BIGFlix inks deal with UTV for popular titles
January 30th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) BIGFlix, an online movie-on-demand service, Monday announced a licence deal with UTV Motion Pictures to offer some of the popular titles online to movie buffs.
The deal will make available select blockbuster UTV titles like “Jodhaa Akbar”, “Wake Up Sid”, “Raajneeti”, “I Hate Luv Storys”, “No One Killed Jessica”, “Dev D”, “Udaan”, “Fashion”, “Race”, and “Kaminey”, to BigFlix plus subscribers.
“Pay per View (PPV) and Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) options on internet platforms like BigFlix is a great way for audiences to watch movies at their convenience. This is one of our first internet deals in India. BigFlix is one of the first players in this space in India and we are happy to have our movies available for their vast subscriber base,” Amrita Pandey, senior vice president (International Distribution and Syndication), UTV Motion Pictures, said in a press statement.
Commenting on the deal, Pankaj Chandra, COO, BigFlicks. Pvt. Ltd, said: “It is our constant endeavour to equip consumers with latest blockbuster movies and our partnership with UTV is a step closer to enhance, strengthen and expand the VOD (video-on-demand) service in India.”
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