Monday, November 11, 2013

COLORS & MTV shows, now streaming on Spuul

Spuul, a popular online streaming service for Indian cinema and television shows has joined hands with IndiaCast, a Viacom18 and TV18 venture, to offer shows from COLORS, MTV India and the ETV bouquet of channels to its subscribers.

The deal allows Spuul to showcase hits like Comedy Nights with Kapil, Balika Vadhu, Uttaran, Sanskaar, Bani, Madhubala and Sasural Simar Ka from COLORS and Timeout with Imam and Webbed from MTV India.

Reaffirming Spuul’s brand promise of providing premium entertainment anytime, anywhere, Prakash Ramchandani, CEO India, Spuul said, “COLORS and MTV are leading channels across the general entertainment and youth space in the Indian television market. By bringing shows of COLORS, MTV India and ETV channels to our platform, we plan to give our users an instant and continued access to their favorite shows at their convenience. This association with IndiaCast only highlights our proposition of providing entertainment on the go.”

Starting November, Spuul users can have unrestricted access to shows of COLORS, MTV India and ETV channel on their PCs, iOS and Android smartphones, and tablets.

Anuj Gandhi, Group CEO, IndiaCast Media Distribution said, “Spuul makes popular Indian entertainment content available on internet-connected devices through its platform. We are pleased to partner with Spuul to offer consumers our premium TV content & movies at their convenience, anytime, anywhere”.

Spuul has consistently been expanding its content offering by partnering with leading entertainment houses. The platform also has popular shows from Star Plus like Mahabharat, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai amongst others along with a premium library of movies, evergreen TV shows and the latest blockbusters.

About Spuul:
Spuul is a popular streaming service for Indian movies and TV shows online. In addition to a large selection of free movies, Spuul offers Specials that are pay-per-view movies and a Premium monthly subscription option. From the latest blockbusters to evergreen classics, Spuul has the best collection of Bollywood movies online. New titles are added weekly.
Spuul has been founded by seasoned entrepreneurs including Sudesh Iyer, founder of Sony Entertainment TV, and S. Mohan, founder of Palo Alto-based Accellion, buUuk and a number of other technology and venture companies.

About INDIACAST:

'IndiaCast’ is a multi-platform ‘Content Asset Monetization’ entity, jointly owned by TV18 & Viacom18. IndiaCast mandate includes Domestic Distribution, Placement Services, International Channel Distribution &adsales, new media (digital) distribution and Content Syndication for all the group company channels & content. For Domestic Distribution, IndiaCast has a majority owned joint venture with Disney UTV, which manages subscription & placement services for the TV18, Viacom18, A+E Networks | TV18, ETV channels & Disney UTV group channels. 'IndiaCast UTV' aggregates and distributes over 35 channels spanning genres including General Entertainment (Hindi & Regional), Kids, News (Hindi, English, Business & Regional), Music (Hindi & International), Infotainment, Movies (Hindi & English) etc. Internationally, IndiaCast has a portfolio of 10 channels (including Colors, MTV India International, Rishtey and 6 ETV regional Services) that are viewed in over 70 countries as linear services. With a rich content library of 15000 hours across genres, IndiaCast also syndicates content in over 100 countries in 20+ languages (including Hebrew, Russian, Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian, Macedonian, Croatian, Azeri, Kazakh, Swahili, English among others). IndiaCast also delivers a wide range of content to various new media platforms including content from over 20 channels from the group across News, Music, Youth & Lifestyle, General Entertainment & Infotainment genre in multiple languages. Apart from Television shows & series, IndiaCast also offers Indian feature films (both Bollywood & Regional) on digital platforms in India and overseas markets. For more information on IndiaCast, log on to www.indiacast.com