Sun NXT


Sun NXT is an Indian video on demand service run by Sun TV Network. It was launched in June 2017 with content in four languages focusing the South Indian region. Sun NXT app is available for Android and iOS devices, Smart TVs and other devices.

History

The service was launched in June 2017 with content in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Bengali languages. Within four days of its launch, the app had obtained 1.1 million downloads. By November it was about seven million. In August 2019, Sun TV Network planned to invest in the platform over 18 months. In February 2020, the platform's subscriber base grew to about 15 million users and started making profit. However, it had expected 20 million subscribers by the end of 2019..Sun NXT is available free on Vodafone Play,Jio Cinema,Airtel Xstream.

Content

At the time of launch the platform had over 4000 movies, allowed live streaming of over 40 television channels and catch-up TV in four languages. Content available apart from TV and movies are news, comedy clips, originals and music. As of February 2020, it had 390 shows and 4087 movies.
In January 2019, Sun TV Network partnered with Vodafone Idea to make Sun NXT accessible in their Vodafone Play and Idea Movies and TV apps. In December 2019, Jio partnered with Sun NXT to host all the movies available on Sun NXT platform in their JioCinema service.
There are three subscription plans offered for its users on monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Sun NXT's monthly plan costs 75% lesser than Netflix's cheapest plan.