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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.

  • 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.

  • Netflix hires Dipashree Das as partner marketing -SEA & India

    Netflix hires Dipashree Das as partner marketing -SEA & India

    MUMBAI: Video streaming OTT Netflix is slowly and steadily building up its management in Asia and in India. The latest recruit in the firm is Dipashree Das who has hopped on board as partner marketing for south-east Asia and India.

    Das is a senior digital and content marketing professional with more than 11 years of experience across TV, digital and brand marketing.

    She began her career with Hindustan Lever and worked there for five years before being posted as regional brand manager personal and wash. Following that she worked at NDTV Profit as the head of ad-funded programming and correspondent.

    She then moved on to Channel News Asia and went on to lead the 360 digital strategy and content team. She was with Singtel for the last three years working on marketing, advertising, trade marketing, regional partnerships and sales strategy.

    In August, Netflix announced the appointment of two professionals – Swati Shetty — who has got the designation of Director, International Originals & Acquisitions – and Gaurav Pradhan, who joined the company as director of business development.

    The streaming service launched in India with premium pricing and has managed to attract less than a guesstimated 50,000 subscribers in India.

  • Netflix hires Dipashree Das as partner marketing -SEA & India

    Netflix hires Dipashree Das as partner marketing -SEA & India

    MUMBAI: Video streaming OTT Netflix is slowly and steadily building up its management in Asia and in India. The latest recruit in the firm is Dipashree Das who has hopped on board as partner marketing for south-east Asia and India.

    Das is a senior digital and content marketing professional with more than 11 years of experience across TV, digital and brand marketing.

    She began her career with Hindustan Lever and worked there for five years before being posted as regional brand manager personal and wash. Following that she worked at NDTV Profit as the head of ad-funded programming and correspondent.

    She then moved on to Channel News Asia and went on to lead the 360 digital strategy and content team. She was with Singtel for the last three years working on marketing, advertising, trade marketing, regional partnerships and sales strategy.

    In August, Netflix announced the appointment of two professionals – Swati Shetty — who has got the designation of Director, International Originals & Acquisitions – and Gaurav Pradhan, who joined the company as director of business development.

    The streaming service launched in India with premium pricing and has managed to attract less than a guesstimated 50,000 subscribers in India.

  • NDTV 24 x7 expands its presence in Singapore

    NDTV 24 x7 expands its presence in Singapore

    MUMBAI: New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) on 26 September announced the launch of its flagship channel, ‘NDTV 24×7’, on Singtel in Singapore.

    The company formally released the information of the launch of its Hindi news channel in Singapore to the BSE today. ‘NDTV India’ is the other NDTV channel already available on Singtel. With this launch, the channel is expanding its presence in Singapore.

    NDTV’s third channel in the portfolio is India’s first ever 2-in-1 channel NDTV Profit-NDTV Prime (business news and infotainment). The three channels target Indians across the global with news. NDTV has had a roller-coaster ride as a media company-turned-broadcaster in the last 25 years.

    Commenting on the launch, NDTV Affiliate Sales & Distribution head Rahul Sood said, “With this launch on Singtel, NDTV 24×7 is now available to a large majority of the Indian TV-viewing homes in Singapore. It helps us further penetrate the market and reach out to all those viewers who have a deeper political, commercial and cultural interest in news and stories from the sub-continent.”

    ‘NDTV 24×7’ is available on the Singtel TV Kondattam and Desi Starter, Trio, Variety and Value Packs.

  • NDTV 24 x7 expands its presence in Singapore

    NDTV 24 x7 expands its presence in Singapore

    MUMBAI: New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) on 26 September announced the launch of its flagship channel, ‘NDTV 24×7’, on Singtel in Singapore.

    The company formally released the information of the launch of its Hindi news channel in Singapore to the BSE today. ‘NDTV India’ is the other NDTV channel already available on Singtel. With this launch, the channel is expanding its presence in Singapore.

    NDTV’s third channel in the portfolio is India’s first ever 2-in-1 channel NDTV Profit-NDTV Prime (business news and infotainment). The three channels target Indians across the global with news. NDTV has had a roller-coaster ride as a media company-turned-broadcaster in the last 25 years.

