Bring Hindi television into your home with iiNet

Nov. 17, 2010 - PRLog -- 3 November 2010: From today you can bring the fabulous diversity of India into your lounge room with Hindi TV programs, Bollywood movies and the latest Indian news, thanks to fetchtv, the new television service from iiNet.

In an Australian first, 14 leading Hindi television channels can now be accessed in full broadcast quality when you subscribe to iiNet’s fetchtv 2 service. This is on top of your local digital free-to-air channels and a range of subscription channels – all of which can be paused, rewound and recorded; 30 free movies every month plus video on command movies and TV shows; an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) and a range of web applications, all delivered over a broadband connection.  

iiNet’s Chief Technology Officer Greg Bader said iiNet and FetchTV are leading the way in multicultural TV offering in Australia.  

“We’re proud to be the first internet provider in Australia to offer this revolutionary television service that includes quality programming for Australia’s diverse population,” Mr Bader said. “Because we use the iiNet network, we can guarantee the quality of the transmission is comparable to digital broadcasts – it will feel like you are in India watching television.”  

The fourteen channels available through the new Hindi language package include:
- Five General Entertainment channels – Zee TV; Star Plus; Colours; Imagine; and Sahara One – featuring prime time comedy, drama series, Bollywood movies, mini-series, children’s programs, game shows, late night shows and reality TV
- NDTV 24x7 the leading Indian News channel presented in English
- NDTV India- a 24 hour Hindi news Channel Two Movie channels
- Zee Cinema and Star Gold – featuring the best of Hindi Movies
- Two Music channels –MTV India and Zing Travel , food and lifestyle programming from NDTV Good Times and Masala TV Sanskar comprising Hindu spiritual and religious content.

Available now, this latest fetchtv offering can be accessed for an additional $19.95 per month for customers who subscribe to iiNet’s fetchtv2 service.

For more information on fetchtv and the packages available from iiNet, visit www.iinet.net.au

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For further information, please contact:
Anthony Fisk Communications Manager, iiNet
+61 8 6252 4471 or media@staff.iinet.net.au
www.iinet.net.au

About FetchTV
FetchTV is an Australian founded and owned business, with backing from the Malaysian based ASTRO ALL ASIA NETWORKS subscription TV group.

FetchTV is a wholesale subscription TV provider to leading Australian ISPs. The fetchtv service is unique in that it provides access to digital free-to-air channels, subscription channels, video on-demand and interactive content via an unmetered broadband connection, to the TV in SD and HD quality, instantly with no downloading delays.

Internet Service Provider: http://www.iinet.net.au/index.html
Fast Broadband: http://www.iinet.net.au/broadband/plans.html
FetchTV: http://www.iinet.net.au/fetchtv/
internet TV: http://www.iinet.net.au/fetchtv/packages.html

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About iiNet
iiNet is Australia’s second largest DSL Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the leading challenger in the telecommunications market. We employ more than 1800 staff and support over 1.3 million broadband, telephony and internet TV (Internet Protocol TV (IPTV)) services nationwide.

iiNet maintains its own super-fast broadband network.

A lot has changed since our CEO founded iiNet in a suburban garage back in 1993 and the broadband landscape continues to evolve. What hasn’t changed is our passion for the transformative benefits of the Internet and our commitment to helping Australians connect better.