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  • To launch Times Now Navbharat and ET Now Swadesh in US, Canada

    Times Network partners Yupp TV

    By Our Staff

     

    Times Network has announced the launch of Times Now Navbharat, Hindi news channel and ET Now Swadesh, Hindi Business News channel in US, Canada and key international markets, in partnership with Yupp TV, internet-based TV and On-demand service provider.

     

    Jagdish Mulchandani
    Jagdish Mulchandani

    Said Jagdish Mulchandani, COO and Executive President, Times Network: “We are thrilled to expand our content portfolio by introducing our recently launched Hindi news channels to our global viewers on Yupp TV. Our best-in-class Entertainment & English News channels are strongly positioned in over 100+ countries and we are now excited to present compelling news content in Hindi language for viewers across international markets. Presenting a holistic reportage on global, national, local, financial & business news content, Times Now Navbharat and ET NOW Swadesh will serve as an essential addition to their daily dose of news consumption. I am confident that with our latest Hindi offerings, we will further enrich the TV viewing experience of the viewers in Indian language and continue to keep them informed with in-depth, conclusive and credible news.”

     

    Added Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO of Yupp TV: “We are happy to announce the launch of Times Network’s Hindi news channels, Times Now Navbharat and ET NOW Swadesh in US, Canada and key international markets. We have seen a huge scope for Indian television with Hindi language in these markets and will be a great value add for our brand. Yupp TV users can now watch their favourite Hindi content globally, giving them more entertainment options to choose from.”

     

  • The association will enhance video and broadband technology services for mobile and fixed line

    YuppTV join forces with BSNL for a triple-play service partnership

    By A Correspondent

     

    YuppTV has announced its partnership with telecom service provider BSNL. The two have entered into a triple play partnership for video and broadband technology services for mobile and fixed line.

     

    Commenting on the association, Uday Reddy, Founder and CEO of YuppTV, said: “We are glad to join forces with an industry incumbent like BSNL. Following the association, we have an opportunity to leverage the vast network cultivated by BSNL and bring forth superior technology products and features to a burgeoning user base. AT YuppTV, we are determined to democratize access to cutting-edge entertainment solution through simple yet effective and innovative technology. We look forward to a long-term association and an affirmative response from BSNL’s extensive user base.”

     

    Added Pravin Kumar Purwar, CMD of BSNL in a communique: “As a pioneer in the OTT space for 10 years, YuppTV has been quick to evolve with the changing times, leveraging disruptive technology for providing superior digital and video entertainment products and services such as Live streaming or catch-up TV or exclusive Originals. We are glad to associate with YuppTV to provide an impressive value proposition for consumers in India”.

     

     

  • YuppTV also acquired rights for RoW: including South & Central America, Central & South East Asia

    YuppTV bags digital broadcast rights for IPL 2019 for Australia, SE Asia & the Continent

    By A Correspondent

     

    YuppTV has acquired the digital broadcasting rights for Vivo IPL 2019 outside of India. YuppTV will bring alive the action to existing and new users in Australia, Continental Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and RoW including South and Central America and Central and South East Asia.

     

    Commenting on the announcement, Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO, YuppTV, said: “We are glad to acquire the digital broadcasting rights for the IPL 2019 and would be enabling on-the-go-access to all the action unfolding in the Season 12 of IPL. We are determined to provide our global audience with convenient and real-time access to their favourite sporting action, through a wide gamut of internet-enabled devices.”

     

     

  • YuppTV will extend MSOs a comprehensive suite of OTT Orchestration platform

    YuppTV launches Android-based hybrid STB

    By A Correspondent

     

    YuppTV announced the launch of its end-end OTT platform for MSOs. As part of its end-to-end OTT solution, YuppTV will extend MSOs a comprehensive suite of OTT Orchestration platform along with an Android-based Hybrid Set Top Box that supports OTT as well as traditional DVB-C and IPTV.

     

    Commenting on the latest development, Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO, YuppTV said: “The way we consume content and media has evolved in the past few years. To the same end, Cable TV Broadcasters have been on the receiving end of the onslaught by the digital media offerings. Users are more inclined towards OTT platforms, as they no longer have to follow a rigid timeline of telecasts and experience entertainment at their own ease and convenience. With the launch of our end-to-end OTT solution and Android-based Hybrid Set Top Box, we intend to bring the cable operators back in the mix and enable them to offer more enhanced and digital services, without significant overheads. It is equally exciting for us to partner with 7Star and make our solution available with one amongst India’s largest MSO network. As the cable operators prepare for the wave of digitalization spreading across the nation, we are hopeful that our offering will play a key role in making them present- and future-ready.”

     

     

  • Users can enjoy easy access to ALTBalaji’s premium content on YuppTV platform

    YuppTV partners with ALTBalaji

    By A Correspondent

     

    YuppTV has partnered with ALTBalaji in a deal that will allow users to enjoy easy access to ALTBalaji’s premium content on YuppTV platform.

