May Yip, distribution and acquisition manager at Hong Kong's Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG), is leaving the company today to take up the position of head of distribution at Fortune Star.

Fortune Star is the content arm of News Corp-owned regional broadcaster Star TV. It owns world rights in perpetuity to a large library of Chinese-language films including titles produced by Golden Harvest, Golden Princess and D&B.

EMG is a production and distribution company with credits including Jackie Chan vehicle The Medallion and action title The Twins Effect which is scheduled for release in Hong Kong in June.

EMG distribution manager Raymond Liu has assumed Yip's duties.