Starz Play, Ooredoo in pact for Hindi content

StarzPlay, described as the fastest growing on-demand video streamingservice in the Middle East and North Africa region, and Ooredooyesterday announced a new collaboration to provide a vast catalogue ofpremium Hindi content for viewers to enjoy on their Ooredoo tv.Thenew Bollywood content will further supplement Starz Play’s existing10,000 hours of the best Hollywood movies, documentaries, children’sentertainment, same-day-as-the-US series, and Arabic content in full HDand 4K.Existing and new customers can now access the new Hindicontent by pressing the ‘Home’ button on their Ooredoo tv remotecontrol, then selecting ‘Clubs’ and the ‘Yupp Flix’ icon on the mainscreen. All new Ooredoo Fibre Home Entertainment customers can enjoyfree access to the Starz Play service, and Ooredoo tv customers not onthe new Fibre plans can subscribe to Starz Play for QR50 per month.Speakingabout the new content, Manar Khalifa al-Muraikhi, director of PR andCorporate Communications, Ooredoo Qatar, said: “We are delighted thatStarz Play has enabled our viewers to enjoy Hindi content on demand.Ooredoo tv is becoming the biggest and best choice for entertainment inQatar, and we look forward to announcing further updates in 2018”StarzPlay has confirmed that the service will also be offering content inother Indian regional languages such as Tamil and Malayalam in the nearfuture which will also be available to Ooredoo tv customers.Ooredootv is available now via Ooredoo Shops, Starlink, TechnoBlue and Jumbooutlets. The service has no upfront charges, no equipment costs and noongoing contracts. Furthermore, existing Mozaic TV customers who migrateto Ooredoo tv will be awarded a 30-day free subscription to Starz Play.Visit ooredoo.qa/portal/OoredooQatar/ooredoo-tv_2 for more information.