Singapore/Manila, 14 August 2020– TechStorm, the world’s first 24/7 HD channel focusing on Asian Esports and tech innovations stories is now available on Cignal TV’s OTT platform Cignal Play starting August 10, 2020.
This is hot off the heels on the channel’s recent launches and growth announcements in Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines and Sri Lanka earlier this year.
Mr. Vitto P. Lazatin, Vice President for Content Acquisition, Management & Strategy: “Cignal TV leads the pack with a lion’s share of Philippines’ pay TV market. We are also known to be the first to bring ground breaking new media experiences for the Philippines’ fast growing millennial segment. Launching TechStorm’s unduplicated, unique offer that truly addresses the passion of the Philippines’ youth on entertainment around their favourite Esports, gaming theme; fuelling their aspirations to dream big with TechStorm’s inspiring, uplifting entrepreneurship, startup stories. The timing for Cignal TV to be the first OTT platform in Philippines to launch TechStorm is perfect.”
“We are incredibly proud to partner with the dynamic and future-forward team at Cignal TV. They have amazing foresight on what the young people of Philippines are hungry for: a curated, international quality entertainment that reflects their desire to stay connected with the exhilarating world of fast changing tech trends, inventions, top trending Asian Esports personalities and learn from the unicorns in the startup world. We are confident Cignal TV’s OTT subscribers will enjoy our exclusive content the same way they find delight and connection with Storm Bytes, our original production that brings them the latest Esports, tech, startup trends from all over Asia onto their mobile screens,” says Debbie Lee, Founder & CEO of TechStorm.
Cignal Play subscribers will enjoy watching Innovation Nation at 8:30pm on Mondays to Fridays from 21 August, Make Me a Millionaire Inventor on Mondays at 10pm, the Esports time belt at 11pm with game reviews such as Detroit Become Human, and many more in the schedule lineup. There are also back-to-back-episodes of StartUp, a drama series on digital currency with a star-studded cast, on Fridays from 28 August at 9pm, all on TechStorm.
TechStorm reaches more than 37 million viewers in Asia, and is currently distributed across 25 million mobile OTT subscribers and more than 3.3 million subscriber households. TechStorm is available on Dialog TV Channel 62 in Sri Lanka, StarHub Channel 420 in Singapore, First Media Channel 333, Telkomsel’s MAXstream and Genflix OTT in Indonesia, Sky Cable Channel 212, SingMeng Telemedia Channel 251 in Cambodia and via OMI across 28 leading MSOs and provincial cable systems in the Philippines.
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About Cignal TV
Cignal Play is the video-on-demand and linear programming web platform and streaming app of Cignal TV, Inc. Cignal TV was launched in 2009 and is currently the country’s premier DTH satellite provider. It is also the largest Pay TV operator in the Philippines. It transmits 119 channels including free-to-air, SD and HD channels to household and commercial venues nationwide. It also offers a mix of 17 audio channels and on on-demand service through pay-per-view channels, content add-ons, and the Cignal Play app. Cignal is owned by Cignal TV, a subsidiary of MediaQuest Holdings, the media partner of PLDT Group.
Cignal Play carries up to 50+ of the best channels in sports, news, lifestyle and entertainment, along with 300+ hours of movies and series. Cignal Play is available to Cignal Postpaid Subscribers and non-Cignal subscribers.
About TechStorm
TechStorm is Asia’s fastest growing nextGen network that celebrates the region’s rising stars in Esports, gaming and tech inventions; made available across 20 countries in Asia Pacific. Its 24/7 nextGen network programmed in HD showcases a compelling line-up of the best in-class, first-run and high quality exclusive entertainment targeting mass, spectator Esports audience, millennial generation and families. TechStorm’s distribution is multi-platform, across more than 25 platform partners with the region’s biggest names in Esports and tech on its rapidly growing network. Its Asian original content series Storm Bytes is distributed on mobile streaming across multi countries on multiple platforms across the world. TechStorm reaches more than 37 million viewers in Asia, and is currently distributed across 25 million mobile OTT subscribers and more than 3.3 million subscriber households.
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