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  • Hungama Play expands distribution, announces partnership with Skyworth

    Hungama Play expands distribution, announces partnership with Skyworth

    MUMBAI: Hungama Play, a video on demand platform owned by Hungama Digital Media, announced an expansion of its distribution network by partnering with Skyworth, a Chinese consumer electronics brand.

    Hungama Play’s multi-lingual and multi-genre library comprising movies, TV shows, kids’ content, short-format videos and original programming will be available to stream on Skyworth smart TVs and Metz TVs, the premium range of smart TVs owned by Skyworth.

    Users of Skyworth smart TVs and Metz smart TVs will gain access to over 5000 films in English, Hindi and regional languages, in addition to more than 1500 short films of Hungama Play. Moreover, users will be able to enjoy Hungama Originals – original shows with unique narratives and storytelling.

    Hungama Digital Media chief operating officer, Siddhartha Roy says: “Over the years, Hungama has created a robust distribution network across various platforms all over the world. We are glad to associate with Skyworth and are certain that this will allow users to enjoy an engaging and wholesome entertainment experience on their Skyworth and Metz TVs.”

    Skyworth India’s vice managing director, Criver Liu, says, “India is a key market for us and we are glad to partner with one of the leading OTT platforms in the country. We are certain that our users will appreciate the diversity and quantum of the content offered by Hungama Play. With this association, we hope to strengthen our user engagement and provide them with an extensive content library.”

    The library of Hugama Play also includes 7500+ hours of kids and television content in multiple languages, along with over 150,000 short-format videos across various genres like music, film gossip, humour, spiritual and more.

    Hungama Play has created multiple customer touchpoints through a robust distribution network. Users can stream content through Hungama Play on Vodafone Play, Idea Movies & TV, Airtel Xstream App, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Tata Sky Binge, MX Player, Mi TV, and other Android TVs.

  • Irdeto partners with Amlogic, Skyworth to launch production-ready Hybrid STB Reference Design Programme

    Irdeto partners with Amlogic, Skyworth to launch production-ready Hybrid STB Reference Design Programme

    MUMBAI – Android TV, with the extensive Google app store is already playing an influential role in pay TV, as operators are under pressure to increase consumer choice, reduce cost and speed up time to market. To address these challenges, Irdeto has partnered with Amlogic, a leading fabless semiconductor company, and Skyworth Digital, the world’s largest set-top box (STB) manufacturer, to launch a production-ready hybrid STB reference design under Google’s Android TV program.

    This provides operators with a pre-certified, cost-efficient hybrid Android TV platform that reduces launch time by up to six months. It is easier to maintain and provides a future-proof platform for operators to launch new business models.

    “Under the Google program, we are delivering an Android TV production-ready hybrid STB reference design which will allow operators to simplify integration, speed up time to market and ensure a great user experience,” said Amlogic  Corporate Business Strategy Senior Vice President 

    James Xie . “Through our partnership with Irdeto and Skyworth, we are also ensuring the highest levels of security to meet the most demanding premium content requirements, whilst ensuring operators have full control. In addition, the total product lifecycle is managed, including the update process, which provides significant savings to the operator.”

    The lynchpin of this production-ready hybrid STB reference design is security. With Irdeto Armor, operators can provide a great Android TV experience – giving consumers both broadcast TV and the OTT apps they crave – while ensuring the highest levels of security for premium content delivery. Part of Irdeto Armor, App Watch also prevents the use of malicious and pirate apps or add-ons on the STB, a challenge that must be addressed when giving consumers access to open app stores.

    “We’ve seen hybrid Android TV STBs as strategic additions to operators’ portfolio, enabling operators to launch premium services at the speed and cost-efficiency they couldn’t achieve on proprietary platforms,” said Irdeto  Strategic Partnerships, Business Development and Marketing Vice President Steeve Huin . “With more at stake, operators must ensure the best security for both the content and the platform, including protection from malicious and pirate apps and add-ons on the set-top box. This partnership provides a secure, production-ready hybrid STB reference design that is pre-certified, meaning that operators will see an even quicker deployment for Android TV.”

