Benjamin Omoike
Nigeria, Oct 16, 2916 – StarTimes subscribers across Africa who love Indian movies, music and lifestyle can now enjoy their favourite Indian programs more in English, Yoruba and six other languages from October this year.
This is as the digital TV network has refreshed its ST Bollywood channel to wear a new look and enhanced the language menu hitherto in Hindu to offer English audio to viewers. Also, a new Indian channel called Bollywood Africa will soon be launched across the African market this month.
StarTimes Head of Public Relations, Mr. Israel Bolaji, said While ST Bollywood has seven audio options, including English, Yoruba, French, Swahili, Portuguese, Luganda and Hindu with subtitles in English, French and Chinese, ST Bollywood Africa has audio options for Yoruba, Swahili and Luganda with subtitles in English.
Both channels are available to subscribers on DTT channels (500, 501) and DTH channels (550, 551) on Basic, Classic, Unique, Smart and Super bouquets.
ST Bollywood Africa in October will feature numerous exciting new Indian movies starring popular icons such as Abhay Deol, Soha Ali Khan, Ajay Devgn, Sonam Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Lara Dutta, Nishant Dahiya, Pragya Jaiswal, Arjun Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Pavan Malhotra Hri, Tia Bajpai, and Shivam Nair in hit movies such as Maharathi – The Titans, Once Upon A Time in Mumbai, Aisha, Bullet Raja, Bang Bang, Love Story 2050 and many more.
StarTimes aggregates top notch channels on its platform to provide pleasurable movie viewing experience for its subscribers, whether for Indian, Nigerian, Hollywood or Chinese movies with channels like irokoWorld, irokoPlay, ST Movie, AMC Movie, FOX, ST Kungfu, AMC Classic, ST Zone, ST Yoruba, Orisun and Star Gold.
StarTimes is the leading digital-TV network operator and content provider in Africa, covering 90 per cent of the continent’s population with 440 authorized channels consisting of news, movies, series, sports, entertainment, children’s programs, fashion, religion etc.
