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UTV channels to be available on Sun's DTH platform

Indiantelevision.com Team

(21 February 2008 7:00 pm)

MUMBAI: UTV Global Broadcasting Limited (UGBL), the broadcast arm of UTV Software Communications Ltd, has entered into an agreement with direct-to-home (DTH) service provider Sun Direct to carry its five channels.

UTV has already launched Bindass, Bindass Movies and World Movies. The Hindi movie channel UTV Movies is scheduled to launch on 24 February and has 300 films in the libray. UTVi, the English business news channel, will come up in March.

Said Sun Direct TV COO Tony D'Silva, "Offering thr UTV channels on our platform will increase consumer choice and satisfaction."

While Bindass and Bindass Movies offer entertainment and movie content for the youth audience, World Movies showcases films from across the globe. The movies are sub-titled in English.