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  • Netflix gets competition as Hooq enters Singapore market

    Netflix gets competition as Hooq enters Singapore market

    MUMBAI: Team Netflix, please take note. Video streaming service Hooq is now available in Singapore. It launched in the Philippines early last year, and has since expanded to Thailand, India and Indonesia. In India, Hooq plans to invest $2 million on home-grown content.

    Hooq is a joint venture by Singtel, Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros. Entertainment.

    The platform has a catalogue of over 20,000 movies and television shows, comprising both Hollywood and regional content. Apart from Hollywood content, Hooq has presently sourced Indian films and shows from studios like Rajshri Productions, Reliance Entertainment, Shemaroo Entertainment, Balaji Telefilms and Whacked Out Studios. With the cost of making original English language shows high, the platform is considering Hindi and other Indian language content.

    It gives users access to Hollywood, Filipino, Indonesian and Indian content but there are plans to add Korean, Malay and Chinese content within the next 90 days.

    In Singapore, a subscription costs from $8.98 a month, to $78.98 for 360 days ($6.58 a month). Discounts are available for longer subscriptions. Hooq has also partnered with Singtel to offer prepaid streaming data bundles starting at $7 for 1 GB of streaming. More bundles will be available for the customers in the next few months.

  • DishTV launches Kids Active in partnership with Shemaroo

    DishTV launches Kids Active in partnership with Shemaroo

    MUMBAI: Value added services has been a focus area, a clear differentiator and an integral part of our offering. By not leaving any stone unturned in order to provide a wide range of content and services to its subscribers, DishTV Asia’s largest DTH brand has partnered with Shemaroo, one of India’s leading entertainment content houses that provides learning and entertainment to launch a new premium service called Kids Active and enhanced its bouquet of value added services to 10.

    With the launch of Kids Active service, the DTH category’s most trusted brand has doubled their active services since last six months. Kids Active offers original content ranging from exciting stories, movies, songs, scientific experiment series and many more shows.

    Kids Active is packaged 24X7, ad free infotainment service for kids in the age group of 6-12 years. With the activation of the service, subscribers get an opportunity to view Tales of Akbar & Birbal in English, animation songs, jungle tales, children’s movies and show promos, Grandpas treasure of wonderful stories and fun learning with scientific experiments.

    DishTV CEO said, “We are delighted to announce our specialty offering targeted at the youngest generation. Kids segment is an area which is constantly in focus for us. Launch of Kids Active service is yet another step for us to enhance our value added services portfolio and cater to a wider set of audience.”

    Kids Active is a premium ad free subscription based service targeted at enhancing the TV viewing of DishTV’s young subscribers. This service will be available as a free preview till the 24 October, after which a nominal amount of Rs 25 per month will be charged. This Kids Active service will be available on channel number 514 on DishTV.

    Dish TV is Asia Pacific’s largest direct-to-home (DTH) company and part of one of India’s biggest media conglomerate – the ‘Zee’ Group. Dish TV has on its platform more than 575 channels & services including 22 audio channels and over 55 HD channels & services. Dish TV uses the NSS-6 satellite platform which is unique in the Indian subcontinent owing to its automated power control and contoured beam which makes it suitable for use in ITU K and N rain zones ideally suited for India’s tropical climate. The company also has transponders on the Asiasat 5 platform and on the SES-8 platform which makes its total bandwidth capacity equal to 828 MHZ, the largest held by any DTH player in the country.

  • DishTV launches Kids Active in partnership with Shemaroo

    DishTV launches Kids Active in partnership with Shemaroo

    MUMBAI: Value added services has been a focus area, a clear differentiator and an integral part of our offering. By not leaving any stone unturned in order to provide a wide range of content and services to its subscribers, DishTV Asia’s largest DTH brand has partnered with Shemaroo, one of India’s leading entertainment content houses that provides learning and entertainment to launch a new premium service called Kids Active and enhanced its bouquet of value added services to 10.

    With the launch of Kids Active service, the DTH category’s most trusted brand has doubled their active services since last six months. Kids Active offers original content ranging from exciting stories, movies, songs, scientific experiment series and many more shows.

