ZEE5 Global Expands Reach by Launching on Whale TV Smart TVs in 150+ Countries

Global, 15^th November, 2024: ZEE5 Global, the world’s largest streaming platform for South Asian content, announces its partnership with Whale TV, a leading independent smart TV OS. With this collaboration, ZEE5 is now available on all Whale TV smart TVs, including major brands such as Philips, TCL, and Sharp, across more than 150 countries including India, the Middle East and North Africa, Asia-Pacific, and the United States.

ZEE5 Global offers an impressive lineup of South Asian content including original shows, franchise hits, and diverse content across 18 languages. Operating in over 190 countries, the platform boasts a rich catalogue that spans blockbuster movies, acclaimed TV shows, and lifestyle programming, ensuring something for every viewer. By partnering with Whale TV, ZEE5 Global is making its content more accessible to millions of viewers worldwide.

On Whale TV models, consumers benefit from an easy-to-use smart TV experience with advanced AI powered recommendations, making it easier than ever to discover and enjoy ZEE5 Global’s wide range of premium titles including Oscar winner “RRR”, Sam Bahadur, Gyaarah Gyaarah, Hanu-Man (Telugu) and more.

By combining ZEE5 Global’s unique content portfolio with Whale TV’s smart features, audiences will experience South Asian stories in a whole new way – all from the comfort of their living rooms.

Manish Kalra, Chief Business Officer, ZEE5, commented, “Smart TVs are an increasingly dominant way for people to consume content. This strategic alliance with Whale TV further strengthens our global reach, enabling entirely new audiences to discover our curated catalogue of premium South Asian content at scale. We are confident that this partnership will accelerate our efforts to bring viewers across the globe seamless access to the best of South Asian content.” 

“With Whale TV we aim to deliver a smart and simple TV experience to consumers, where they can watch their favorite entertainment whether that’s streamed, broadcasted or playing on a connected device. With our global reach it is important that we offer a diverse content selection and we are delighted to add ZEE5 Global to our platform,” said Lucas Huang, VP Content Distribution at Whale TV.

Users can download the ZEE5 Global app from the Whale TV App Gallery as well as Google Play Store / iOS App Store. It is available on Roku devices, Apple TVs, Android TVs, Amazon Fire TV and Samsung Smart TVs. Users can also access ZEE5 Global on www.ZEE5.com

About ZEE5 Global:

ZEE5 is the digital entertainment destination launched by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), a global Media and Entertainment powerhouse. The world’s largest platform for South Asian content, ZEE5 offers 200,000+ hours of on-demand content and has content across 18 languages: Hindi, English, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Punjabi, along with six international languages Malay, Thai, Bahasa, Urdu, Bangla and Arabic. The platform brings together the best of Originals, Movies and TV Shows, Music, Health and Lifestyle content in one destination.

About Whale TV:

Whale TV is an independent TV operating system that makes TVs smart and simple to use. Since its inception in 2011, the company has worked with 400+ TV brands and enables 41.1M+ monthly active TVs around the world to help consumers discover, find and watch their favorite entertainment. With its easy-to-use TV OS, the company connects consumers, TV brands, content providers and advertisers. Whale TV is headquartered in Singapore and has teams collaborating across the globe to make TV better for everyone.

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