Dialog Axiata recently partnered with ZEE5, one of the largest digital entertainment platforms for Indian language content, to offer its content library of over 100,000 hours of premium Indian content to Sri Lankan viewers via Dialog ViU.
Dialog Axiata PLC Global and Content Services Senior General Manager Mangala Hettiarachchi said, “We are proud to have partnered with ZEE5 into their international launch. The affiliation strengthens the content portfolio offered by Dialog ViU by opening one of the region’s best content libraries to our customers. Dialog customers can watch the best content on the best video network in Sri Lanka at any time without commercials.”
ZEE5 Global Chief Business Officer Archana Anand said, “We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Dialog Axiata for our launch in Sri Lanka. With over 1,00,000 hours of content across multiple genres and 12 languages, Dialog’s subscribers have access to the largest library of Indian content in one single destination. Sri Lanka is rapidly developing into an exciting market for entertainment content, and we look forward to jointly exploring this opportunity with Dialog Axiata.”
ZEE5, which goes live over 190 countries, offers multi-genre and multi-lingual content across the English, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya, Bhojpuri, Gujarati and Punjabi languages.
ZEE5’s on demand content, includes movies and TV shows, music and health and lifestyle videos along with originals in 12 languages. It also has a live TV offering with over 60 popular live TV channels.
The platform offers features such as content and display language personalisation, voice search, download to watch offline option, HD Quality video and adaptive bit rate streaming along with parental control.