Audiences in these countries will be able to access 15 news channels and watch content on business, sport, entertainment, and other trending news free of charge in seven languages.
ZEE5 Global has announced that it will make its top news channels available for free streaming in select countries in APAC, and in MENA and Africa.
Audiences in these countries will be able to access 15 news channels and watch content on business, sport, entertainment, and other trending news free of charge in seven languages; Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Oriya, Gujarati, Urdu and Punjabi.
The free catalogue includes news channels such as Hindi news channels like ZEE News, ZEE Business, Republic TV as well as news in Bengali and Marathi from ZEE 24 Ghanta and ZEE 24 Taas respectively, amongst others.
With this, audiences will have access to shows like Fast Money on ZEE Business, Crime Alert on ZEE Hindustan and DNA with Sudhir Chaudhary on ZEE News.
Commenting on the initiative, Archana Anand, Chief Business Officer, ZEE5 Global said: “We’re very excited to now offer all this prime news content for our global audiences to access free, so they can stay in constant touch with what’s happening back home in India and in their home states. When living abroad, one keenly follows all the news from back home, and that’s why we decided to make this content free so that’s its easily accessible to all.”