     

    Speaking on the association, Uday Reddy, Founder and CEO of YuppTV, said: “We are glad to partner with ALTBalaji to offer their exclusive premium content to YuppTV users. At YuppTV, it has been our constant endeavour to provide our users with the most entertaining and high-quality content. We are hopeful that our global audience will appreciate the latest addition of ALTBalaji’s content in our bouquet of entertainment services.”

     

    Added Sunil Nair, COO, ALTBalaji said, “ALTBalaji’s original shows have been getting a steady stream of subscribers from the international markets. This alliance allows ALTBalaji to tap into the existing subscriber base of YuppTV and provides easy access to our award winning shows. It is in line with our strategy of being available wherever the audiences are.”

     

     

  • YuppTV users can enjoy easy access to celebrity fitness coaches and nutrition experts

    YuppTV ventures into fitness and wellbeing with new entity

    By A Correspondent

     

    YuppTV announced its plans of venturing into fitness and wellness space. The OTT player will be partnering with Brilliant Living TV to spread the wave of fitness and wellbeing to millions of Indians living outside the country.

     

    Commenting on the latest endeavour, Uday Reddy, Founder and CEO of YuppTV said: “The sedentary lifestyles we have come to live these days are posing serious health hazards. People stand at the risk of being obese, suffer from fatigue, stress-related health disorders and others. To the same end, we decided to make fitness and wellness content available on our network channels, providing our users with an easy access to world-class health and fitness related content. We are further glad to partner with Brilliant Living TV and together provide high quality content to our viewers.”

     

    Added Adarsh Gupta, CEO, BLT:  “It has been our constant endeavour to bring everyday users closer to the best fitness and well-being practices that they can follow. To the same effect, we are glad to partner with YuppTV and make our stellar collection of fitness and nutrition coaching content available to YuppTV’s burgeoning global users. With the association, we intend to encourage users to practice healthy living, right in the comforts or their homes and hope that users will respond warmly to the latest offering.”

     

     

  • Aastha will be utilising YuppTV’s white-labelled video platform to be present across the digital world of web, mobile, and connected TVs

    YuppTV to drive Aastha’s foray in OTT

    By A Correspondent

     

    Aastha channels and Video-On-Demand content shall be available on mobile apps, web, and connected TVs via YuppTV’s white labelled solution

     

    YuppTV will enable Aastha, Aastha Bhajan, Vedic and Arihant into the world of OTT. Aastha will be utilising YuppTV’s white-labelled video platform to be present across the digital world of web, mobile, and connected TVs.

     

    Commenting on the association, Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO of YuppTV said: “We are glad to associate with Aastha channel and expedite its reach across digital channels via our multi-screen white-labelled video platform. While the channel promotes spirituality and culture amongst the youth and elderly alike, our white labelled OTT Platform will ensure the channel’s direct reach and accessibility to the users.”

     

    Speaking about the partnership, Pramod Joshi, CEO of Aastha TV added: “The present-day user is equipped with digital mediums, smartphones and tablets and their viewing habits have changed. Hence, it is important for us to be present where our users are and make it convenient for them to watch our content and have a direct connection with them. We thank YuppTV’s white-labelled OTT Platform for helping us successfully navigate through the world of OTT and make Aastha Channels directly accessible to users via iOS and Android mobile apps, websites and connected TVs.”

     

     

  • This is perhaps one of the biggest hopovers from a television broadcaster to an OTT or Video on Demand broadcaster

    Rajesh Iyer quits &TV, says ‘yes’ to YuppTV

    By A Correspondent

     

    The windows of change are blowing in television-land. In perhaps one of the biggest hopovers from a television broadcaster to an OTT or Video on Demand broadcaster, Rajesh Iyer, Executive Vice President and Business Head, & TV at the Zee Enterterinment group will join YuppTV as Chief Operating Officer for APAC and Middle East. Next month.

     

    Iyer has over 16 years of experience leading functions and business with leading names in the broadcast media domain, including Zee, Viacom 18 and Star India. Iyer headed the hyperactive marketing team at Colors and was later invited to replicated the Colors magic by launching &TV, which he launched in 2015.

     

    As COO of YuppTV, Iyer’s responsibilities will include operations in APAC and the Middle East, along with leading the task of content acquisition and spearheading the growth and expansion of YuppTV Originals.

     

    Commenting on the appointment, Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO of YuppTV 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.”

     

     

  • Hathway will provide high-speed fibre broadband subscribers YuppTV subscription as part of the monthly plans

    Hathway partners YuppTV to offer digital entertainment

    By A Correspondent

     

    Hathway has partnered with YuppTV to offer live TV and on-demand entertainment content to customers. Hathway will provide high-speed fibre broadband subscribers YuppTV subscription as part of the monthly plans.

