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  • NH Studioz announces NH Plus OTT platform

    NH Studioz announces NH Plus OTT platform

    Mumbai: Film production company NH Studioz is all set to launch its OTT platform NH Plus.

    With NH Plus, NH Studioz aims to bridge the gap and become a one-stop shop for all the film buffs across demographics, said the company in a statement on Wednesday.

    Commenting on the launch of NH Plus, NH Studioz, director, Shreyans Hirawat said, “With NH Plus, we have planned to explore the digital ecosystem because coming from the entertainment sector, we believe that entertainment is all that people need at the end of the day and that’s when we decided to launch the OTT platform. With the blend of films and classics, our focus is very simple as the audiences are adapting tech and OTT, we would like to reach the desi film audiences.”

    “In today’s time, customer acquisition is the major challenge for any OTT player and we envisage the same challenges,” he further stated.

    While other platforms are focusing both on films and TV shows, NH Plus would focus only on films. The audiences will be able to access titles like “Sholay”, “Sarkar”, “Baghban”, “Krantiveer”, “Pink” and many more on the upcoming OTT platform.

    Hirawat said the company plans to roll out various offers on the subscription plan since the business model would be hybrid in nature. “We will be starting with 200 films and target to add a decent number each month,” he added.

  • Tata Sky marks decade with all-channels offer to subscribers during Olympics

    Tata Sky marks decade with all-channels offer to subscribers during Olympics

    NEW DELHI: As a special gesture to mark ten years of its completion, subscribers will get to view all the 500 + channels and services that Tata Sky has to offer at no additional cost to their subscription between 8 to 21 August.H, Kapoor and Sons, Airlift, Maanjhi The Mountain Man, Bajirao Mastani, Shaandar, Tamashaa, Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Dil Dhadakne Do, Jazbaa and Badlapur to the subscriber base free of cost.

    As a part of the celebrations, Tata Sky is carrying a special ‘Celebrating 10 Years’ logo on its DTH platform.

    Tata Sky’s MD & CEO Harit Nagpal said, “We couldn’t have celebrated this milestone without involving our subscribers, who have been at the core of our journey through the decade. Our celebratory offerings are just our way of conveying to our subscribers that Tata Sky ensures they get the best of world class entertainment viewing in abundance.”

    He added that this celebratory offer could not have come at a more opportune time as all subscribers can watch the much-awaited Rio Olympics at no additional cost.

    Over the last decade, Tata Sky said in a release that it had revolutionised Indian home entertainment by empowering television viewers with choice, control and convenience through a wide array of programming choices and interactive features.

    It claimed to have many revolutionary firsts under its belt, right from the PVR (Personal Video Recorder) set-top box, 4K Set top box, to first ever DIY (Do-It-Yourself) videos and an array of successful interactive services, thereby living up to its promise of offering Indian subscribers a world-class television viewing experience through its satellite television service.

  • Tata Sky marks decade with all-channels offer to subscribers during Olympics

    Tata Sky marks decade with all-channels offer to subscribers during Olympics

    NEW DELHI: As a special gesture to mark ten years of its completion, subscribers will get to view all the 500 + channels and services that Tata Sky has to offer at no additional cost to their subscription between 8 to 21 August.H, Kapoor and Sons, Airlift, Maanjhi The Mountain Man, Bajirao Mastani, Shaandar, Tamashaa, Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Dil Dhadakne Do, Jazbaa and Badlapur to the subscriber base free of cost.

    As a part of the celebrations, Tata Sky is carrying a special ‘Celebrating 10 Years’ logo on its DTH platform.

    Tata Sky’s MD & CEO Harit Nagpal said, “We couldn’t have celebrated this milestone without involving our subscribers, who have been at the core of our journey through the decade. Our celebratory offerings are just our way of conveying to our subscribers that Tata Sky ensures they get the best of world class entertainment viewing in abundance.”

    He added that this celebratory offer could not have come at a more opportune time as all subscribers can watch the much-awaited Rio Olympics at no additional cost.

    Over the last decade, Tata Sky said in a release that it had revolutionised Indian home entertainment by empowering television viewers with choice, control and convenience through a wide array of programming choices and interactive features.

    It claimed to have many revolutionary firsts under its belt, right from the PVR (Personal Video Recorder) set-top box, 4K Set top box, to first ever DIY (Do-It-Yourself) videos and an array of successful interactive services, thereby living up to its promise of offering Indian subscribers a world-class television viewing experience through its satellite television service.

  • ErosNow launches on Jadoo TV OTT platform worldwide

    ErosNow launches on Jadoo TV OTT platform worldwide

    MUMBAI: Jadoo TV’s parent company CloudStream Media, Inc has inked a partnership with Eros International to bring the ErosNow streaming service to the Jadoo TV over-the-top (OTT) streaming platform worldwide.

