StarHub Expands VOD Slate

SINGAPORE: Singaporean cable platform StarHub has expanded its library of content available on demand, including inking new deals with Paramount Pictures and Comcast International Media Group.

With the Paramount deal, StarHub will be able to offer Hollywood blockbusters on a transactional VOD basis, beginning this month. The lineup will include Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and Star Trek. From Comcast International Media Group comes E! content such as Sexiest Season 2 and 25 Most Memorable Swimsuit Moments. Joining the VOD slate on January 15 is a new Hot & Haunted category, delivering edgier movies and series, such as A Chain of Curses (Japanese), Temptation of Eve (Korean) and Susuk Pocong (Indonesian). In addition, TVB will provide classic Chinese-language dramas, Celestial Movies is offering up movies like The Assembly, and an agreement with MD Entertainment brings more than 1,000 hours of Indonesia series per year to the VOD offering.