Catcha Group
iflix crosses 100K users, Thailand and Indonesia next
iflix has hit over 100,000 subscribers although it is not ready to share actual paying customer numbers. Its Malaysian CEO Azran Osman Rani shares a bit more about the data and his belief that the Internet is going to disrupt more businesses.
Catcha’s iflix expects to raise well over U$100mil
Expect Internet TV service iflix to raise well in excess of US$100 million as it presses on with delivering great entertainment value to its subscribers.
Catcha’s iflix gets Hollywood bigwigs on its advisory board
Internet TV service and iflix has formed an advisory board comprising business and creative leaders from Hollywood, including famous producer Brian Grazer and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer CEO Gary Barber.
iflix secures content deals with Fox, BBC and Warner Bros.
iflix said it has entered into multiple content agreements with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, BBC Worldwide and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD).
Catcha’s iflix partners with Vimond to develop Internet video platform
Catcha Group’s South-East Asian Internet TV service startup iflix said it has entered an agreement with Vimond Media Solutions for continued development of its Internet TV platform.
Week in Review: Malaysia a second-tier hub, Singapore first?
Singapore has just about arrived as a global startup hub, while Malaysia is still struggling to become a regional one. Is there a role that Malaysia can still play? DNA executive editor A. Asohan thinks so.
Catcha’s iflix gets US$30mil investment, Philippines telco PLDT involved
The Philippines is shaping out to be South-East Asia’s video-on-demand (VOD) battleground with the Catcha Group subsidiary iflix securing US$30 million, in an investment round led by Catcha itself and the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT).
Ensogo raises another US$30mil by issuing 183mil new shares
ASX-listed e-commerce company Ensogo Ltd has managed to raise another A$38 million (US$29.7 million) from institutional investors, by issuing 183 million new shares.
Former AirAsia X CEO Azran joins Patrick Grove’s iflix
Catcha Group has announced that former AirAsia X Bhd chief executive officer Azran Osman-Rani has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of iflix Malaysia, and chief operating officer of the iflix Group.
Ensogo raises additional US$7.6mil from HK-based Ward Ferry
ASX-listed Ensogo Ltd said it has entered into an agreement with WF Asian Reconnaissance Fund Limited (Ward Ferry, a fund managed by Ward Ferry Management) for the placement of 58,823,530 new Ensogo shares to Ward Ferry at a price of 17 Australian cents (US 13 cents) per share.