    Kids Active is packaged 24X7, ad free infotainment service for kids in the age group of 6-12 years. With the activation of the service, subscribers get an opportunity to view Tales of Akbar & Birbal in English, animation songs, jungle tales, children’s movies and show promos, Grandpas treasure of wonderful stories and fun learning with scientific experiments.

    DishTV CEO said, “We are delighted to announce our specialty offering targeted at the youngest generation. Kids segment is an area which is constantly in focus for us. Launch of Kids Active service is yet another step for us to enhance our value added services portfolio and cater to a wider set of audience.”

    Kids Active is a premium ad free subscription based service targeted at enhancing the TV viewing of DishTV’s young subscribers. This service will be available as a free preview till the 24 October, after which a nominal amount of Rs 25 per month will be charged. This Kids Active service will be available on channel number 514 on DishTV.

    Dish TV is Asia Pacific’s largest direct-to-home (DTH) company and part of one of India’s biggest media conglomerate – the ‘Zee’ Group. Dish TV has on its platform more than 575 channels & services including 22 audio channels and over 55 HD channels & services. Dish TV uses the NSS-6 satellite platform which is unique in the Indian subcontinent owing to its automated power control and contoured beam which makes it suitable for use in ITU K and N rain zones ideally suited for India’s tropical climate. The company also has transponders on the Asiasat 5 platform and on the SES-8 platform which makes its total bandwidth capacity equal to 828 MHZ, the largest held by any DTH player in the country.

  • DishTV, Shemaroo tie up for ‘Comedy Active’

    DishTV, Shemaroo tie up for ‘Comedy Active’

    MUMBAI: DishTV is all set to expand its bouquet of value added services (VAS). DishTV has partnered with Comedywalas, a division of Shemaroo Entertainment, to launch a new service called ‘Comedy Active’.

    Comedy Active Service, that aims to take the comedy quotient a notch higher, will connect the subscribers to all genres of comedy ranging from comic shows and gags, on the DishTV platform. Comedy Active offers original content, created especially for this service along with the best of classic comedy television shows like ‘Nukkad’, ‘Ye Jo Hai Zindagi’, and ‘Zabaan Sambhalke’. Segmented in two parts, Comedy Active will air content in the form of ‘Classic comedy shows’ and introduced ‘short format comedy shows’.

    Comedy Active Service will be packaged as a 24X7 ad free service which will showcase comedy programs throughout the day. Subscribers will get an opportunity to view some of the most classic comedy shows, Bollywood repurposed shows, Spoofs, Gags, Hidden camera pranks and Stand-up comedy, and be delighted by pure light hearted entertainment.

    DishTV chief executive officer Arun Kapoor said, “We have always taken the lead in enhancing the value proposition and provide the best in entertainment to our subscribers. Laughter is infectious as it binds people together and brings happiness. While there are a lot of channels for a variety of entertainment, there are hardly any that offers uninterrupted content for Comedy. Comedy Active service will provide a single destination for comedy catering to all age groups of viewers at a time convenient to them.”

    Shemaroo Entertainment director Hiren Gada said “There is lack of good comedy content on television platform. Hence, consumers depend on other platforms.”

    DishTV is providing free preview of Comedy Active to its subscribers till 12 October after which DishTV subscribers can avail the service at an introductory price of Rs 39 per month.

  • DishTV, Shemaroo tie up for ‘Comedy Active’

    DishTV, Shemaroo tie up for ‘Comedy Active’

    MUMBAI: DishTV is all set to expand its bouquet of value added services (VAS). DishTV has partnered with Comedywalas, a division of Shemaroo Entertainment, to launch a new service called ‘Comedy Active’.

    Comedy Active Service, that aims to take the comedy quotient a notch higher, will connect the subscribers to all genres of comedy ranging from comic shows and gags, on the DishTV platform. Comedy Active offers original content, created especially for this service along with the best of classic comedy television shows like ‘Nukkad’, ‘Ye Jo Hai Zindagi’, and ‘Zabaan Sambhalke’. Segmented in two parts, Comedy Active will air content in the form of ‘Classic comedy shows’ and introduced ‘short format comedy shows’.

