YuppTV Channel makes a comeback on Roku Players and Roku TVs

Atlanta, July 20, 2016: The leading OTT player in South Asian content, YuppTV has made its mighty comeback on the Roku® platform in the USA & Canada, introducing its extensively updated video content, packaged in a superior and advanced user interface. In 2010, YuppTV has been the first Live TV channel on the Roku platform, which includes the Roku Streaming Stick®, Roku Streaming players and Roku TV™, providing Indian expat community, easy access to high quality South Asian entertainment content. Post 2012, the channel continued to provide the content to other markets, except USA & Canada.

Roku users in USA & Canada will now be able to access YuppTV’s 200+ LIVE TV channels, Catch-up TV and YuppFlix, the largest Bollywood and South Asian regional language movie catalogue, with more than 5,000 titles. Further enhancing the content offering, the app will also offer online movie premiers mostly within three weeks of the release in YuppTV’s Pay per View movies.

Speaking at the launch, Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO, YuppTV said, “We are thrilled to launch our updated YuppTV app on the Roku platform in USA & Canada. Incepted with the vision of providing the most authentic and entertaining Indian national and regional content to the Indian expat and diaspora community across the globe, we are affirmative that the users will enjoy and appreciate our content offering.”

“It is inspiring the way YuppTV has evolved its service offering over the years and we’re excited to be able to once again offer Roku consumers in the U.S. and Canada an amazing selection of premium South Asian content,” said Ziba Kaboli-Gerbrands, director of content acquisition, Roku, Inc.

In succession to the launch, YuppTV has also added new languages in its offering, now allowing more Roku users to enjoy video content in Sinhala, Urdu, Nepali and Bangla. YuppTV will also offer nine popular channels from Argentina like TYC Sports, El Trece, America Sports available for Argentine expats living in USA & Canada. With the newly updated user interface, the channel offers an aesthetically enriching experience. Furthermore, the next update of the channel will also feature YuppTV Bazaar, the online marketplace for video content, and Yupp News, which curates  the top news from around the world in short video snippets.

About YuppTV

YuppTV is one of the world’s largest internet-based TV and On-demand service provider for South Asian content, offering more than 200+ TV channels, 5000+ Movies and 100+ TV Shows in 13 languages.

YuppTV has 25,000 hours of entertainment content catalogued in its library, while nearly 2,500 hours of new on-demand content is added to the YuppTV platform every day. YuppTV offers Live TV and Catch-Up TV technology. YuppTV has its presence in more than 50 countries. It has recently launched YuppFlix, a movie on demand streaming service for Expat Market and YuppTV Bazaar an online marketplace for the premium content curator. YuppTV is currently ranked #1 Internet Pay TV platform for Indians living abroad and also the largest Internet TV platform from premium content availability in India. YuppTV is the most downloaded Indian SmartTV app and it also boasts of 8 million mobile downloads with 4.0 user rating.

For more information: https://www.yupptv.com/

Roku and Streaming Stick are registered trademarks and Roku TV is a trademark of Roku, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries.

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YuppTV and ACT Fibernet Partner To Delight Their Hyderabad Users

Move to deliver a seamless viewing experience by integrating great content with high speed connectivity.

New Delhi|Hyderabad, May 24, 2016: YuppTV, the world’s largest Over-The-Top (OTT) provider for South Asian content, has announced its collaboration with ACT (Atria Convergence Technologies Pvt. Ltd.), the country's fourth largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the wired broadband category and pioneers in Fiber-to-the-Home technology. As a part of the partnership, the entire array of YuppTV’s diverse content of 200+ Live TV channels, 2000+ movies, 100+ TV shows and 1000+ short movies will be available for as low as INR 99 per month for ACT subscribers in Hyderabad as an add-on package. With top TV channels and latest movies from Tollywood amongst the content on offer, the move comes as a very attractive development for the audience in the city of Hyderabad.

ACT is currently leading in net wired broadband subscriber additions in calendar year 2016 and continues to offer consumers the fastest, most consistent and unparalleled Internet experience, through the immensely scalable and future proof technology of fiber optics. It is at the forefront of driving Internet consumption in India, not just in terms of growing the market but also changing the online user behavior and enhancing the way users experience this medium.

YuppTV’s latest collaboration will enable its high-quality content to be bundled with the best high-speed internet connectivity for the city’s users. YuppTV’s provision of Catch-up TV, which allows users to watch their favorite programmes from the last 7 days at their convenient time, will also be a major attraction for viewers.

Speaking on the partnership, Mr. Bala Malladi, CEO of the ACT Group said “Hyderabad is one of the highest internet penetrated cities in the country and we are delighted to associate with YuppTV which is one of the world’s largest internet-based TV. This partnership is line with our strategic plans for Hyderabad as the city continues to be a key market for us and we will always attempt to give reliable high speeds with upload and download, the consumers can enjoy equal data limit on both.”

Speaking on the partnership, Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO, YuppTV, said, “Streaming videos require high fidelity networks with consistent speeds to deliver a buffer-free experience. With this partnership, we are attempting to enhance accessibility to YuppTV content and solve internet connectivity concerns for our users through ACT’s high-speed broadband framework. We are confident that our Hyderabad users will welcome the initiative, and be able to seamlessly enjoy our library of diverse entertainment solutions through ACT.”

To activate their YuppTV subscriptions, users can log onto the ACT portal and select YuppTV as an add-on package or call the ACT helpline at 040-66272727. Activating the deal will also enable users to stream their favorite content on more than five screens, including TV, web and mobile, with a single subscription. YuppTV can be accessed through its website, www.yupptv.in, or via its app on Android and iOS smartphones, and on YuppTV App on LG, Sony and Samsung Smart TVs.

About YuppTV

YuppTV is one of the world’s largest internet-based TV and On-demand service provider for South Asian content, offering more than 200+ TV channels, 5000+ Movies and 100+ TV Shows in 12 languages.

YuppTV has 25000 hours of entertainment content catalogued in its library, while nearly 2500 hours of new on-demand content is added to the YuppTV platform every day. YuppTV offers Live TV and Catch-Up TV technology. YuppTV has its presence in more than 50 countries. It has recently launched YuppTV Bazaar, an online marketplace for the premium content curator. YuppTV is currently ranked #1 Internet Pay TV platform for Indians living abroad and also the largest Internet TV platform for premium content availability in India. YuppTV is the most downloaded Indian SmartTV app and it also boasts of 8 million mobile app downloads with >4.0 user rating.

For more information: http://www.yupptv.in/

About ACT Group:

ACT (Atria Convergence Technologies Pvt Ltd.) is one of the country’s most renowned triple play service providers with close to 1.5 million happy customers. ACT is a 1000 crore plus revenue company with a strong team of more than 6,500 employees across it’s markets. 

The company offers the following state-of-the-art services under the ACT brand: 

• Fibernet (Internet over Fiber Optics) 
• HD TV 
• Digital TV 

Headquartered in Bangalore, ACT is spread across the length and breadth of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana and Tamil Nadu. Pioneers in Fiber-To-The-Home technology, ACT Fibernet is currently the largest non-telco and the fastest growing Internet Service Provider in the country.

Article Source: http://blog.yupptv.com/2016/05/yupptv-and-act-fibernet-partner-to-delight-hyderabad-users.html