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  • OTT player HOOQ makes India debut; prices subscription at Rs 199

    OTT player HOOQ makes India debut; prices subscription at Rs 199

    MUMBAI: Competing with over the top (OTT) players such as Star India’s Hotstar, BoxTV and Big Flix, Asian video-streaming service Hooq has made its Indian debut.

     

    As reported by last month by Indiantelevision.com, the OTT video service from Singtel, Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros. Television was looking at expanding in the Asian region by launching in countries like India, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.

     

    While Hooq will officially go live in India in June, beta access will be available to select users beginning 27 May.

     

    Hooq’s one-month subscription will cost Rs 199 and consumers will be able to pay using credit card, debit card, cash card, internet banking as well as PayTM.

     

    “We are very excited to bring to Indian consumers the ultimate ad-free video-on-demand service at an amazingly low price.  HOOQ will offer India the largest and best catalogue of Hollywood and Indian content of any service available today,” said Hooq CEO Peter Bithos.

     

    Hooq will offer over 15,000 international and local titles to consumers in the country including the likes of Harry Potter, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Pulp Fiction, Nikita, Shield, Friends, Lost, Grey’s Anatomy, Chennai Express, Vishwaroopam, and Andaz Apna Apna.

     

    For the local content, the company has partnered with movie studios like Yash raj Films, Sun TV, UTV Disney, Rajshri, Reliance, Shemaroo, and Sri Balaji AP International amongst others. At launch, Hooq plans to offer over 10,000 videos including Bollywood, Tollywood and Kollywood movies along with TV shows.

     

    Hooq users will be able to access their account on five devices at any given point of time and stream content on two devices simultaneously. The ad free Hooq also offers download support for offline viewing. Movies can be streamed for an unlimited amount of time anytime and anywhere.

     

    Hooq is accessible over the web at hooq.tv as well as via official Android and iOS applications.

  • BigFlix gets into licensing agreement with Vishesh Films

    BigFlix gets into licensing agreement with Vishesh Films

    MUMBAI: BigFlix customers have a reason to rejoice and why? Well, the movie-on-demand service by Reliance Entertainment Digital, in order to strengthen its Bollywood offering has formed a licensing agreement with Vishesh Films. The agreement will allow users to stream as well as download several movies produced under the banner over the years.

    With this alliance, BigFlix continues to tie up with leading entertainment companies, thereby acquiring internet rights of some of the best titles of the industry.

    The catalogue that is now live on BigFlix, offers some highly acclaimed movies from the past produced by Vishesh Films like Sadak, Ghulam, Sir etc. The recent releases of the production house that included movies like Jannat, Kalyug,Murder and Jism series are also being offered.

    What’s more? One can enjoy these movies minus ads and at the time and space of their convenience by just logging into BigFlix on the smart device – PC, mobile or tablet by just single login.

    Commenting on the addition in the catalogue, Reliance Entertainment Digital CEO Manish Agarwal said in a release, “Vishesh Films has been amongst the most popular banners in Bollywood for 25 years now. Home to veterans like Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt, the banner has given Bollywood a variety of films – from intense and hard-hitting subjects, to romantic musicals and commercial films based on para-science. Having these films is a definite value addition for BigFlix subscribers.”

    The move will benefit over one million registered users and over 100,000 subscribers of BigFlix. The movies can be streamed or downloaded and watched offline using the newly launched ‘download’ feature, at no additional cost.

    ‘Vishesh Films has been a banner that represents a very diverse, powerful and identifiable library of films and we are glad to have bought it to the finger tips of our audiences with the emergence of platforms like BigFlix,” said Vishesh Films producer and director Vishesh Bhatt.