MGM Networks, a unit of MetroGoldwyn-Mayer Inc, will launch the MGM Channel in Malaysia in coming months. The channel will be seen on the country’s pay television MiTV. MGM Networks, which produces and distributes the MGM Channel in the region through strategic alliance with CNBC Asia Pacific, has launched the channel in Taiwan. In Taiwan, the channel can be viewed via Taiwan Broadband Communications.

“We are pleased to add the key markets of Taiwan and Malaysia to the channels’ current reach in Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Macau and Thailand,” MGM Networks executive vice-president Bruce Tuchman said in a statement. He said the channel received overwhelming response from distributors across China and South-East Asia. MGM Channel was recently launched in Spain and a Russian-language version of MGM Channel will soon be launched for subscribers in Russia. MetroGoldwyn-Mayer owns the world’s largest library of modern films, comprising about 4,000 titles. Full article The Star