     

    With this deal, Jadoo TV’s consumers will get instant access to Bollywood movies, television shows and music videos. Jadoo TV will make the ErosNow premium service available starting September 2015 for free to Jadoo4 users for the first year, amounting to a $100 value.

     

    With this latest announcement, Jadoo TV continues to provide its customers with an industry leading line up of on-demand and live South Asian film and television content on its.

     

    ErosNow premium service users on Jadoo TV will see films releasing immediately after their theatrical release and prior to their television release. ErosNow will also include in-house flagship original programming delivering shows with film-like production values. Content across several genres that include reality shows, adaptations of international series, and original productions spanning drama, comedy and thrillers will also be made available. Full seasons of these shows and series will be available for viewing exclusively on ErosNow.

     

    “Partnering with Eros is an exciting opportunity for us as it significantly bolsters our on-demand content offering, allowing our customers access to the latest selection of high quality Bollywood and regional movies, television shows, and music videos. Jadoo TV is the leading platform for the South Asian diaspora, and we believe that this partnership will significantly change the digital media distribution landscape,” said CloudStream Media, Inc CEO and Jadoo TV founder Sajid Sohail.

  • Bollywood films inspired actual happenings in the underworld: Coincidence?

    Bollywood films inspired actual happenings in the underworld: Coincidence?

    NEW DELHI: The underworld has been one of the favorite themes of Bollywood in the last decade and several films and characters have been directly or indirectly inspired by the dons – whether it is Dawood Ibrahim, Maya Bhai, or Abu Salem.

    Recently there were reports that Abu Salem was shot at and injured inside the Tajola jail in Navi Mumbai, and coincidentally Dinesh P. Bhosle‘s film ‘Calapor‘ revolves around similar happenings in a jail. It is a modern day setting of a prison and deals with various intricate details of conspiracies behind the bars. Priyanshu Chatterjee would be seen in a never before seen avatar of a gangster who conspires to kill a sharp shooter in the jail.

    Speaking about the film, the director said “Well, it is a pure coincidence that Abu Salem was shot, and my film Calapor will provide a clear view to the audience about the happenings of a jail. It will provide the audience a keyhole view inside prison”

    Slated for release on 2 August, the plot of the movie is about reformation in a prison through the medium of dance and drama.

    Produced by Prasad Creations and directed by Dinesh P Bhonsle, it stars Ritupana Sengupta, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Raghubir Yadav, Harsh Chhaya, Binny Sharma, P. Subbaraju, Aziz Naseer and introducing Aakash Sharma.

    Meanwhile in another film – Apoorva Lakhia‘s Zanjeer 2.0 – for which the online trailer is to be launched today, Atul Kulkarni‘s character is inspired by none other than the slain ace journalist J-Dey. 

    Slated for release in 6 September, it stars an elite ensemble cast of Ram Charan, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra, Prakash Raj, Mahie Gill and Atul Kalkarni amongst others.

    Keeping the trademarks of Indian cinema intact but with a contemporary twist, Zanjeer 2.0is apparently premised on the subject of ‘Oil Mafia‘ and will see the rugged and ripped Ram Charan battle his way to eliminate the deadly cartels.

  • Ongoing Toronto fest dedicates entire section to Bollywood films

    Ongoing Toronto fest dedicates entire section to Bollywood films

    MUMBAI: The 37th Toronto International Film Festival that began today has dedicated an entire section to films from Mumbai. This would include the gala premiere of Sridevi‘s comeback film English Vinglish.
    With the spotlight on Indian cinema this year, the North-American cinema event, which has gained importance over the years for its ability to create Oscar-buzz, is offering a rich bouquet of 15 films from India in which two of its biggest attractions are Deepa Mehta‘s Midnight‘s Children and Mira Nair‘s Reluctant Fundamentalist.
    English Vinglish which marks Sridevi‘s return to films after a gap of 15 years, has been directed by debutante Gauri Shinde, wife of R Balki who had earlier directed Cheeni Kum and Paa. A funny and touching story about an Indian woman‘s struggle to learn English in America, the film will be screened on 14 September.
    Midnight‘s Children, an adaptation of Salman Rushdie‘s Booker award-winning novel of the same name, boasts of a huge Indian star cast. The fantasy film tells the strange story of midnight children. Born on the cusp of India‘s independence from Britain, these children are endowed with strange, magical abilities.
    Reluctant Fundamentalist, on the other hand, tells the story of a young Pakistani‘s disillusionment with the great American dream in the post 9/11 era. The film, partly shot in India, stars Shabana Azmi and Om Puri apart from its international star cast.
    National-award-winning filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli‘s The Tortoise, An Incarnation will be screened in the ‘Contemporary World Cinema’ section of the festival.