Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. and iFlix, Southeast Asia’s leading Internet TV service provider, launched a video-on-demand service in the Philippines.
“We are extremely proud to have come together with the largest telecommunications company in the Philippines and, indeed, one of the region’s leading companies, to offer iFlix to PLDT’s enormous customer base,” iFlix chairman Patrick Grove said.
“With well over 75 million Filipinos communicating and being entertained using PLDT Group services, they are the absolute perfect partner for iFlix in the Philippines,” he said.
He said the partnership with PLDT would change the way entertainment content would be consumed in the region. “We look forward to building an extraordinary business in the Philippines together,” he said.
The partnership with the PLDT Group in the Philippines, the first among a series of launches for iFlix in the region, will allow families and individuals to enjoy more than 11,000 hours of TV and movie entertainment from the best content providers around the world, including top Hollywood, European, Asian, and even local studios in just a few clicks.
This means users can now enjoy unlimited entertainment wherever they are across the broadest range of devices, from smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktop computers, and even TV screens at a low price starting at P99 a month, exclusive to PLDT Home and Smart subscribers nationwide.
“With the convergence of the services from the number one home broadband provider and the largest mobile network in the country, our customers may conveniently access our most compelling entertainment content whether at home or outside of home,” said PLDT executive vice president and head of consumer business Ariel Fermin.
“We are definitely looking forward to letting our subscribers in on a bigger and better entertainment experience everywhere with the help of iFlix,” he said.