CatchPlay
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| Industry | Entertainment |
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| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan |
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Key people
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Cher Wang, Timothy Chen, Daphne Yang |
| Products |
Motion pictures Film production Television syndication Theatrical Distribution Mobile entertainment Video on demand Digital distribution |
| Parent | CATCHPLAY Media Holding Company |
| Website | http://www.catchplay.com/ |
CATCHPLAY is a multinational movie entertainment company. Founded in 2007, CATCHPLAY has become a leading distributor of movies primarily in Taiwan and Greater China. The company's primary business has been acquiring exclusive distribution rights to major independent movies across media, including theatrical releases, DVD sell-through, DVD rentals, online streaming, digital distribution and linear TV broadcasting.
Recent years have seen the brand extend into more diverse aspects of the movie entertainment industry. Since making its first production investment in 2014 - co-financing the Taiwanese film Paradise in Service – CATCHPLAY has expanded its investments to include three New Regency films, most notably The Revenant and Assassin’s Creed in 2016-17. In 2015, CATCHPLAY began partnering with local telecom providers across Southeast Asia to launch CATCHPLAY On Demand, a premium movie on-demand service.
Originally established in 2005 in Fremont, CA, by Timothy Chen, VIA OnDemand announced its digital download offering during Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, in 2006[1]and later rebranded as CATCHPLAY. In 2008, CATCHPLAY announced intentions to expand into the theatrical distribution business and relocated its headquarters to Taiwan.
VIA OnDemand started as part of the parent VIA Group before rebranding as CATCHPLAY under founder and World Economic Forum Young Global Leader Timothy Chen and prominent shareholder Cher Wang, co-founder of HTC and integrated chipset maker VIA Technologies. Harvey Chang, previously Chief Executive Officer of Taiwan Mobile and an award-winning business leader in the finance and telecom sectors in Taiwan, joined CATCHPLAY in 2012 as Chairman of CATCHPLAY Media Holding Company. In the same year, Daphne Yang joined CATCHPLAY as Executive Director and Group CEO following an early career an advertising and nearly 8 years as Vice President of Marketing at Taiwan Mobile.
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