ITV

Tag: Shreyash Sigtia

  • Now Download & Watch Movies Offline with BIGFLIX

    Now Download & Watch Movies Offline with BIGFLIX

    MUMBAI: Reliance Entertainment Digital’s movie-on-demand service BIGFLIX has taken a leap and rolled out the download facility for its large base of over 1 mn registered users and over 100k subscribers. This new service will now allow viewers to not just stream but also download their favourite movies and enjoy them offline as per their convenience of time and space, sans advertising and at no additional cost!

     

    In India, content consumption online, such as movie streaming, has always seen limitations such as inconsistent bandwidth & lower internet speeds that has kept masses away. As India’s largest movie streaming service, BIGFLIX has often received grievance from its users about persistent internet diffidence spoiling their movie watching experience.

     

    “It’s not exactly the launch of the download service, it’s the solution of a long standing, internet- connectivity related issue faced by most of our users across regions.  At BIGFLIX, our aim had always been to reach out to those movie lovers who shy away from a streaming service for the sheer lack of stable internet connectivity. So now our users need not worry about streaming their favourite films, they can download at their convenience and watch them offline anytime, anywhere without having to worry about the accessibility to internet. Internet connectivity is no longer a restraint to the movie watching experience to our subscribers -whether they are at home or on the go!”  said Mr. Shreyash Sigtia, Business Head, BIGFLIX.
    BIGFLIX has been consistently expanding its content offering by partnering with leading entertainment houses like Reliance Entertainment, UTV, Disney, Shemaroo Entertainment, IndiaCast, Unisys, AP International and many more to bring an assortment of films for the Indian consumers who prefer entertainment at their convenience of time and space. This entire catalogue of several thousands of movies on BIGFLIX can now be streamed or downloaded on desktops and laptops with plans starting Rs.99 onwards.

     

    Subscribers will be required to install ‘download manager’ to manage their download lists linked to their BIGFLIX account.

     

    (Steps to download a movie on BIGFLIX: http://bigflix.com/download-edu)

     

    Some key aspects of the download service are:

    In the case of interruption in download, users have the option to resume the download from where it was discontinued earlier.The download manager sits on the user’s machine and enables users to watch the movies which they have downloaded even when they are not connected to the internet i.e. films once downloaded can be watched offline
    Users can begin watching the movie as soon as 20% download is reached.
    All content on BIGFLIX is DRM protected and therefore the movies thus downloaded cannot be copied onto another devices.
    The download feature can be availed on the entire catalogue comprising over 2000 titles across genre and languages.

     

    No additional costs to avail download service; users can download and watch films offline so long as their subscription to BIGFLIX is active.

  • BIGFLIX launches BIGFLIX HD app for iOS users

    BIGFLIX launches BIGFLIX HD app for iOS users

    MUMBAI: BIGFLIX, India‘s first video-on-demand service launches BIGFLIX HD app for users across the world who can now enjoy watching movies in high definition on their apple devices i.e iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, laptop and desktop.

    BIGFLIX HD is the advanced and upgraded version of its predecessor. With the iOS app of BIGFLIX being amongst the top grossing entertainment app on iTunes, BIGFLIX HD will continue to allow users to stream over 2000 titles, this time in high definition.

    Featuring HD quality content, the iOS app – BIGFLIX HD – offers viewers a seamless viewing experience that is available across multiple devices i.e. Apple users subscribing through iTunes can avail the services across all their Apple devices.

    This means that you can watch a part of a movie on your iPad at home and then proceed to continue watching it (from where you left off) on your iPhone on your way.

    BIGFLIX boasts of the largest library of HD quality movies which includes both timeless classics and new releases across Indian languages like Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Punjabi, etc.

    The company is also the first to start the trend of releasing select new movies within 14 days of their theatrical launch. The thrill of watching an adventure film or enjoying the effects of animated films can now be experienced with the BIGFLIX HD app for iOS.

    Speaking on the upgraded version BIGFLIX business head Shreyash Sigtia said, “The BIGFLIX app for iOS has been designed to offer a user friendly experience featuring high-quality movie content, which makes it easy for users to find their favorite movies as well as discover new launches on the platform. The app has been amongst the top grossing entertainment app on iTunes, hence, we decided to upgrade BIGFLIX HD and offer a high quality entertainment experience to our Apple users.”

  • BigFlix records 1 mn registered users

    BigFlix records 1 mn registered users

    Mumbai: BigFlix, a movie-on-demand service that caters to movie buffs across the world, has recorded 1 million registered users.

    According to the company, with the recent addition of diverse catalogues and an upgraded user interface, BigFlix has been the preferred personal blockbuster theatre among film enthusiasts. “With consumers across the world watching films on-the-go at anytime, anywhere, the BigFlix app, which is available across platforms, has revolutionised the movie watching culture.”

    To celebrate the milestone achieved, BigFlix has announced a special celebratory offer for all its existing subscribers who have been a part of the journey of BigFlix since the very beginning. As a part of the offer, subscriptions worth Rs 1 million are to be gifted to certain invaluable customers who have been a part of the journey.

    BigFlix business head Shreyash Sigtia said, “This is indeed a milestone for BigFlix. We have come a long way from where we first began, and every single user who has joined us in the journey has made it possible for BigFlix to grow. It has been an honour for us to serve 1 million registered users so far by means of constantly introducing interesting movie catalogues in a number of languages and by consistently improvising on the user interface and customer service. With this success, our endeavour is to continue providing high quality, ad-free films across languages and genres to consumers across the world on PC, tablets and mobile.”

    Commenting further on the celebratory subscription offer he added, “The success of our service is attributed to the users of BigFlix. The subscription offer is a small token of appreciation from our side to the users who have been an integral part of the BigFlix journey.”

    The celebratory subscription offer is being conveyed to the customers by means of personalised mailers. The offer is valid throughout the month of May 2013.

  • Bigflix dons new look

    Bigflix dons new look

    Mumbai: Reliance Entertainment Digital has unveiled a new user interface for its movies on demand service, Bigflix.com.


    The enhanced user interface provides optimised browsing options with an easy navigation.


    With this, users can easily discover the movie of their choice. With language as key navigation on the site, one can easily jump to his favorite language, use the large filters to select favorite genre or take a look at the new additions to catalogue in ‘Now Available‘ section. The discovery is further aided by using the newly launched ‘Collections‘. Various collections like ‘BIG B Special‘, ‘Rajni the Boss‘, Deadly Devgan‘, ‘National Award Winners‘, ‘Old is Gold‘, ‘Best of Bengal‘, ‘Malyalam Megastars‘, ‘Vintage Kollywood‘, ‘Best of Mollywood‘ and ‘Telugu Talkies‘ have been added to start with.


    For the subscribers, the new design of the portal offers the advanced ‘Queue‘ feature that allows one to line-up all the movies that they wish to watch. ‘Queue‘ once created can also be accessed from other devices like smartphones and tablets. Also, with ‘Continue Watching‘ feature one can resume the movie from the place where he left it last, irrespective of the device he is watching it on, saving a lot of time.
     
    Big Flicks business head Shreyash Sigtia said, “We firmly believe that this change of UI shall help our subscribers to discover the movies that they want much faster and get engaged with our service. Every change brought about has been designed keeping in mind the consumer‘s needs and ease. We have user‘s who are ardent fans of a genre or actor. We thought of making a dedicated section for them and hence gave rise to ‘Collections‘ making it easy for them to browse through the catalogue.”