Avengers Head to FOX Movies Premium in Asia

HONG KONG: FOX International Channels (FIC) has nabbed the exclusive pay-TV rights to The Avengers for its FOX Movies Premium channel in Hong Kong, Taiwan and across Southeast Asia.

The film has already proven to be a box-office success in Asia, as it has in the rest of the world. In addition to a FOX Movies Premium slot, the Marvel Studios production will be available on the online on-demand FOX Movies Play service.

The Avengers joins a slate on FOX Movies Premium that includes The Walking Dead and the recent box-office hit The Hunger Games. Other upcoming highlights on the channel include UFC 146 LIVE: Dos Santos vs. Mir, Glastonbury 2011: Coldplay and Morgan Spurlock’s The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.