Indian streaming service ZEE5 hits Australia

Another day, another new streaming platform is announced for Australia.

ZEE5 will feature the largest library of entertainment content for South Asians in Australia.

Available in 17 different languages, ZEE5 offers 100,000 hours of on demand movies, originals, TV programs, videos and news content. It retails at $9.99 per month or $69.99 per year.

ZEE5 is available using Samsung Smart TVs, Apple TV, Android TVs and Amazon Fire TV, and via Google Play Store, iOS App Store and www.zee5.com. ZEE5 offers groundbreaking features like 16 navigational languages, content download option, seamless video playback and Voice Search.

From September, customers of telco Lebara Australia will be able to get a six-month subscription bundled with select prepaid plans.

Archana Anand, Chief Business Officer, ZEE5 Global, said  “Australia is an extremely important market for us as we expand across the globe and we’re extremely excited to announce our very first partnership with local telecom operator, Lebara Australia.”

“With this partnership, we’re looking to increase our presence in Australia using Lebara Australia’s subscriber base which will now have access to the best of Indian entertainment on any device of their choice.”

ZEE5’s entertainment content includes leading Hindi TV shows (e.g. Kum Kum Bhagya and Jodhaa Akbar); the latest ZEE5 Originals (e.g. The Final Call with Arjun Rampal, Kaafir with Dia Mirza) and 2000+ movies (e.g. Simba with Ranveer Singh, Kedarnath with Sara Ali Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput, and Veere Di Wedding with Kareena Kapoor Khan).

Popular Tamil TV shows (e.g. Sembaruthi, Yaaradi Nee Mohini and Poove Poochoodava), blockbuster Tamil films (e.g. Mapla Singam, Mersal and Kalavu) and ZEE5 Originals (e.g. Auto Shankar and Thiravam) are also available to subscribers, along with 60+ live streaming TV channels including India’s largest news stations.