India, 15th November: ZEE5 the world’s largest streaming platform for South Asian content, announces its partnership with Whale TV, a leading independent smart TV OS. With this collaboration, ZEE5 is now available on all Whale TV smart TVs, including major brands such as Philips, TCL, and Sharp, across more than 150 countries including India, the Middle East and North Africa, Asia-Pacific, and the United States.
ZEE5 offers an impressive lineup of South Asian content including original shows, franchise hits, and diverse content across 18 languages. Operating in over 190 countries, the platform boasts a rich catalogue that spans blockbuster movies, acclaimed TV shows, and lifestyle programming, ensuring something for every viewer. By partnering with Whale TV, ZEE5 is making its content more accessible to millions of viewers worldwide.
On Whale TV models, consumers benefit from an easy-to-use smart TV experience with advanced AI powered recommendations, making it easier than ever to discover and enjoy ZEE5’s wide range of premium titles including Oscar winner “RRR”, Sam Bahadur, Gyaarah Gyaarah, Hanu-Man (Telugu) and more.
By combining ZEE5’s unique content portfolio with Whale TV’s smart features, audiences will experience South Asian stories in a whole new way – all from the comfort of their living rooms.
Manish Kalra, Chief Business Officer, ZEE5, commented, “Smart TVs are an increasingly dominant way for people to consume content. This strategic alliance with Whale TV further strengthens our reach, enabling entirely new audiences to discover our curated catalogue of premium Indian content at scale. We are confident that this partnership will accelerate our efforts to bring viewers across the globe seamless access to the best of South Asian content.”
“With Whale TV we aim to deliver a smart and simple TV experience to consumers, where they can watch their favorite entertainment whether that’s streamed, broadcasted or playing on a connected device. With our global reach it is important that we offer a diverse content selection and we are delighted to add ZEE5 to our platform,” said Lucas Huang, VP Content Distribution at Whale TV.
Users can download the ZEE5 app from the Whale TV App Gallery as well as Google Play Store / iOS App Store. It is available on Roku devices, Apple TVs, Android TVs, Amazon Fire TV and Samsung Smart TVs.
