News Star India to air HBO contents

Technoglitch

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Star India CEO Uday Shankar said, “Star is delighted to partner with HBO to bring world class HBO Originals programming for Indian viewers. Star will become the exclusive destination for screening HBO content in India – once again resetting the benchmark for quality and depth of content offering for its viewers. Fans will be able to watch their favourite HBO Original programmes on Hotstar on the same day as the telecast in the US. Viewers will also be able to see the HBO Original programming on Star’s English channels.” “Hotstar, is a leading destination for our growing family of content viewers. We have constantly aspired to offer high quality content across genres and languages, and HBO Originals with its outstanding program bouquet, I am sure will be yet another quantum leap in delighting and enthralling our viewers,” Shankar added.

HBO Asia CEO Jonathan Spink said, “HBO is delighted to enter this new chapter in India with Star. Through the first release of our shows on Hotstar, Indian audiences will now have unprecedented flexibility in how they consume HBO’s much loved premium programming.” Forthcoming seasons including the Scorsese series ‘Vinyl’ (scheduled to air on 14 February) and ‘Westworld’ are part of the deal. In addition, library favourites such as ‘Entourage’, ‘Band of Brothers’, ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ will be available to Star India.

http://www.televisionpost.com/television/star-india-inks-content-deal-with-hbo/ | TelevisionPost.com
 
aumnamonarayan

aumnamonarayan

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Excellent news. Same happened after BIG CBS chs were shut down then AXN entered into exclusive deal with CBS for content
 
aumnamonarayan

aumnamonarayan

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Very soon we will get BBC Entertainment as a service on Tata Sky, already many BBC shows r exclusively available on VOD
 
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