New Delhi, 2nd February, 2016: YuppTV, the world’s largest Over-The-Top (OTT) provider for Indian content, has partnered with leading South Indian television network Sun Network to offer numerous regional entertainment options to its users. With the partnership in place, YuppTV will launch 10 channels in four languages – Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada – in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Under the agreement, YuppTV will make the following Sun Network
channels available for its MENA viewers – Surya and Kiran (Malayalam), SunTV,
KTV, Sun Music, Adithya TV (Tamil), Gemini TV, Gemini Movies & Gemini
Comedy (Telugu) and Udaya TV (Kannada). The move will add more content to YuppTV’
s entertainment repertoire which boasts of over 25000 hours of video content in
its catalogue.
Speaking on the partnership, Mr.
Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO, YuppTV, said, “As the leading digital
entertainment provider for expats from the South Asian community, we pride
ourselves on making the latest content available to our users across the world.
By entering into partnership with Sun Network, one of the largest TV networks
in South India, we will curate even more regional entertainment options to add
to our already impressive library.”
Speaking on this occasion, Mr
Mahesh Kumar, President, Sun TV Network Ltdremarked. “The partnership with
YUPPTV is yet another initiative in line with our strategy to improve SunTV’s presence
on digital networks and beef up distribution through a variety of OTT platforms
worldwide”.
As the leading OTT provider for South Asian content, YuppTV already
has content partnerships with leading television networks to provide 200+
channels in the South Asian region. With entertainment options in 13 languages
including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi,
Oriya, Gujarati, Sinhala, Urdu and Bangla, the brand has established itself as the
digital destination for South Asian content in the world.
About YuppTV
YuppTV is one of the world’s leading Over-the-top (OTT) content
providers for South Asian Content. YuppTV was founded in 2006, with
headquarters in Atlanta, GA, and has branch offices in the USA and India.
YuppTV started with two channels and has grown to deliver more than 200+ TV
Channels today. YuppTV is accessible on
more than 25 internet enabled - Connected TVs, Internet STBs, Smart Blu-ray
players, PCs, Smart Phones and Tablets.For more information, visit http://www.yupptv.com
About Sun TV Network
Limited
Sun TV Network Limited (‘Sun TV’) is a leading name in Indian broadcast
media industry headquartered in Chennai, India. Established in the year 1993,
Sun TV is the largest regional TV network offering a bouquet of thirty three TV
channels that are watched by over 95 million Indian households and several more
in over 27 other countries. Sun TV also operates - through its subsidiaries and
affiliated companies - a network of 48 FM Radio stations across India. Sun TV
also owns the Hyderabad-based cricket team Sunrisers Hyderabad that plays in
the Indian Premier League, the most watched sporting event in the country. For more information, visit http://www.sunnetwork.in/