    Commenting on the launch, NDTV Affiliate Sales & Distribution head Rahul Sood said, “With this launch on Singtel, NDTV 24×7 is now available to a large majority of the Indian TV-viewing homes in Singapore. It helps us further penetrate the market and reach out to all those viewers who have a deeper political, commercial and cultural interest in news and stories from the sub-continent.”

    ‘NDTV 24×7’ is available on the Singtel TV Kondattam and Desi Starter, Trio, Variety and Value Packs.

  • Hooq plans to invest $2 million on original Indian content

    Hooq plans to invest $2 million on original Indian content

    MUMBAI: Hooq plans to invest $ 2 million in Indian original content in India. This is part of its APAC strategy to start sourcing local original content in Asian countries.

    A joint venture of SingTel, Sony Pictures TV and Warner Bros., Hooq entered the Indian market back in May this year with a catalogue of over 10,000 movies and TV series.

    “We are in talks with a few other (production) studios in India but nothing finalised yet. As we are still in an observation phase, we are seeing a gap in local language content available on broadcasters’ apps. Such content or programming is not available on other neutral platforms too. That is the gap we are looking (at filling),” said Hooq India managing director Salil Kapoor.

    Though Kapoor refused to comment on investment plans, entertainment industry sources indicated that in the first phase Hooq is likely to spend up to $ 2 million in Indian original content, a plan that’s similar to what the company proposes to do in some other Asian countries too.

    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.

    For the OTT platform, consumption of its service in the four south Indian states of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka is high and an area of focus in terms of content and expanding subscriber base.

    Though the Indian OTT market is still in an early stage in terms of revenue generation and subscriber base, Hooq has priced its monthly subscription at Rs 199 in a price sensitive market where high data charges and indifferent bandwidth are also major challenges for an OTT player. New subscribers are offered a seven-day trial package for free.

    Interestingly, all the investors of Hooq have other investments too in India. SingTel is a major investor in telco Bharti Airtel, while both Sony Pictures TV and Warner Bros. have separate businesses running in India. Hooq presently operates in the Philippines, Thailand and India with a population footprint of over 1.4 billion people.

    India, which as per a Media Partners Asia report could gain in APAC online video segment owing to China’s restrictive policies, has seen some global digital players setting up shop with significant initial investments in the OTT/VOD eco-system.

    Netflix, for example, has earmarked $5 billion for content creation and acquisition for 2016 calendar period. Chinese Internet conglomerate LeEco is likely to invest nearly $1.5 billion in media-entertainment industry for content aggregation. Amazon Prime, according to media reports, plans to invest $300 million in funding movies and television series in India and is in talks with Bollywood studios.

    Apart from global players, local players too have lined up significant investments in content for online video services. This includes Star India, Viacom18, Sony India, Savvn, Zee, Times of India group and Arre. Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries has plans to pump in $17 billion in the Reliance Jio eco-system to build a platform that is aimed at taking Indians to live the digital life with cutting-edge services and quality content.

  • Hooq plans to invest $2 million on original Indian content

    Hooq plans to invest $2 million on original Indian content

    MUMBAI: Hooq plans to invest $ 2 million in Indian original content in India. This is part of its APAC strategy to start sourcing local original content in Asian countries.

    A joint venture of SingTel, Sony Pictures TV and Warner Bros., Hooq entered the Indian market back in May this year with a catalogue of over 10,000 movies and TV series.

    “We are in talks with a few other (production) studios in India but nothing finalised yet. As we are still in an observation phase, we are seeing a gap in local language content available on broadcasters’ apps. Such content or programming is not available on other neutral platforms too. That is the gap we are looking (at filling),” said Hooq India managing director Salil Kapoor.

    Though Kapoor refused to comment on investment plans, entertainment industry sources indicated that in the first phase Hooq is likely to spend up to $ 2 million in Indian original content, a plan that’s similar to what the company proposes to do in some other Asian countries too.

    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.

    For the OTT platform, consumption of its service in the four south Indian states of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka is high and an area of focus in terms of content and expanding subscriber base.

    Though the Indian OTT market is still in an early stage in terms of revenue generation and subscriber base, Hooq has priced its monthly subscription at Rs 199 in a price sensitive market where high data charges and indifferent bandwidth are also major challenges for an OTT player. New subscribers are offered a seven-day trial package for free.

