{"id":5695,"date":"2019-12-18T09:24:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T14:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/lionsgate-play-launch-india-airtel\/"},"modified":"2019-12-18T10:46:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T15:46:09","slug":"lionsgate-play-to-launch-in-india-with-airtel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/lionsgate-play-to-launch-in-india-with-airtel\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate Play to Launch in India with Airtel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bharti Airtel has linked up with Lionsgate and StarzPlay to bring a slew of content from Lionsgate Play to customers in India.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership will give Airtel customers access to a portfolio of Lionsgate feature film content, which will be available on Airtel Xstream app and web platforms. The Airtel Xstream app has a catalog of over 10,000 movies and shows along with 400 TV channels. The content will be available in multiple Indian languages and spread across the horror, comedy, drama, action, thriller, documentary and other genres.<\/p>\n<p>Lionsgate Play\u2019s initial offering includes the blockbuster <em>Hunger Games<\/em> and <em>Twilight Saga<\/em> franchises, multiple Academy Award winner<em> La La Land<\/em> and the critically-acclaimed international breakout hit <em>Wonder<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Adarsh Nair, chief product officer at Bharti Airtel, said: \u201cWe are thrilled to partner with Lionsgate to bring exciting content from their library to our customers as part of Airtel Thanks program. Our mission is to make Airtel Xstream the most loved digital entertainment platform in India and enable best-in-class experience across a range of connected devices and applications. We will continue to forge long-term strategic partnerships with the top content producers from around the world as part of our mission and look forward to collaborating with Lionsgate to delight customers in India.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rohit Jain, managing director for Lionsgate Play in South Asia, said: \u201cThe partnership with Airtel is a great opportunity to expand the Lionsgate Play premium offering with a best-in-class partner, a vast feature film library and a compelling user experience for our customers. Telcos play a huge role in increasing the availability of premium content on digital platforms, and we\u2019re proud to join forces with a partner like Airtel that combines enormous reach, a powerful brand and unparalleled distribution expertise. This is another major step forward in bringing an exciting and unique content experience to our Indian audience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bharti Airtel has linked up with Lionsgate and StarzPlay to bring a slew of content from Lionsgate Play to customers in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":5696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1404,648,1352,1405],"class_list":["post-5695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bharti-airtel","tag-lionsgate","tag-lionsgate-play","tag-starzplay"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lionsgate Play to Launch in India with Airtel - TVASIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/lionsgate-play-to-launch-in-india-with-airtel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lionsgate Play to Launch in India with Airtel - 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