Hooq video streaming service launching in india in june for just 199

HOOQ, a video-on-demand start-up, which is a joint venture
between Singtel, Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros
is coming to India this June. HOOQ has more than 5,000
Hollywood movies and over 10,000 Indian movie and
television content, says the company. It costs Rs. 199 for a
month for unlimited streaming and also offers
offline viewing. You view content on PCs, smartphones,
tablets and Android set-top boxes.
HOOQ includes titles from Sony, Warner Bros., Disney,
Dreamworks, and Miramax such as Harry Potter, Spider-
Man, Iron Man, Pulp Fiction, and TV series such as Nikita,
The Shield, Friends, Lost and Grey’s Anatomy. For Indian
content, the company has partnered with YRF, UTV Disney,
Rajshri, Reliance, Shemaroo, Sri Balaji, AP International,
Whacked Out Media and over 50 other studios for titles like
Chennai Express, Vishwaroopam and more.
The service will roll out next month and it will be accessible
to customers in India through hooq.tv. Customers
can watch videos, pay for the subscription through multiple
e-payment options and also download apps through the
website.
Peter Bithos, Chief Executive Officer of HOOQ, said:
We are very excited to bring to Indian consumers the
ultimate ad-free video-on-demand service at an
amazingly low price. HOOQ will offer India the largest
and best catalogue of Hollywood and Indian content of
any service available today. Our ambition is to always
bring the best experience with no compromises.
We’ve built our service knowing the constraints and
infrastructure issues faced by customers every day. We
have designed our service specifically for the
challenges of India and other countries like it. HOOQ
offers features to ensure you enjoy an uninterrupted
viewing experience; including a custom setting for your
quality preference, a bandwidth indicator to assess your
internet connectivity and adaptive streaming to
maximise available bandwidth.

Samba Natarajan, Singtel CEO, Group Digital Life, said:
The growing interconnectivity and rapid adoption of
smart devices present a great opportunity to enhance
the way people live, work and play in Asia. With HOOQ,
we want to revolutionize entertainment for our
customers. Our unique telco assets and our partnership
with Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros. will
position HOOQ to become the largest over-the-top video
service in the region.

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