New Delhi: Now catch all the action live on your mobile handset as nexGTv bags the exclusive and official mobile rights to the year’s most awaited tennis grand slam event – The French Open 2014. DigiVive, parent company of nexGTv, acquired rights to the mobile telecast of the tournament from Seven3Sports, a live streaming channel for all-round sports action.
All subscribers of nexGTv, across India, get to watch their favorite matches live; apart from having the option of receiving feeds in the form of VoD, audio, SMS, MMS, IVR and VIVR. With nexGTv, the only mobile app to offer this service in India, matches can be viewed from today until 8 June 2014.
Customers need only to download the free nexGTv app, from the Android, Windows, iOS and Nokia app store, and then subscribe to its paid-for TV packages. The French Open channel, on the app, will be activated on availing any of the live channel bouquet options, offered by telecom service providers.
Apart from free-of-cost LIVE coverage, the app allows users to also access match repeats, match highlights and best moments of matches in the Video-on-Demand section. This offer is valid until the end of the tennis tournament. As part of the bouquet of channels, nexGTv will continue to deliver premium paid-for content in terms of popular TV serials, movies and over 150 live channels in parallel.
G.D. Singh, Director, DigiVive said, “Sports is a great crowd-puller in India, and DigiVive realizes the true importance of mega events like French Open 2014 to the India diaspora. By securing exclusive rights to the prestigious French Open 2014, we provide tennis lovers a chance to always be updated with the latest tournament details, on the go. We present to the sports enthusiast an option to stay enthused and engaged even after the IPL 7.”
Jatin Ahluwalia, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Seven3Sports said: “Sports consumption patterns, in India, are changing and the increasing usage of mobile handsets plays a huge role here. We are excited to continually bring premier sporting action to customers, through mobile and Internet-enabled devices in India. Through our partnership with DigiVive, we hope to bring people closer to the prestigious French Open; ‘on the move – on the go’.”
nexGTv’s mobile TV service is very popular among its users, with over 16 million downloads. On an average there are 30000 downloads each day. At present, nexGTv users have access to a plethora of features like – replay TV, EPG guide, on screen controls, option of deleting and listing the channels as per their choice, best-in-class user interface, 24×7 customer care support call center and much more. One of its unique features is adaptive streaming which enables seamless live streaming even on 2G network. Also, it offers best of content with top channels such as the Sony bouquet, Aaj Tak, Asianet and Raj Channels.