    Comedy Active Service will be packaged as a 24X7 ad free service which will showcase comedy programs throughout the day. Subscribers will get an opportunity to view some of the most classic comedy shows, Bollywood repurposed shows, Spoofs, Gags, Hidden camera pranks and Stand-up comedy, and be delighted by pure light hearted entertainment.

    DishTV chief executive officer Arun Kapoor said, “We have always taken the lead in enhancing the value proposition and provide the best in entertainment to our subscribers. Laughter is infectious as it binds people together and brings happiness. While there are a lot of channels for a variety of entertainment, there are hardly any that offers uninterrupted content for Comedy. Comedy Active service will provide a single destination for comedy catering to all age groups of viewers at a time convenient to them.”

    Shemaroo Entertainment director Hiren Gada said “There is lack of good comedy content on television platform. Hence, consumers depend on other platforms.”

    DishTV is providing free preview of Comedy Active to its subscribers till 12 October after which DishTV subscribers can avail the service at an introductory price of Rs 39 per month.

  • DishTV ties up with Shemaroo; launches Miniplex

    DishTV ties up with Shemaroo; launches Miniplex

    MUMBAI:  DishTV has expanded its gradient of value added services by tying up with Shemaroo Entertainment, one of India’s leading entertainment content houses, to launch a new premium service called ‘Miniplex”.

    Miniplex is a cross platform subscription-based movie premiere service that provides the audiences a unique opportunity to view premiere and also premium movie content for a nominal monthly subscription fee. 

    Speaking to the tie-up,  DishTV CEO Arun Kumar Kapoor, “Being a pioneer and market leader DishTV has always stood up to its promise of providing maximum Width and depth of content. We have always taken the lead in enhancing the value proposition and believes in providing the maximum and the best in entertainment to its subscribers. We are glad to announce our partnership with Shemaroo to launch Miniplex on our platform. The experience of watching latest movies at a click of a button has redefined the way consumers watch movies today. With this latest addition to our value added service we take the entertainment quotient a notch higher and allow movie buffs to watch latest blockbusters in the comfort of their home at relatively much reasonable cost.”

    This premium movie service will premiere latest blockbuster movies every Friday. Additionally, it’s is an ad free subscription based service which will also showcase other recent movies.

     Shemaroo Entertainment Limited director Hiren Gada too  shared his thoughts on the occasion: “We are glad to now launch Miniplex on DishTV. This tie up will enhance our reach across the country. A number of movies get released in theatres but go missing on TV. Miniplex intends to bridge this gap through premium ad free viewing experience. The service is already doing well on other platforms and we are happy to offer it to DishTV audience now.”

    With Miniplex, customers can avail premium movie content for a subscription fee of Rs 60 per month. This premium movie service will be available on channel number 212 on DishTV & Zing. Customers can easily activate this service by giving a missed call on 18002741100 or through SMS

    The service offers an un-paralleled experience to the movie viewers with ease of consumption as movies are scheduled at fixed timings throughout the day. Hence the viewers have the option of watching the movie at their convenience and leisure. The service is designed such that it gives the audience theatre-like-feel at home.

  • DishTV ties up with Shemaroo; launches Miniplex

    DishTV ties up with Shemaroo; launches Miniplex

    MUMBAI:  DishTV has expanded its gradient of value added services by tying up with Shemaroo Entertainment, one of India’s leading entertainment content houses, to launch a new premium service called ‘Miniplex”.

    Miniplex is a cross platform subscription-based movie premiere service that provides the audiences a unique opportunity to view premiere and also premium movie content for a nominal monthly subscription fee. 