    “Fast deployment at scale is essential for operators looking to launch premium services and content,” said Skyworth Digital  Strategic Partnerships, Sales and Marketing Vice President Charlie Zheng. “This partnership enables quick and easy deployment of new and innovative Android TV STBs, based on a single design, with trusted security implemented at the core. This provides operators with the assurance that their services can be easily maintained and are protected from pirates looking to implement malicious apps and supply illegal content.”

  • Skyworth launches high technology TV in Tamil Nadu

    Skyworth launches high technology TV in Tamil Nadu

    MUMBAI: Skyworth India Electronics – a wholly owned subsidiary of USD 8.98 billion worth Hong Kong-based company Skyworth, the World’s Largest TV Manufacturer ranking top 5 TV Brand in the world – has unveiled the state-of-art AIR TV – 55G7200 series, the latest in its innovative product line and best in the entertainment merchandise segment for this festival season and more importantly at competitive price of Rs. 169990.

    The New Air series, designed by Red dot award winning team with revolutionary Art technology, is 7.9 mm thin and lighter than ever sporting a 55-inch screen, drawing inspiration from the air, which means light, floating, flawless and refreshing. The 4K UHD (Ultra High Definition) feature gives extra resolution of 4K images, adds more detail, more depth and more color resolution to the picture, resulting in images that look incredibly life like & more like looking through a window than watching TV.

    The 5 in 1 DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING technology (DVB-C, DVB-T/T2, DVB-S/S2) powered with a PVR recording (Personal Video Recorder) option gives us the choice of recording the broadcasting videos.

    DVB is a future technology and a contribution in line with the government’s `Digitizing India’ initiative as it will cater to the expectations of quality conscious customers of India and will be more than the value for money.

    On the cutting-edge product of the company, Mr. Jackson Zhang, Managing Director, Skyworth India, said “We have put up an impressive display of our latest 4K UHD AIR TV -55G7200 with latest application, as a testimony of Skyworth’s overwhelming Technology and innovative engineering prowess in the manufacturing and marketing of high-quality entertainment electronics and world class home appliances, efficient in any weather condition, “and added that “such products will have a great success in India, as Indian consumers are highly evolved and appreciative of high technology and quality.”

    “In the past 5 years in India Skyworth has established own assembly unit and introduced LCD, LED, DLED, ELED, 3D, Smart TV’s and in the upcoming years Skyworth will introduce 8K, OLED, Smart plus TVs, and home appliance, AC, Washing machine, Refrigerator, which is testimony to Skyworth’s commitment to advanced engineering and quality standards for product innovation, durability and technology relevance. This has enabled Skyworth brand to touch an annual production of 170, 00,000 units across the globe in 2015-16, elevating it to the most enviable position of being5th largest brand in the world.”

    With this launch, Skyworth is expecting to bring the cutting-edge product to Indian consumer and with a target of 10% market share in the next 2 years. Subsequent to Hyderabad the product has been launched in Tamil Nadu. Plans are on for phased launches pan-India. Through a strong network of pan-Tamil Nadu, the company has rolled out strategies to promote the smart TV share to 30% from all category sales.

  • Skyworth launches high technology TV in Tamil Nadu

    Skyworth launches high technology TV in Tamil Nadu

    MUMBAI: Skyworth India Electronics – a wholly owned subsidiary of USD 8.98 billion worth Hong Kong-based company Skyworth, the World’s Largest TV Manufacturer ranking top 5 TV Brand in the world – has unveiled the state-of-art AIR TV – 55G7200 series, the latest in its innovative product line and best in the entertainment merchandise segment for this festival season and more importantly at competitive price of Rs. 169990.

