Announcing the launch of the new plan, Rahul Maroli, Senior Vice-President and Head of SVOD at ZEE5 India, told ET that the Rs. 365 plan is aimed at people who are not yet convinced about paying for online content. It is meant for people who’re yet to“sample the convenience that a video streaming platform provides as compared to linear television.Hence, we decided to launch a value pack for these people”, he said.
Maroli further said that the new plan is aimed largely at women in the 24-50 age group.“The positioning (of this plan) is largely that it’s an alternative to the traditional cable television. So, the kind of content that’s going to be there will be relevant to that audience. For example, you would have TV-like shows”, he said. Youngsters who prefer edgier content will continue to be served by“youth-oriented web series”from Zee5 and Alt Balaji.
As part of its plans to increase its market share in India, the streaming platform had recently launched a dedicated offering for children, called Zee5 Kids, offering more than 4,000 hours of content across various genres and languages, including Hindi, English, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam and Bhojpuri.
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