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CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
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CEO Render Networks

BSNL has finally jumped into the OTT content space by launching the BSNL TV mobile app to prepaid customers. Private telcos Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio, have been offering their own OTT apps for a while now, but BSNL has joined the list a bit late. BSNL TV will be available only to the prepaid customers and the company says the app will offer unlimited Music, Movies, Crime files in various regional languages. BSNL TV subscription can be availed with six prepaid STVs- STV 97, STV 365, STV 399, STV 997, STV 998 and STV 1999. And the app will function in all the circles where BSNL has operations, subject if you choose the correct STV from the list mentioned above.

BSNL TV: Eligible STVs, Content and Available Circles Detailed
Aforementioned, BSNL TV will be available only to the company’s prepaid customers for now and the reason behind the omission of postpaid subscribers is not known at the moment. Another thing worth noting is the app lacks Live TV service, which is underwhelming. So the app will just work as a Video-on-Demand service.
Moving onto other details, BSNL is bundling the BSNL TV subscription with six prepaid STVs and they are STV 97, STV 365, STV 399, STV 997, STV 998 and STV 1999. The STV 1999 was introduced recently and it offers benefits like 3GB daily data, 100 SMSes per day, 250 minutes of voice calling every day and BSNL TV subscription for 425 days until January 31, 2020.
The telco says the app will offer content in various languages- Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani, Hindi, Odiya, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali and Haryanavi. Having said that, BSNL will continue to add content in the coming days. Sadly, there’s no English content available right now. Also, BSNL confirmed the app is developed by Lokdhun Telemedia Pvt. Ltd, which is the reason behind the omission of English content for now as Lokdhun focusses on regional content only.