
Vijay Tendulkar, Badal Sircar, Mohan Rakesh, and Mahesh Dattani, among others.

The productions have been helmed by renowned directors such as Santosh Sivan and Nagesh Kukunoor. They will feature theatre and film actors including Nandita Das, Saurabh Shukla, Lillete Dubey, Swanand Kirkire, Namit Das, Darshan Jariwalla, Rajpal Yadav, Sonali Kulkarni and others. "We love breaking norms," said Ajit Mohan, CEO, Hotstar, "We have never believed in the artificial separation between television and digital audiences. Our aspiration for Hotstar Originals has always been to introduce new formats and stories that are not being explored by anyone, irrespective of the screen. We are excited to bring an entirely new way of storytelling to a generation that has not been exposed to either these stories or to the power of theatre." CinePlay is a big leap forward for storytellers and their audiences in the country.

Hotstar also achieved new heights during the India-England series, the company said, registering several online viewership records on its platform for live sporting events.

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The video streaming platform registered more than 25 million users during the second one-day international between India and England that took place on January 19, accounting for a majority of the Internet traffic from India on that day.Īdditionally, more than 3 million viewers tuned in to watch the final T20 match of the England series on Hotstar, which is a new high in the Asia Pacific region. The numbers posted by Hotstar, backed by Akamai's Intelligent Platform, reflects the streaming service's success in the country, which also saw more than 75 percent of viewers streaming the match from mobile networks, according to the company. "We are seeing dramatic growth in our viewership every month, including in cricket. As millions of new users embrace Hotstar as a way of life, the platform is seeing new highs in sports viewership as well.
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Cineplay TV is open for discussions with savvy investors looking to get into this great platform on the ground floor.Ĭineplay TV is an American subscription video on demand service that streams independent films and series from around the world and is availble in over 200 countries.As data costs fall dramatically, and users increasingly look to their mobile as the primary screen, we are starting to see the emergence of Hotstar as the primary destination in cities with more than a million in population. The subscriber base is also expected to grow quickly once Cineplay's Original content is phased in starting this Fall. New content is being added on a daily basis so the sites catalog will grow exponentially over the next several months. Lorenzo Anderson, brings 30 years of entertainment experience to Cineplay TV including being the former Financial Controller for Jive Records and a CPA for Deloitte, so you can expect a lot of creative and innovative changes to the site in the coming months.Ĭineplay TV currently has over 3,000 titles being processed for its site.

Monthly subscriptions have been reduced to just $4.95 for anyone signing up through December 2016 and go back to $5.95 on January 1, 2017. The immediate goal is branding the Cineplay TV name and increasing its subscriber base.
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Unlike Netflix Originals, which are usually released as a full season all at once, original series produced for Cineplay will be released on a weekly basis over each season. Many additional features will be introduced over the remainder of 2016 with a heavy emphasis being put on "Cineplay Originals" which will include original films and series produced exclusively for Cineplay TV. Cineplay TV, which has billed itself as a Netflix for independent filmmakers was officially launched in September 2015 and had been in its beta phase before fully going live on September1, 2016 with the launch of "Cineplay Live", one of the new categories recently added. 9, 2016 - PRLog - Veteran entertainment professional, Lorenzo Anderson, has been named as the CEO of the subscription video on demand company, Cineplay TV.