    The New Air series, designed by Red dot award winning team with revolutionary Art technology, is 7.9 mm thin and lighter than ever sporting a 55-inch screen, drawing inspiration from the air, which means light, floating, flawless and refreshing. The 4K UHD (Ultra High Definition) feature gives extra resolution of 4K images, adds more detail, more depth and more color resolution to the picture, resulting in images that look incredibly life like & more like looking through a window than watching TV.

    The 5 in 1 DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING technology (DVB-C, DVB-T/T2, DVB-S/S2) powered with a PVR recording (Personal Video Recorder) option gives us the choice of recording the broadcasting videos.

    DVB is a future technology and a contribution in line with the government’s `Digitizing India’ initiative as it will cater to the expectations of quality conscious customers of India and will be more than the value for money.

    On the cutting-edge product of the company, Mr. Jackson Zhang, Managing Director, Skyworth India, said “We have put up an impressive display of our latest 4K UHD AIR TV -55G7200 with latest application, as a testimony of Skyworth’s overwhelming Technology and innovative engineering prowess in the manufacturing and marketing of high-quality entertainment electronics and world class home appliances, efficient in any weather condition, “and added that “such products will have a great success in India, as Indian consumers are highly evolved and appreciative of high technology and quality.”

    “In the past 5 years in India Skyworth has established own assembly unit and introduced LCD, LED, DLED, ELED, 3D, Smart TV’s and in the upcoming years Skyworth will introduce 8K, OLED, Smart plus TVs, and home appliance, AC, Washing machine, Refrigerator, which is testimony to Skyworth’s commitment to advanced engineering and quality standards for product innovation, durability and technology relevance. This has enabled Skyworth brand to touch an annual production of 170, 00,000 units across the globe in 2015-16, elevating it to the most enviable position of being5th largest brand in the world.”

    With this launch, Skyworth is expecting to bring the cutting-edge product to Indian consumer and with a target of 10% market share in the next 2 years. Subsequent to Hyderabad the product has been launched in Tamil Nadu. Plans are on for phased launches pan-India. Through a strong network of pan-Tamil Nadu, the company has rolled out strategies to promote the smart TV share to 30% from all category sales.

  • Ortel Communications to launch HD services

    Ortel Communications to launch HD services

    MUMBAI: Cable TV subscribers in Odisha will soon get to watch Hindi soaps in high definition (HD) provided they have an Ortel cable connection. The last mile owner (LMO) with 520,000 subscribers, Ortel Communications, has received its first batch of HD set top boxes (STBs) that will be deployed to digital TV households soon.

     

    1000 STBs from Skyworth are currently docked out of the 25000 boxes ordered. Priced at Rs 2000 to Rs 2500 per STB, the service will be launched within one month. “We are preparing a pack of 15 HD channels comprising popular channels of all major broadcasters for launch date. This will include channels like Star Plus, Star Sports, Sony, NGC, Movies Now, Colors etc,” says Ortel Communications CEO BP Rath.

     

    The headend capacity currently only allows the LMO to have 15 HD channels; however it plans to add more channels soon. “We intend to increase our capacity to around 250 SD and 50 HD channels in the next one year or so,” informs Rath. The LMO currently offers 200 SD channels. The pricing will be competitive with the DTH platforms. Though the final pricing for the HD channel pack hasn’t been finalised as yet, it is expected to be below Rs 100 per month with an initial three month free trial period.

     

    While Rath doesn’t expect good revenues from the service this year, he is optimistic of it being considerable next year. “We expect revenues from HD to kick in from Q3 of this fiscal, though not significantly. However, we expect to do Rs 2 crore to Rs 3 crore revenue next year,” adds Rath.

     

    It is pertinent to note that Odia channels don’t have HD services but Rath is optimistic that in the future there would be Odia HD channels as well. “Viewing of English and Hindi content in our markets is very sizeable and that will drive the HD services. In any case, the channel list will be similar to DTH operators and we will not be in any disadvantageous position,” claims Rath.

     

    Ortel currently has about 75,000 digital subscribers which it is looking at increasing to about 250,000 by the year end.