Bangkok--April 21--HBO Asia HBO Asia announced today that its second movie channel, Cinemax, will broadcast the award-winning Thai movie, RED BIKE STORY. A heartwarming movie about freshman university students coming of age and discovering the meaning of love, this fil m stars two of Thailand hottest entertainers, Mos Patthaveekarn and Tata Young. RED BIKE STORY will premiere on Cinemax on May 6 as part of the channel's Wednesday Asian Filmfest package. "We are excited and honored to be able to present RED BIKE STORY as part of our upcoming Asian Filmfest lineup. It demonstrates our commitment to bring the best in movie entertainment to our subscribers." Jim Marturano, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, HBO Asia said. Cinemax, a 24-hour, commercial-free movie channel featuring critically acclaimed films has been available in Thailand since November 1996, "The response to Cinemax in Thailand and throughout Asia has been incredibly positive. Clearly consumers consider HBO and Cinemax to be the two best movie channels in Asia." said Marturano. Launched just a mere eighteen months ago across the region, Cinemax boasts over two million paying subscribers in nine countries in Asia, including Singapore, the Philippines, Taiwan, Brunei and Thailand. Closed caption subtitling is available on the 24-hour Cinemax channel in Thai and Chinese. Upcoming movies include SURVIVING PICASSO (Anthony Hopkins), FARGO (France McDormand), DIABOLIQUE (Sharon Stone), ESCAPE FROM (Kurt Russell) and BED OF ROSES (Christian Slater) among others. HBO Asia's flagship channel, HBO, continues to reinforce its position as the number one movie channel with an unbeatable1998 program lineup. With the support of Hollywood's five major studios, namely Warner Bros., Columbia/Tristar, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios and Disney's Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures, subscribers will have a powerful lineup of hit movies to choose from in the coming months: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (Tom Cruise), TWISTER (Helen Hunt), ERASER (Arnold Schwarzenegger), A TIME TO KILL (Sandra Bullock), SPACE JAM (Michael Jordan) and DAYLIGHT (Sylvester Stallone) to name a few. A big new movie premieres every week on HBO's Saturday Night prime-time slot-8:00 pm Thailand time. On Sunday at 7:00 pm, HBO Sunday All-Stars features top stars in award-winning performances. HBO Monday Nights Movies at 8:00 pm will feature new films, including HBO Original titles such as CRIME OF THE CENTURY (Isabella Rosellini) and GOTTI (Armand Assante). The success of HBO can be seen throughout Asia, with the number of paying subscribers hitting 3.2 million. HBO is currently available in 20 countries in Asia, including Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Based in singapore, HBO Asia is the pay-television service of HBO Pacific Partners, a joint venture of Time Warner Entertainment (Home Box Office and Warner Bros.), Paramount Films of Southeast Asia Inc, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Universal Studios Inc. HBO Asia programs and distributes HBO and Cinemax. Both channels license product on and exclusive basis from Warner Bros., Pictures, Universal Studios, Columbia/Tristar and Disney's Hollywood and Touchstone Pictures, for the region. Launched in June 1992, HBO is a 24-hour-a-day, commercial-free subscription movie channel. Asia's pre-eminent movie channel is currently available in 20 territories in Asia. Cinemax, HBO Asia's newest movie channel, launched November 1996. Cinemax is a 24-hour, commercial-free subscription channel featuring a wide range of movies. End.