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Celestial Movies

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Celestial Movies is a 24-hour Chinese movie channel, featuring the best of Chinese cinema. Its service is normally broadcast through cable or satellite networks. Currently, its coverage of broadcast is mainly in Asia Pacific region.

Celestial Pictures owns the Shaw Brothers Movie library. It is the company that provides Shaw Brothers movies to this channel. It was established in year 2000 and acquired about 760 Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers films. Celestial Pictures is backed by Astro of Malaysia. Celestial Pictures' corporate headquarters is situated on the historic Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers Studio lot.