UPSIZE PH | PLDT Home, Lionsgate Play Team Up To Bring Cinematic Content To Filipino Homes

Jun 13

Jun 13 PLDT Home, Lionsgate Play Team Up To Bring Cinematic Content To Filipino Homes

Broadband service provider PLDT Home has announced a partnership with premium streaming platform Lionsgate Play to give Filipinos more entertainment options at home.

Lionsgate Play is a California-based studio company that has produced and distributed popular franchises like "John Wick," "Twilight," "Saw" and "Divergent," as well as television shows such as "Mad Men," "Spartacus" and "The Royals."

With this new partnership, PLDT subscribers will now have the opportunity to stream all of Lionsgate's catalog from the company's streaming platform.

“This partnership is part of our continuing mission to provide our customers the fastest broadband connection in the country so that they can better stream their entertainment choices including the most exciting and irreverent stories from Lionsgate Play. Beyond PLDT-powered homes, Lionsgate Play shall also be available to Smart customers soon,” said PLDT Home Senior Vice President and Head of Consumer Business-Home Group Jeremiah de la Cruz.

“Lionsgate's premium Hollywood content are targeted at urban millenials, whether at age at at heart,” said Lionsgate Play General Manager Cecilia Marino.

“Taking this forward, we are excited to partner with PLDT Home to launch Lionsgate Play in the Philippines. We are reaching out to a large and diverse sector of consumers with a digitally-driven offering enabling them to ‘play more, browse less.’ We look forward to more Filipinos enjoying the best of what Hollywood has to offer!” said Lionsgate Executive Vice President Amit Dhanuka.

Also among Lionsgate Play’s banner content is futuristic action film Apex. This Bruce Willis starrer follows Thomas Malone (Willis) as a wrongfully-convicted prisoner given a chance at freedom.

Now available locally through Lionsgate Play is the critically-acclaimed drama “Gaslit,” starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn. The new series spotlights Martha Mitchell (Roberts), wife of former US President Nixon’s Attorney General John N. Mitchell, discovering the full extent of the Watergate scandal in the 70s.

Lionsgate Play also features the studio’s most commercially successful films and film franchises. “The Hunger Games” follows hunter KatnissEverdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and her heroic adventures in a post-apocalyptic world; “John Wick” tells the story of the titular character (Keanu Reeves) forced to return to his life as a hitman to avenge the death of his beloved puppy; the “Twilight Saga” follows the epic love story of teenager Bella Swan (Kirsten Stewart) and vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson); “SAW” trails the sadistic machinations of John Kramer or Jigsaw; “Knives Out” follows a detective (Daniel Craig) in his investigation on the mysterious death of a wealthy novelist (Christopher Plummer); and many more.

The streaming service also carries some of Lionsgate’s most iconic and groundbreaking series such as “Mad Men,” a multiple Emmy and Golden Globe-winning period drama starring Jon Hamm that’s widely considered to be one of the greatest TV shows of all time; and “The Royals,” a drama chronicling the tradition, opulence, and scandal that surround a fictional modern-day royal family. Lionsgate Play also gives PLDT Home subscribers first dibs on the hottest new shows including “Becoming Elizabeth,” which chronicles Elizabeth I’s rise to power and all the intrigue and betrayal that came with becoming the Virgin Queen.

Lionsgate Play will be available to all existing and new PLDT subscribers, free of charge, until June 1, 2023.

Enjoy a bigger, bolder, faster, and more powerful entertainment home viewing experience at home with Lionsgate Play, exclusive in the Philippines through PLDT Home. To learn more about Lionsgate Play, visit https://pldthome.com/lionsgateplay.