Two RTL CBS HD Channels Secure StarHub Carriage

May 22, 2014 World Screen Top Stories

SINGAPORE: StarHub TV and RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network have secured a carriage agreement for RTL CBS Entertainment HD and RTL CBS Extreme HD.

RTL CBS Entertainment HD is a general entertainment channel that features exclusive new seasons of top-rated international titles. This includes House of Cards, Elementary, Under the Dome, America's Got Talent and more. RTL CBS Extreme HD is a male-skewed action entertainment channel. It features such shows as Dynamo: Magician Impossible, Red Bull Air Race World Championship, Fear Factor, Hawaii 5-0 and NCIS: Los Angeles.

StarHub TV is offering a free preview of the channels starting July 31. On-demand and StarHub TV Anytime options are scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2014.

Lee Soo Hui, the head of the media business unit of StarHub, said: “We are confident that RTL CBS Entertainment HD and RTL CBS Extreme HD will provide endless hours of engaging entertainment for our customers. We are always looking to work with like-minded partners to provide customers not just first class content, but first class content at broadcast times as close to original telecasts as possible. On top of that, we want to provide added value to customers so they can view the content at their convenience. Hence, we are committed to launching the channels on StarHub TV Anywhere as well as the on-demand versions of the channels on StarHub TV in the coming months.”

“We are delighted to bring RTL CBS Entertainment HD and RTL CBS Extreme HD to a wider audience through StarHub,” added Jonas Engwall, the CEO of RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network. “With StarHub's reach, more Singapore viewers will now be able to watch the outstanding programs on our channels. Singapore is an important market where viewers demand high quality content and we're very happy to now have full coverage in the country.”