UTV Movies On DIRECTV in the U.S.

The UTV Movies Channel, which offers the most comprehensive library of top-rated films from South Asia, is now available on DIRECTV's WorldDirect International programming service.

UTV Movies is the only 24-hour premium Hindi movie channel backed by UTV Motion Pictures, one of the largest Hindi movie studios of India. The channel's 24-hour programming showcases a variety of latest blockbuster films such as "Oye Lucky Lucky Oye", "Life in a Metro" and "Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal".  The films are available to U.S. audiences for the first time through the WorldDirect programming platform.

Audiences in the US can look for to the premier of Fashion in April, the story of a small town girl with big dreams and tells the tale of what happens when the price of success becomes too much to pay. The movie has bagged many prestigious award nominations including best story and best actress.

An agreement between DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading satellite TV service provider, and UTV Global Broadcasting, India's leading entertainment company, enables DIRECTV to be the exclusive satellite provider of the UTV Movies.  

Starting today, UTV Movies is available on DIRECTV's HindiDirect I and HindiDirect II programming packages on channel 2012, which are part of the WorldDirect™ programming platform and are tailored toward Hindi speaking audiences within the United States.  WorldDirect™ customers must first subscribe to DIRECTV BASIC ($9.99/mo) or any DIRECTV base programming package ($29.99/mo or above). For more information on how to receive UTV Movies customers should call 1-800-378-4179.

The DIRECTV WorldDirect™ platform has launched over 120 channels that deliver a wide variety of new programming in multiple foreign-languages, including Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Korean, Polish, Arabic,  Portuguese, and Greek, to emerging ethnic markets throughout the United States.