MUMBAI: BIGFlix.com has tied up with Hulu.com to bring Hindi movies to its online video service that offers TV shows, movies and clips and other online destination sites, anytime in the US.
The BIGFlix-Hulu content association will kick start by offering 12 Bollywood movies that encompass similar elements, themes and issues. All the movies will have English subtitles.
At launch, BIGFlix.com will offer four Bollywood movies for free viewing on Hulu: Gangster Apaharan, Kalyug and Black Friday.
Other movies for free viewing to be launched in subsequent months include: 13B, Summer 2007, Love Songs ñYesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Khoya Khoya Chand, 15 Park Avenue, Love Story 2050, Jan-E-Mann, and Family-Ties of Blood.
BIGFlix.com head – international markets and business development Preetam Shah said, "We are very excited about our first foray in the international market in terms of content sharing with a dominant player like Hulu, which serves more than 38 million users on a monthly basis and offers more than 400 million video streams."
BIGFlix.com COO Kamal Gianchandani added, "Our tie-up with Hulu will be our very first significant step to avail Indian content to the international audiences. To start with, we will offer 12 popular and recent Indian movies on Hulu. We are also adding another 500 titles to our large collection of titles at BIGFlix.com. We will continue to partner with leading platforms like Hulu to reach vast number of audiences around the world."