Singapore, 18 October 2010 – StarHub celebrates this year’s Festival of Lights by offering all StarHub TV customers a free preview of programmes from a wide stable of Hindi and Tamil channels. StarHub TV customers will be able to enjoy ten premium channels during the free preview from 2 November, 6am, to 7 November 2010.

Viewers may watch STAR PLUS (Channel 126), STAR GOLD (Channel 129), VIJAY (Channel 135), Vannathirai (Channel 136) and Channel-i (Channel 140) by tuning in to the respective channels from 2 to 4 November; they may view Zee TV (Channel 125), Sony Entertainment TV (Channel 127), Zee Cinema (Channel 130), Sun TV (Channel 133) and Asianet (Channel 139) from 5 to 7 November. The channels have been specially selected to complement the festive period of Deepavali, when many households entertain guests.

Some key titles viewers may look forward to are ‘Billu’ starring Shahrukh Khan, ‘Meera’, ‘Karthik Calling Karthik’, ‘Harichandhanam’ and ‘Mann Ki Awaz Pratigyan’.

“We are glad to be a part of both our Tamil and Hindi-speaking viewers’ celebrations by offering them top-notch entertainment while they entertain their guests at home during Deepavali. StarHub TV offers a wide variety of programming, with something for every viewer, and we hope that our customers will enjoy this free preview of ten premium channels specially selected to complement the festive period,” said Ms Iris Wee, StarHub’s Vice President of Home Solutions.

StarHub will also offer a 20 percent discount until the end of the year on top titles from Bollywood, available in the newly launched category ‘Bollywood Blockbusters’ on StarHub’s Demand TV platform. Some exciting titles that viewers can purchase include ‘Veer’, ‘Pankh’, and ‘Housefull’.

For a detailed programme schedule of the free preview, viewers can refer to www.starhub.com/beentertained.

StarHub TV customers who wish to add the above channels may sign up for the Indian Value Pack where a 25 percent discount will be given for any three add-on channels subscribed with a one year contract duration. The pack includes the rental of StarHub’s HD Interactive set-top box. Existing StarHub TV customers who wish to sign up for the pack can call 1630 or visit www.starhub.com/deepavali to find out more about StarHub TV’s Deepavali offers.

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