Dialog Axiata Launches ViU – Sri Lanka’s No.1 Entertainment Platform with Movies and LIVE TV on mobile, tablet and DTV

Dialog Axiata PLC (Dialog), Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, presents it’s converged digital entertainment platform – Dialog ViU – Sri Lanka’s largest entertainment ecosystem of Video-on-Demand, LIVE TV and international partner content with no data charges on any Dialog network, delivering worldclass entertainment and edutainment any time, everywhere with unified, simple and intuitive experience on mobiles, tablets and TVs.

Keeping true to its penchant for innovation, Dialog seamlessly extends its market leading pay TV offering with a range of exciting solutions to cater to the multi-screen entertainment and edutainment needs of every customer in Sri Lanka with the ViU smartphone app for consumption of on-the-go, the ViU Mini as Sri Lanka’s first certified Android TV device to turn every HDMI TV into a smart TV, and the powerful ViU Hub 2.0 (Satellite TV and IP-TV decoder) to augment any Dialog TV subscription to a state of the art Google powered smart TV.

Dialog’s ViU app delivers Sri Lanka’s widest entertainment catalogue allowing users to experience up to 108 local and international LIVE TV channels (as per package eligibility), over 1000 local movies and dramas, sports events and a host of international apps. The LIVE TV channels cover a variety of genres such as sports, education, blockbuster movies, Bollywood dramas, world news, cartoons and more, whilst the local ViU content exclusively presents Sinhala and Tamil movies, dramas, documentaries and sports content such as school cricket matches, national and school rugby tournaments and basketball matches. Further, ViU boasts over 10 international content partners such as iFlix, Eros Now, Zee5, Yupp TV, Hungama Play, ALT Balaji and many more.

Dialog ViU customers enjoy all content free of any data charge on any Dialog network, on their mobile phone with 360p resolution, and on their Dialog Home Broadband connection at 480p resolution. In addition, higher definition options will also be provided soon.

The ViU Mini device is by design a simple plug & play unit which turns any TV with HDMI input into an Android TV experience – first in Sri Lanka. ViU Mini comes with a simple subscription plan to access 60 local and international LIVE TV channels along with the full Video on Demand library of movies and dramas, as well as Google Play Movies, Music, YouTube, IFlix, Hungama, ZEE5 and access to apps via the Google Play Store. It has Chromecast built-in which enables seamless casting of any content from your phone to the TV. The accompanying smart remote control features the Google Voice assistant making it easy to find and play your favorite movie.

As early mover in South Asia, Dialog TV launches an Android TV Powered Hybrid Set Top Box. Powered by Android 9.0 (Pie), the ViU Hub 2.0 4K Hybrid device seamlessly integrates satellite TV, all ViU Movies and the full Android TV experience onto one TV screen, turning your TV into a state-of-art rich smart TV. ViU Hub 2.0 boasts 4K video streaming, enabling consumers to immerse themselves in the high quality of 4K picture and sound on their 4K enabled TVs, along with over 130 Standard Definition and High Definition local and international TV channels, ViU movies and dramas, Chromecast built-in, Google Services and a host of Google Play apps for a personalized offering on their big screen. In addition, ViU HUB 2.0 comes with WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, along with a full and easy to use Google Voice Assisant powered remote.

All ViU customers also enjoy the benefit of Rewind TV up to 2 hours and Catch Up TV up to 3 days on over 90 channels delivered across the multi-screen devices, ensuring that customers will never miss their favourite programs.

As an introductory offer, subscribers can explore the entire LIVE TV and video library catalogue for FREE until May 31st, 2020. After the promotional period, all users will be able to access to 10 LIVE TV channels and a collection of videos subscription for FREE. Mobile customers can subscribe to the full catalog of Movies and Live TV for Rs. 5/-+tax per day or Rs. 150/-+tax per month to enjoy top 60 LIVE TV channels and access the largest video library in Sri Lanka. ViU Mini users enjoy the same collection of Movies and Live TV channels for Rs. 450/-+tax per month along with two mobile subscriptions . Existing Dialog TV customers obtain up to 108 channels – depending on their DTV subscription – completely free of charge, to take their Dialog TV experience and all ViU Movies on their mobile, anywhere, any time.

Commenting, Dr. Rainer Deutschmann, Dialog’s Group Chief Operating Officer, said, “Dialog, as Sri Lanka’s mobile and pay television market leader, continues to provide the best of entertainment and edutainment in the country, everywhere, on any device, any time. With Dialog ViU, we are happy to provide Sri Lanka’s first converged entertainment platform, with seamless access to the largest collection of Movies, Live TV channels, and best partner streaming services. ViU caters to every Sri Lankan, with free Movies and Live TV for everyone. Paid subscribers enjoy the full bouquet of local and international content, on their mobile, tablet, and TV. And furthermore, Dialog TV customers now take their home experience plus all movies free of charge anywhere they want. All ViU users are guaranteed their peace of mind, with free unlimited data on any Dialog network.”

ViU is now available free of charge on Android and iOS via Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The ViU Mini and ViU Hub Android TV devices can be purchased at any Dialog outlet, or ordered online form www.Dialog.lk