ISLAMABAD, Oct 20 (INP-WealthPK): The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has signed an agreement with Evision to launch its own video streaming platform in Pakistan.
The new Digital Video Over-The-Top (OTT) platform will host the richest collection of Hollywood and Pakistani entertainment content besides a rich assortment of national and international news and sports channels, thereby catering to the diverse news and entertainment needs of everyone in the family, said a news release received by WealthPK.
PTCL & Ufone, Group Chief Commercial Officer (CEO) Adnan Anjum and Evision Chief Executive Officer, Olivier Bramly signed the agreement during GITEX Global 2022 in Dubai.
Evision-led consortium has the majority shares in the leading video streaming platform in MENA, StarzPlay, that will technically help PTCL with deploying the new Digital Video OTT Platform to host movies and seasons from leading Hollywood studios in addition to Pakistani films and dramas to cater to a wide range of viewership in the country. The new platform will also offer access to over 100 news and sports channels and a lot of educational and fun content for children.
Sharing his thoughts regarding the agreement, PTCL & Ufone President and Group CEO, Hatem Bamatraf said, “I am grateful to Evision for their support in this initiative that furthers our efforts to diversify our services and positively impact more aspects of our customers’ lives.”
He said: “Technology is the most effective enabler of our age, and we continuously strive to harness its potential for our customers’ benefit. We find news and entertainment a huge part of our people’s lives and it offers us a good opportunity to reinvent television and online streaming experience to bring them more control and choice in their viewing.”
The new video streaming platform is expected to be launched soon. It will be accessible to all data subscribers including PTCL users at affordable prices.
