Cinehome with whom we share a vision of reaching as many households in Singapore,” ABS-CBN Australia's Managing Director for the Asia Pacific Maribel Hernaez added.
