Sony India launches new free film channel

Augmenting its existing strength, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has expanded the scope of its Hindi movie channels from three to four. The latest entrant in the said category is the free-to-air channel, Sony Wah. Based on a deep understanding of audiences across different strata in the Hindi-speaking markets landscape, Sony Wah a premium FTA Hindi movie channel will cater to the unserved needs of rural and small town India.

Celebrating the best of Hindi Cinema, Sony Wah, with its positioning of ��Filmon Ka Mela�۝ will bring alive the content and experience that audiences of FTA channels have never seen before. The channel will showcase a mix of Hindi movies as well as films from the southern parts of India dubbed in Hindi. There will be a lot of marquee titles as well ranging across present-day blockbusters to movies from the last 3 decades.

With this launch, SPN�۪s Hindi movie channel cluster comprising of Sony MAX, Sony MAX2, Sony MAX HD and Sony WAH will cover the entire viewer spectrum of HSM at 94% unduplicated reach.

Neeraj Vyas, Senior EVP, SONY MAX & SONY MAX2, ���With the launch of Sony WAH, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) becomes the only network to cover a range of audiences across multiple geographies with its unique offering of 4 distinct and differently positioned Hindi movie channels. Sony WAH completes the circle with its focus on rural and FTA audiences offering them a spectrum of movies they would want to see and when they want to see; enabling both choice and selection for the viewer�۝.

Sony Wah is currently available on DD Freedish and key MSOs like Incable, DEN, Fastway, GTPL and many other independent cable operators across key markets in HSM.