     

    Speaking on the alliance, Rajan Gupta, MD, Hathway said:”The entertainment consumption landscape has changed, the control has shifted to the consumers who can decide what they want to watch at their convenience on multiple devices. The key to this shift is high speed broadband and very affordable price point that makes watching and streaming video a pleasure. No wonder terms like binge watching and OTT original content has gained prominence in quick time. We, at Hathway, are at the right time at the right place and with the right partnership to accelerate this evolution of new age of entertainment. YuppTV gives our customers access to a multitude of entertainment choices making this a win – win situation to not only Hathway and YuppTVbut most importantly our customers, who can experience real choice when it comes to entertainment consumption”.

     

    Adding to this, Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO of YuppTV said:”Content with the right connection can go a long way in redefining our industry. We believe that this partnership will help us reach a wider audience base with high speed internet. Over the years we have built a very strong content library across genres that will appeal to every individual in the family, be it movies & music or soaps & serials or lifestyle & Infotainment. With our in-depth analytics and understanding of the audience, we are also creating high quality original content to engage and entertain them at their leisure. Within the next one year we are producing 1000 hours of content, which we are sure will entertain the regional audience. Our depth and reach into unique content will help us consolidate our leadership position in the consumers living rooms as well as broadband accessed devices.”

  • YuppTV users in Canada & Continental Europe to enjoy LIVE broadcast

    YuppTV bags digital rights of Champions Trophy for Canada & part of Europe

     

     

    Uday Reddy

    YuppTV, the world’s largest OTT player in South-Asian content, has bagged the exclusive digital rights for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2017 for Canada and non-exclusive digital rights for Continental Europe. With the latest development, YuppTV users in Canada and Continental Europe, excluding Germany, Switzerland and Austria, will be able to catch the cricketing action live on YuppTV.

     

    Commenting on the latest undertaking, Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO, YuppTV, said: “We are glad to bag the digital rights for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. It has been our constant endeavour to make it easier for users to access entertainment over the internet.”

     

  • NDTV India, NDTV 24×7, NDTV Profit /Prime and NDTV Good Timesnow available onYuppTV

    YuppTV announces content partnership with NDTV Group

    By A Correspondent

     

    YuppTV, the leading Over-The-Top (OTT) provider for Indian content, has announced its partnership with the NDTV Group. Under the move, YuppTV subscribers will be able to view the four channels – NDTV India (Hindi), NDTV 24×7 (English) and NDTV Profit /Prime (Business) and NDTV Good Times anytime, anywhere.

     

    The four channels of NDTV can be accessed by users on www.yupptv.com from outside India and www.yupptv.in from India, or by downloading the YuppTV app on their smart phones, smart TVs,smart Blu-ray players, streaming media players, tablets and gaming consoles. The move took the number of channelson YuppTV’s platform to 16, adding to its current repository of 200+ Indian TV Channels in 13 languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Oriya, Gujarati, Sinhala, Urdu and Bangla.

     

    Uday Reddy

    Speaking on the announcement, Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO, YuppTV, commented, “We are the largest OTT provider for Indian content in the world, while the NDTV group is the preferred news channel for Indian expats worldwide. The association will allow us to add NDTV’s popular news and lifestyle programmes to our offeringsand will improve the selection choices for our users. We are confident of satisfying all India-centric news-related requirements of our subscribers with this partnership.”

     

    Rahul Sood, Head, Network Distribution & Affiliate Sales, NDTV, added, “We are pleased to partner with YuppTV, a leading digital content destinationfor Indian expats andthis association will serve to add even more options for the YuppTV usersand allow its users with anytime, anywhere access to our channels.”

     

  • Red Herring's Top 100 Global list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs

    YuppTV makes it to Top 100 in Red Herring list

    By A Correspondent

     

    Red Herring recently announced the ‘Top 100 Global awards’ that honors leading private companies from North America, Europe, and Asia. YuppTV is among the chosen companies, recognized as a disruptor in the volatile media and entertainment industry.

     

    Red Herring’s Top 100 Global list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay would change the way we live and work.

     

    “Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across the globe to the Top 100 Winners. We believe YuppTV embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. YuppTV should be proud of its accomplishment.”

     

    “When we were recognized as one of the top 100 North American companies earlier this year, we were absolutely thrilled with the distinction especially given that there were so many great companies,” said CEO and Founder, Uday Reddy. He continued, “However, to have been selected as one of the top 100 global companies really confirms our belief that we have a service that our customers love and that so many new customers around the world will want.” Red Herring’s editorial staff evaluated the companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy, and market penetration. This assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the track records and standing of startups relative to their peers, allowing Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list a valuable instrument of discovery and advocacy for the most promising new business models from around the world.