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  • YuppTV Originals’ latest web series, Hey Krishna is out to woo & entertain viewers

    YuppTV Originals’ latest web series, Hey Krishna is out to woo & entertain viewers

    YuppTV, the world OTT leader for South-Asian content is back yet again with an original web series. After catching the fancy of the viewers with Endukila and Mana Mugguri Love Story, Hey Krishna is the latest offering by YuppTV Originals. Written by Mahi Illindra, the prominent Telugu writer of “Venkatadri Express” and “Express Raja” fame, Hey Krishna stars Varun Sandesh, Kashish Vohra, ‘Viva’ Harsha, Mounima. The Telugu language original web series will be available on YuppTV’s platform.

    Hey Krishna, is the story of a 25-year-old engineering graduate, who leads a boring life and fails miserably in all his efforts, each time he decides to woo a lady. After a series of unfortunate (and comical) incidents the protagonist is convinced that Lord Krishna is the root cause of all his sufferings and a love life that’s completely missing in action. What follows is a dramatic decision which would change his life forever. Directed by Mr. Lakshmikanth Chenna, who set newer standards in cinema with his Hyderabad Nawabs, Hey Krishna promises to be a laughter riot for the viewers.

    Commenting on the launch, YuppTV of CEO & Founder, Mr Uday Reddy said, “We are delighted to bring to our users the latest original web series, Hey Krishna. I am optimistic that the youth oriented web series will entertain our viewers. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the brilliant pool of talent, comprised by the star cast, writer, director, and the entire team that has worked hard to make Hey Krishna happen.”

    Continuing with the episodic format, Hey Krishna spans over 12 episodes. Hey Krishna is created by Trendloud, while the story is by the Script Tellers. Naresh Kumaran has lent some of his most heart-touching melodies to the original series. Interested viewers can enjoy their direct access to series, binge watching all episodes right now, along with some other winsome content at YuppTV.  
     

  • YuppTV appoints Rajesh Iyer as COO for APAC, Middle East

    YuppTV appoints Rajesh Iyer as COO for APAC, Middle East

    MUMBAI: YuppTV has roped in Rajesh Iyer as the chief operating officer for Asia Pacific (APAC) and Middle East. A seasoned executive, Iyer has more than 16 years of experience leading functions and business with leading names in the broadcast media domain, including ZEEL, Viacom 18 and Star India. He will take charge of the new role from January 2018 onwards.

    A part of the broadcast leadership team at ZEEL, Iyer spearheaded the launch of its second GEC, & TV, in 2015. Under his leadership, & TV was successful in creating a niche for itself in the market within the first three years of the launch. Prior to this, Iyer was also a part of the launch of Colors, a GEC from Viacom 18, in 2008. Now, taking up the position of YuppTV’s COO, Rajesh’s responsibilities will include overlooking the operations in APAC and the Middle East, along with leading the task of content acquisition and spearheading the growth and expansion of YuppTV Originals.

    YuppTV founder and CEO of Uday Reddy said, “It gives me immense pleasure to welcome Rajesh to YuppTV. He comes with an excellent understanding of the entertainment ecosystem, having previously worked with some of the most renowned names in the industry. With Rajesh joining us and dedicated teams in each of the territory, we are affirmative for a multi-fold growth in the coming years especially in the new markets of APAC and ME.”

    YuppTV is a global OTT platform of live, on-demand and catch-up video content for South Asian audience. It offers upwards of 300 live channels, 5000 movies and is widely distributed through multiple devices across US, UK/Europe, APAC, ME and India. More recently, YuppTV has been associating with the veterans from the South Indian film industry to host concepts beyond cinema with cinematic brilliance for YuppTV Originals such as Edulika and Manna Mugguru Love Story.

  • Dailyhunt launches live TV to increase consumption

    Dailyhunt launches live TV to increase consumption

    MUMBAI: News and local language content application, Dailyhunt, has launched Live TV; a free streaming service with 130+ channels to extend its content offering to the latest in news, entertainment, spiritual, movies and music live TV content.

    Live TV will be available in nine languages ranging from Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Punjabi & English. Dailyhunt’s partnership with YuppTV will enrich the video content available through existing partners such as Republic TV, BBC News & ABP News.

    Users are suggested channels based on the show popularity at the time of viewing. The feature also allows users to browse Live TV through their genre preferences. The intuitive UI allows to browse through tiles of live shows and pick the show / channel of his/her choice.

