Airtel Offers Three-Month Netflix Subscription Plan As ‘Gift’ to Select Broadband, Postpaid Users
With the rollout of the new plan, subscribers of select Airtel Postpaid and V-Fiber Home Broadband plans will receive a three-month Netflix subscription for free, Airtel said in a statement.
New Delhi, August 28: Telecom Major Bharati Airtel on Monday announced that subscribers of select Airtel Postpaid and V-Fiber Home Broadband plans will be lucky to get free Netflix subscription for three months. On Monday, Airtel entered into a partnership with US-based Netflix and announced that it is offering a three-month free subscription as a 'gift'. "Subscribers of select Airtel Postpaid and V-Fiber Home Broadband plans will receive a three-month Netflix subscription for free", Airtel said in a statement.
Users will be able to pay for the subscription of the video streaming service as part of their postpaid mobile and broadband bills. After using the free three-month subscription, subscribers will have to pay for the Netflix subscription seamlessly using their Airtel postpaid or home broadband bill. It must be noted that subscribers with eligible plans can sign up for the free gift via the Airtel TV app and the My Airtel app.
According to a report by PTI, Netflix and Airtel have also partnered to promote Netflix content and give Airtel TV users a taste of Netflix content through a dedicated row on the Airtel TV app. Bharti Airtel MD and CEO (India and South Asia) Gopal Vittal said that partnerships are at the core of Airtel’s DNA and we are delighted to expand our strategic relationship with Netflix. “Affordable high-speed data services and growing smart devices have created a massive opportunity, perhaps one of the biggest in the world, for the uptake of content - both local and global,” Vittal added.
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