RE: HBO Hits HD & HBO Defined HD is Now available on TataSky HD from Today.
Turner International India's high definition movie channels - HBO Hits and HBO Defined - will be available on DTH service platform Tata Sky from Tuesday.
With this, the two premium advertising-free movie channels are now available across DTH and digital cable platforms like DISH TV, AIRTEL Digital, Hathway, GTPL, Manthan Digital, ABS Star Digital, DDC, JPR Network, Den Satellite (Mumbai) and Seven Star Digital
HBO Defined and HBO Hits showcase Hollywood and Bollywood content through HD feeds on Tata Sky channel numbers 358 and 360 respectively. Tata Sky subscribers can also avail the channels in dual language for select movie titles. The two channels are available for Rs.99 a month (per channel).
“With the successful on-going digitisation of the Indian television industry, Turner is committed to continue bringing compelling content inside homes of consumers in India and on any device they own. HBO Defined and HBO Hits signify a new era of television viewing for the Indian consumer. We have received a very enthusiastic response from all platforms and are happy to have, Tata Sky, one of India’s leading DTH platforms partner with us,” said Siddharth Jain, managing director, Turner International India.
While HBO Defined is a 24-hour advertising-free premium programming subscription service featuring the latest Hollywood flicks and award-winning HBO Originals, HBO Hits is a 24-hour advertising-free premium subscription service that indulges the viewers with genre-driven anchors and iconic HBO Original series and Bollywood blockbusters.
“Tata Sky is committed to offering the best picture quality, sound and digital viewing experience to its subscribers and HBO Defined & HBO Hits are great examples of this,” said Poalo Agostenelli, chief content and business development officer, Tata Sky. “We’re pleased to provide an experience of accessing a wide variety of world class movies with the prestigious HBO Original series in pure High Definition, which is delightfully ad-free for our subscribers. This is truly a movie and TV series fan's dream come true,” he added.
Over the next few months the channel has a line up of Hollywood blockbuster movies including G.I. Joe Retaliation, Gangster Squad, Arbitrage, Jack Reacher and Margin Call along with Bollywood hits like Rock On!, Wake Up Sid and My Name is Khan. Apart from this, exclusive and award-winning HBO Original series such as True Detective S1, The Newsroom S3, Game of Thrones S4, Boardwalk Empire Season S5 will premiere close to U.S. Air dates.
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