    Interestingly, all the investors of Hooq have other investments too in India. SingTel is a major investor in telco Bharti Airtel, while both Sony Pictures TV and Warner Bros. have separate businesses running in India. Hooq presently operates in the Philippines, Thailand and India with a population footprint of over 1.4 billion people.

    India, which as per a Media Partners Asia report could gain in APAC online video segment owing to China’s restrictive policies, has seen some global digital players setting up shop with significant initial investments in the OTT/VOD eco-system.

    Netflix, for example, has earmarked $5 billion for content creation and acquisition for 2016 calendar period. Chinese Internet conglomerate LeEco is likely to invest nearly $1.5 billion in media-entertainment industry for content aggregation. Amazon Prime, according to media reports, plans to invest $300 million in funding movies and television series in India and is in talks with Bollywood studios.

    Apart from global players, local players too have lined up significant investments in content for online video services. This includes Star India, Viacom18, Sony India, Savvn, Zee, Times of India group and Arre. Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries has plans to pump in $17 billion in the Reliance Jio eco-system to build a platform that is aimed at taking Indians to live the digital life with cutting-edge services and quality content.

  • HOOQ appoints Manish Kapoor as Brand Head, India Operations

    HOOQ appoints Manish Kapoor as Brand Head, India Operations

    MUMBAI HOOQ has appointed Manish Kapoor as the Brand Lead of its India operations. As the Brand Lead Kapoor will further push the company’s goals of getting India HOOQ’d by revolutionizing video-on-demand service landscape in India.

    HOOQ — a joint venture by Singtel, Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros — will be leveraging Kapoor’s vast experience spanning over 15 years to drive the growth of the brand as a leading over-the-top video service in the region.

    Commenting on his new role, Kapoor said, “I am extremely excited be associated with HOOQ and lead its Brand Narrative in India . Over the Top is a very interesting Industry to be in and in my new role I look forward to creating exclusive brand experiences that will fuel the subscriber growth of HOOQ in the coming years”

    HOOQ India MD Salil Kapoor also added, “We’ve been scouring the country for the right person for this role. I’m delighted and extremely thrilled to have Kapoor on –board at HOOQ India. He is one of the most seasoned brand and marketing professionals. Kapoor brings with him a deep understanding of the Indian demographics that will help us co-create some interesting campaigns for our growing customer base at HOOQ. “

    Prior to HOOQ, Kapoor had worked with Havells India handling the entire group’s portfolio for 17 categories across three brands. He was also associated with JWT where he worked as the Associate Vice president and drove multiple brand portfolios such as Lay’s , Mountain Dew, Kurkure , Cheetos, Uncle Chipps, Timex , Central Parc, jeevansaathi.com, naukri.com , 99acres.com and Hero Motors.

  • HOOQ appoints Manish Kapoor as Brand Head, India Operations

    HOOQ appoints Manish Kapoor as Brand Head, India Operations

    MUMBAI HOOQ has appointed Manish Kapoor as the Brand Lead of its India operations. As the Brand Lead Kapoor will further push the company’s goals of getting India HOOQ’d by revolutionizing video-on-demand service landscape in India.

    HOOQ — a joint venture by Singtel, Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros — will be leveraging Kapoor’s vast experience spanning over 15 years to drive the growth of the brand as a leading over-the-top video service in the region.

    Commenting on his new role, Kapoor said, “I am extremely excited be associated with HOOQ and lead its Brand Narrative in India . Over the Top is a very interesting Industry to be in and in my new role I look forward to creating exclusive brand experiences that will fuel the subscriber growth of HOOQ in the coming years”

    HOOQ India MD Salil Kapoor also added, “We’ve been scouring the country for the right person for this role. I’m delighted and extremely thrilled to have Kapoor on –board at HOOQ India. He is one of the most seasoned brand and marketing professionals. Kapoor brings with him a deep understanding of the Indian demographics that will help us co-create some interesting campaigns for our growing customer base at HOOQ. “

    Prior to HOOQ, Kapoor had worked with Havells India handling the entire group’s portfolio for 17 categories across three brands. He was also associated with JWT where he worked as the Associate Vice president and drove multiple brand portfolios such as Lay’s , Mountain Dew, Kurkure , Cheetos, Uncle Chipps, Timex , Central Parc, jeevansaathi.com, naukri.com , 99acres.com and Hero Motors.