    Dailyhunt founder and CEO Virendra Gupta says, “Live TV is a critical element of our user’s current content consumption. TV viewing audience in India is estimated to be 700 million plus, across 180 million households. Most of the households have only one TV but multiple mobile phones. By extending the established behaviour of TV watching to individual mobile & marrying it with great content we want to ensure that a user looks at Dailyhunt as the preferred destination for his/her regional language news, video (VOD) & TV consumption on mobile. Our resolve to build smart, technology-driven, local language content-focused consumer products is strengthened by the addition of Live TV to the Dailyhunt experience.”

    YuppTV founder and CEO Uday Reddy says, “We are glad to partner with Dailyhunt and enable users to access our latest and diverse content offerings via Live TV. Over the years, OTT and VOD viewership has gained momentum in India. With this association, we are affirmative that the viewers will prefer the complete bouquet of the latest news and other content solutions available at YuppTV.”

  • YuppTV bags digital & satellite rights for ‘Mental Madhilo’

    YuppTV bags digital & satellite rights for ‘Mental Madhilo’

    MUMBAI: YuppTV is teaming up with prominent producers and distributors to provide expat audiences with easier access to new movie releases. It has bagged the exclusive digital and satellite rights for distributing Mental Madhilo, a Telugu movie starring Sri Vishnu and Nivetha Pethuraj, directed by Vivek Athreya and produced by Raj Kandukuri.

    YuppTV collaborated with producer Raj Kandukuri, Suresh Productions and Freeze Frame Films for the benefit of the global Telugu audience. It has collaborated with Freeze Frame Films for the overseas distribution of the movie in theatres.

    Commenting on the latest development, YuppTV founder and CEO Uday Reddy said, “It’s our privilege to partner with Suresh Productions and prominent producer of Pelli Choopulu, Raj Kandukuri. Our association with the leading producers and distributors is aimed at making it easier for our expat audiences to access latest movies and entertainment solutions, despite geographically limited theatre releases.”

    Suresh Production MD Daggupati Suresh Babu said, “We are glad to partner with YuppTV. YuppTV has always aimed at providing its audience with great video experience through its strong technology. Further to this association, we aim at delivering our unique content to the audience on YuppTV’s advanced technology backbone.”

    Echoing the same thought, Kandukuri added, “In this age of digitalisation and disruptive technologies, there is no reason why our expat audiences must wait for the latest entertainment of their liking. Our association is focused on enabling easier access to latest movies and I congratulate everyone who has been a part of this venture.”

  • YuppTV tech and innovative offering will make it a front-runner, says Frost & Sullivan digital media exec

    YuppTV tech and innovative offering will make it a front-runner, says Frost & Sullivan digital media exec

    MUMBAI: With the OTT video services market disrupting traditional TV viewing habits in India, YuppTV will emerge as one the front runners in this niche segment in the next few years. Its cutting-edge technology and innovative product offering will drive customer acquisition, says Frost & Sullivan senior director – digital media practice Vidya S. Nath.

    YuppTV India was recently named “India Companies to Action Award OTT Video Services Market” at Frost & Sullivan’s 2017 India Best Practices Awards Banquet in Mumbai.

    YuppTV, a leading OTT platform offering regional South Asian content to audience in India and across the globe, offers a library with over 250 channels in 14 languages, with live and catch-up options, bringing content to over 25 devices. A robust back-end technology with innovative solutions for OTT platforms and a strong product portfolio make its value proposition unique.

    Nath said, “YuppTV is a pioneer in the industry with a unique product that caters to an audience that is under-served/under-penetrated and starved of regional content. The company’s ability to leverage technological prowess to build diverse products and solutions sets it apart from the competitors. Since its launch in India, it has strategically partnered with some of the leading production studios, to bring premium regional content on an OTT platform to audiences here and abroad.”

    YuppTV India founder and CEO Uday Reddy said, “When we started YuppTV around a decade ago, it was merely a dream to disrupt the traditional TV experience and make one’s favorite shows and movies easily accessible. This recognition only motivates us to further drive the change, accelerate innovation, create more jobs and hopefully, transform this world to be a better place.”

    Frost & Sullivan Awards recognise companies across regional and global markets for outstanding achievement and performance in a range of regional and global markets for superior leadership, technological innovation, customer service, strategic product development, etc.

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  • Hathway, Voda Play to stream YuppTV channels, movies, shows

    Hathway, Voda Play to stream YuppTV channels, movies, shows

    MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Vodafone’s entertainment destination will contain video content. Vodafone Play has announced a partnership with OTT player for South Asian content YuppTV to make available an extensive basket of live TV channels and movies etc.

    YuppTV has also announced a content sharing partnership with the broadband service provider Hathway, which will offer monthly subscription plans for the former.

