Sun Direct launches its Video On Demand (VOD) service in Tamil

Good news for all Sun Direct subscribers. Tamil Video On Demand service has been added on channel no.109. This is exclusively for all the Sun Direct customers. The Movies are ad free and will be aired 3 times per day at 11.00AM / 4.00PM / 9.00PM on Saturday's and Sunday's.

The first movie to be aired is Suriya starred Mega Hit Movie "Ayan" on 12th & 13th June, 2010. The movie is priced at Rs.50 + tax.

For booking the movie subscribers has to call 3940 7575 or SMS addon{space}smartcard no.{space}082 and send to 58585 or through online (SunDirect OEACustomer Selfcare).

Sun Direct launches its video on demand (VOD) service in Hindi

Sun Direct TV Private Limited, the second largest direct-to-home (DTH) service provider is rolling out its Video on Demand (VOD) in Hindi on its DTH platform. The first movie in the offering is the latest blockbuster movie 'KARTHIK CALLING KARTHIK'.Hindi being the largest movie industry in the country, this is a gift to the Hindi movie loving people allowing them to catch the latest Bollywood movie from the comfort of their homes. The Movie is comfortably priced at Rs 25 with flexible show timing of three shows a day spread over two days, to start with on April 10th and April 11th 2010. The customer can book for their shows either through SMS or telephone and view the movie throughout the day.Speaking on the occasion Mr. Tony D’Silva, COO of Sun Direct said "With the lifespan of films in theatres reducing to an average of two to three weeks and piracy eating away the revenues, direct-to-home (DTH) platform on television will emerge as an attractive alternative for production houses. New movies on DTH can be effectively leveraged between the theatre release and CD/DVD launch, making it a win-win scenario for all the parties including the subscribers and an additional revenue stream for the DTH platform."

There's usually a two months gap between a movie in a theatre and it being available on CD/DVD’s. Once a subscriber pays for a Video on demand, it can be viewed for any of the shows on the next two days by the entire family.With this launch Sun direct continues its aggressive and proactive marketing initiatives; earlier, they had launched India’s first HD services nationally and VOD in Telugu and Tamil. Sun Direct is a defacto leader in the South Indian DTH market and adds the maximum number of all new DTH connections with the fastest growing subscriber base in excess of 5.3 million subscribers. Sun Direct is far ahead in the race of the Direct- to – Home industry with its innovative technology, value for money pricing, attractive bundling of packages that appeal at every segment of the customer chain.

Source: afaqs!

Sun Direct to offer Telugu movies on demand

Chennai, Jan 8 : India's second largest direct-to-home (DTH) player Sun Direct TV Pvt Ltd will launch the country's first regional language video on demand service Saturday, with Telugu movies.

Sun Direct's chief operating office Tony D'Silva said: "With the lifespan of films in theatres reducing to an average of two to three weeks and piracy eating away the revenues, DTH platform on television will emerge as an attractive alternative for production houses."

New movies on DTH can be effectively leveraged between the theatre release and CD/DVD launch, making it a win-win scenario for all the parties including the subscribers and an additional revenue stream for the DTH platform, he said, according to a statement issued here Friday.

Sun Direct which has more than 2,000 Telugu movies in its library will launch the service with Chiranjeevi starrer "Shankar Dada Zindabad".

According to the company, the movies are priced at Rs.25 with flexible show timing beginning at 11 a.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

Source: IANS

Watch "Shankar Dada Zindhabad" this weekend on VOD

You can watch the blockbuster movie "Shankar Dada Zindhabad" on channel no.151 on Telugu VOD channel this weekend.

Price: Rs.25 (inclusive of taxes).

Timings: 11.00AM / 4.00PM / 8.00PM (Saturday and Sunday).

To Book call 3940 7575 or SMS addon{space}smartcard no.{space}070 send to 58585.

For Terms and Conditions, please check Sun Direct Official website:

http://sundirect.in/video-on-demand.php

Sun Direct has launched Video On Demand Service

Good news for all Sun Direct subscribers. Video On Demand service has been launched. Presently they have launched only Telugu VOD on channel no.151. The Movies will be aired 3 times per day at 11.00AM / 4.00PM / 8.00PM on Saturday and Sunday. The Movies are priced at Rs.25 per movie (inclusive of all taxes).

To book movie subscribers has to call 3940 7575 or SMS addon{space}smartcard no.{space}070 and send to 58585.

For Terms and Conditions, please check Sun Direct Official website:

http://sundirect.in/video-on-demand.php