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hoichoi inks strategic partnership with Chingari App for a larger content promotion & distribution

Nov 26, 2020

Kolkata, 26th November 2020: hoichoi, the leading OTT platform for Bengali content, announced its collaboration with home-grown short video-sharing platform, Chingari. The collaboration is in the form of a marketing agreement featuring content from hoichoi on the ‘Made in India’ Chingari platform. Through this partnership, the Chingari consumers will have access to hoichoi’s popular and highly engaging content in the form of short video clips, dialogues and snippets from their most popular and upcoming shows.

Speaking about the association, Soumya Mukherjee, hoichoi’s Revenue and Strategy Head said, “Chingari users can now get a taste of hoichoi content on their platform. Combining efforts with another distribution platform will build a wider audience base and a powerful partnership as our content options are unlimited, when it comes to entertaining audiences globally. Hopefully, this vast array of exclusive content will be accessible to a large base of users through this association.”

Mr. Sumit Ghosh, Co-founder and CEO of Chingari App, said, “Providing our consumers with wholesome entertainment has always been the ultimate priority of the Chingari team. Both Chingari and hoichoi share the common goal of reaching out to the masses and strengthening our presence and this association is a step in that direction. From its very start, Chingari has been offering engaging short videos in Bangla on its platform and the incorporation of Hoichoi content will be an additional attraction for the 38-million-strong Chingari family. We are confident that the new content will receive immense love from our users.”

Mr Deepak Salvi, Co-founder and COO of Chingari App, said, “Chingari’s association with hoichoi is rather organic as both the platforms are committed to providing entertainment. We believe that hoichoi’s content, like ours, transcends the language barrier and strikes a chord with every viewer and thus, it is sure to engage every Chingari consumer. ” With a vast library of originals across genres that cater to all kinds of audiences, the content at hoichoi are a mix of thriller, drama, romance, youth drama, horror, comedy, amongst others. This collaboration will take both the platforms to newer heights.

About hoichoi:

hoichoi is a leading Bengali entertainment platform with over 2,000+ hours of Movies, exclusive Original Series, Songs, Music Videos and more. hoichoi aims to take the best of Bengali content globally and connect the 250+ million Bengalis residing worldwide to their roots. With features like Offline Download, AD free Seamless Viewing Experience, unlimited HD Video Streaming, Bilingual Interface (English & Bengali), Multi-Device Capability, Progressive Web App, Parental Controls and English Subtitles – one can download the hoichoi App from Android (http://bit.ly/AndroidHCDownload) and iOS App Stores (http://bit.ly/iTunesHCDownload) to watch on their Mobile Phones, as well as on Desktop/Laptop through www.hoichoi.tv and on TVs through Amazon Firestick, Android TV, Apple TV, Mi LED TV, LG SMART TV, Samsung Tizen and Roku.

Founded in 2017, hoichoi is the maiden venture of SVF under its new media section, and is headed by Co-Founder Vishnu Mohta who is also the Executive Director of SVF.