    Speaking to the tie-up,  DishTV CEO Arun Kumar Kapoor, “Being a pioneer and market leader DishTV has always stood up to its promise of providing maximum Width and depth of content. We have always taken the lead in enhancing the value proposition and believes in providing the maximum and the best in entertainment to its subscribers. We are glad to announce our partnership with Shemaroo to launch Miniplex on our platform. The experience of watching latest movies at a click of a button has redefined the way consumers watch movies today. With this latest addition to our value added service we take the entertainment quotient a notch higher and allow movie buffs to watch latest blockbusters in the comfort of their home at relatively much reasonable cost.”

    This premium movie service will premiere latest blockbuster movies every Friday. Additionally, it’s is an ad free subscription based service which will also showcase other recent movies.

     Shemaroo Entertainment Limited director Hiren Gada too  shared his thoughts on the occasion: “We are glad to now launch Miniplex on DishTV. This tie up will enhance our reach across the country. A number of movies get released in theatres but go missing on TV. Miniplex intends to bridge this gap through premium ad free viewing experience. The service is already doing well on other platforms and we are happy to offer it to DishTV audience now.”

    With Miniplex, customers can avail premium movie content for a subscription fee of Rs 60 per month. This premium movie service will be available on channel number 212 on DishTV & Zing. Customers can easily activate this service by giving a missed call on 18002741100 or through SMS

    The service offers an un-paralleled experience to the movie viewers with ease of consumption as movies are scheduled at fixed timings throughout the day. Hence the viewers have the option of watching the movie at their convenience and leisure. The service is designed such that it gives the audience theatre-like-feel at home.

  • Shemaroo ropes in Disney’s Kaushal Nanavati as VP – international biz

    Shemaroo ropes in Disney’s Kaushal Nanavati as VP – international biz

    MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has appointed Kaushal Nanavati as vice president – international business.

    Nanavati will be responsible for driving the business in the international markets and scaling up Shemaroo’s international business on television and digital platforms.

    Prior to joining Shemaroo Entertainment, Nanavati was with Disney India as director – international distribution & syndication. He has also worked with several other media companies including UTV and Zee Telefilms.

    Nanavati has an extensive experience of 18 years, of which more than 15 years has been in the television space having handled roles encompassing international channel distribution, content syndication & domestic distribution.

    Shemaroo Entertainment director Jai Maroo said, “We are glad to welcome Kaushal to the family of Shemaroo Entertainment. Shemaroo has a vast and diverse content library, whose demand has been growing phenomenally in the international markets. Kaushal will lead the team to leverage the opportunity and scale up the business.”

  • Shemaroo ropes in Disney’s Kaushal Nanavati as VP – international biz

    Shemaroo ropes in Disney’s Kaushal Nanavati as VP – international biz

    MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has appointed Kaushal Nanavati as vice president – international business.

    Nanavati will be responsible for driving the business in the international markets and scaling up Shemaroo’s international business on television and digital platforms.

    Prior to joining Shemaroo Entertainment, Nanavati was with Disney India as director – international distribution & syndication. He has also worked with several other media companies including UTV and Zee Telefilms.

    Nanavati has an extensive experience of 18 years, of which more than 15 years has been in the television space having handled roles encompassing international channel distribution, content syndication & domestic distribution.

    Shemaroo Entertainment director Jai Maroo said, “We are glad to welcome Kaushal to the family of Shemaroo Entertainment. Shemaroo has a vast and diverse content library, whose demand has been growing phenomenally in the international markets. Kaushal will lead the team to leverage the opportunity and scale up the business.”

  • Shemaroo hires Kunal Wadhwani as social media & digital marketing head

    Shemaroo hires Kunal Wadhwani as social media & digital marketing head

    MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has appointed Kunal Wadhwani as head of social media and digital marketing to give a push the company’s digital marketing initiatives.

    Shemaroo Entertainment director Jai Maroo said, “We are glad to welcome Kunal on board. We understand the importance of digital marketing and its growing influence on the masses. Kunal will drive Shemaroo’s way forward in digital marketing.”

    Prior to joining Shemaroo Entertainment, Wadhwani was with Everymedia Technologies heading media planning and buying. He also managed digital marketing and Online Reputation Management (ORM) for Bollywood movies, brands and celebrities.