    In addition to popular movies and shows, YuppTV’s prowess in the regional content will enable Vodafone Play to strengthen its content offering, while YuppTV intends to reach out to Vodafone’s wide customer base across India.

    Yupp TV has 250+ live TV channels in 14 national and regional languages. The association is in accordance with the advent of small-screen viewership and India’s transition towards a mobile-first economy.

    Vodafone India associate director – consumer business Avneesh Khosla said: “With mobiles becoming the preferred screen for entertainment, the average time spent on smartphones daily is significantly higher than TV, demonstrating that the engagement levels provided by smartphones remain unparalleled. Our customers are constantly seeking diverse content options, especially regional content. Through this partnership, Vodafone Play subscribers get a wider choice.”

    YuppTV founder and CEO Uday Reddy said: “We are excited to present Vodafone users with our extensive services and entertainment solutions. Now, Vodafone users can simply select from the collection of YuppTV’s snackable content on-the-go.”

    “The entertainment control has shifted to the consumers who can decide what they want to watch at their convenience on multiple devices. The key is high-speed broadband and affordable price point,” Hathway MD Rajan Gupta said in a statement.

    While Vodafone and Hathway are spread across India, YuppTV has an enviable collection of entertaining content in multiple languages.

  • Millionlights to provide open source education via YuppTV

    Millionlights to provide open source education via YuppTV

    MUMBAI: Millionlights, a content provider, has struck an alliance with YuppTV, an OTT provider, to foster open source education.

    Participants would be able to learn through the Millionlights exclusive TV channel on OTT platform YuppTV. On the Millionlights portal, participants can also access the channel on YuppTV through mobile, TV and desktop.

    Millionlights will offer access to their premium content which includes – live lectures, webinars, career guidance, and latest tech reviews etc. Certification will help learners to advance their skills and prepare for jobs in today’s digital world.

    Millionlights CEO Akshat Shrivastava said, “The partnership is a step to strengthen our capability to reach millions of users who do not have access to the best educational content.”

    Millionlights has partnerships with Microsoft, RedHat, CompTIA, Saylor and other leading Indian and foreign universities for their content.

  • IPL: Discovery & YuppTV in fray, CoA-BCCI discuss conflict of interest & pay today

    MUMBAI: YuppTv and Discovery are the latest two companies to have reportedly purchased bid documents for the upcoming media rights auction of the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament. Both, Discovery and YuppTV’s spokespersons have confirmed the purchase of the documents.

    The last date for purchase of bid documents is 24 August. The bidding process will conclude on 28 August and results are scheduled to be announced the same day. Times Internet Ltd, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, GroupM, Twitter, Amazon India, Facebook had bought the documents earlier.

    The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) had in September 2016 invited bids to award media rights for IPL for 2018 and up to 2022. The process was however indefinitely postponed since the apex court-appointed Lodha panel had not responded to BCCI’s queries regarding the tenders.

    IPL and domestic cricket’s pay structure will meanwhile come up for discussions when the Committee of Administrators (CoA) meets BCCI on Wednesday. In July, the BCCI had approved the re-entry of Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) into the IPL after serving a ban for betting, while the future of Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiant is yet to be confirmed.

    Cricket’s possible inclusion into the Olympic 2024 programme will be another topic for discussion at the meet where the CoA is expected to also take note of the Deloitte presentation related to the audit report that it has prepared. Another key issue that may be discussed is conflict of interest.

    The BCCI has objected to multiple clauses relating to this matter, and the BCCI officials will be waiting to let known their disagreements to the COA.

  • VIDNET 2017: MINING THE BURGEONING OTT/VOD SECTOR

    MUMBAI: Leaders of India’s OTT, live streaming and video on demand ecosystem will be congregating at the Hotel Westin in Mumbai’s Goregaon suburb to participate in the second edition of indiantelevision.com’s industry confab VIDNET 2017- Content on the Go.

    Heads of Hotstar, DittoTV, Voot, SonyLiv, YuppTV and Viu, BARC’s planned digital measurement offering and the entertainment and media partnership heads of YouTube India and Facebook India will be highlighting the progress that their platforms have made and the way forward for video on demand and streaming services which are in their relative infancy but have seen tremendous traction over the past year or so..

    “2016-17 has been a year of an explosion in video consumption for the plethora of VOD and streaming service providers who have popped up in India,” says Indiantelevision.com group founder, CEO & editor-in-chief Anil Wanvari. “This is thanks to dropping bandwidth prices, the Reliance Jio effect of free data. Humungous investments are being poured into original content by Netflix, and Amazon, even as others are either investing in movies, sports, or kids content. This at a time when they are grappling with the business model: go pay or free or a mix of both. Our estimate is that around Rs 1,500-1,700 crore has already been invested by the various players. Thus, VIDNET 2017 is happening at an apt time. It will help foster discussions, relationships, deals between the various players and possibly allow for new ideas to flow in. A stellar lineup of speakers makes VIDNET, the industry’s leading VOD thought gathering.”

    VIDNET 2017 is slated to feature panel discussions on whether OTT/VOD/digital video is a sound investment proposition, its attractiveness to advertisers, the need for deeper distribution for the platforms, and who should be commissioned to produce the content, Bollywood biggies or smaller independents.

    Among the speakers who will be sharing their views at VIDNET include:

    Arre co-founder & CEO Ajay Chacko,

    Hotstar CEO Ajit Mohan,

    Still and Still Media collective founder

    Amritpal Singh Bindra,

    Indiantelevision.com group founder, CEO & editor in chief Anil Wanvari,

    Pocket Aces founder Anirudh Pandita,

    Z5 Business EVP & head of digital India Archana Anand,

    Republic TV founder Arnab Goswami,

    VideoTap founder & CEO Dilip Venkatraman,

    Viacom18 digital ventures Voot COO Gaurav Gandhi,

    VideoconD2h COO Himanshu Patil,

    Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd director Jai Maroo,

    BARC India digital business head Jamie Kenney,

    Aisa TV Forum and Market Reed Exhibitions executive producer & editorial director Lunita S V Mendoza,

    Asia TV Forum & Market – Reed Exhibitions business development manager Meen Yi Phua,

    Media Partners Asia vice president Mihir Shah,

    Viacom18 Digital Ventures content head Monika Shergill,

    Cheetah Mobile India director of brand solutions Neel Sapre,

    Principal Provocateur Advisory Paritosh Joshi,

    Monozygotic co-founder & chief creative officer Raghu Ram,

    WATConsult founder & CEO Rajiv Dingra,

    Prime Focus technologies founder & CEO Ramki Sankaranarayanan,

    Balaji Telefilms group CEO Sameer Nair,

    Akamai Technologies country sales manager, media Sandeep Reddy,

    Youtube entertainment partnership head Satya Raghavan,

    Facebook India media partnership head Saurabh Doshi,

    Swastik Productions, One Life studios founder & creative director Siddharth Kumar Tewary,

    Viu India marketing head Shantanu Gangane,

    Producer Siddharth Jain,

    Den Networks Ltd CEO S N Sharma,

    Amagi Media labs co – founder Srinivasan KA,

    Sourabh Pant,

    Perform group director content sales India Subhayu Roy,

    RBNL CEO TaruN Katial,

    Yupp TV founder & CEO Uday Reddy,

    SonyLIV EVP & digital head Uday Sodhi,

    Viu country head India Vishal Kumar Maheshwari,

    Emerald Media executive director & investment head Vivek Raicha

    Castle Media Pvt Ltd executive director Vynsley Fernandes.

    An initiative by Indiantelevision.com, Vident 2017 is powered by Viu. The summit partners for the event are Hotstar and Voot. Prime Focus Technologies, Sony Liv and Perform group is associate partners. Akamai is OTT partner. Animationxpress.com, Tellychakkar.com and Radioandmusic.com are online partners. The event is executed by ITV 2.0 productions.

    VIDNET 2017 will also be honoring key pioneers and movers and shakers of the industry with a plaque for their contribution to rapidly emerging digital video ecosystem.

  • YuppTV & Fox Star to offer movies for expats

    MUMBAI: The world’s largest player for South-Asian content, YuppTV, recently announced its partnership with Fox Star Studios, one amongst the leading production houses of today.

    As part of the non-exclusive association, YuppTV is set to feature an admirable collection of popular movies by the Fox Star Studios, including Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Jolly LLB2, Akira, MS Dhoni and Neerja, on its on-demand movie streaming platform, YuppFlix, which can be accessed by YuppTV users across the globe for expat community.

    Commenting on the association, YuppTV CEO Uday Reddy said, “The association will enable us to offer the best movie catalogue by Fox Star Studios on our platform. We shall further continue to include the latest movies in our offerings and are affirmative that the users will enjoy the best movie catalogue on YuppFlix.”

    YuppTV has been actively updating its offering of latest movies on YuppFlix, its dedicated platform for on-demand movie streaming. Users can access the latest movies on all YuppTV platforms, including the iOS and Android app and internet-enabled devices.

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