ZEE5 Global announced that it was making its top news channels available free for streaming in select countries in APAC, and in MENA and Africa. Audiences in these countries will be able to access 15 news channels and watch content like world headlines and business, sport, entertainment, and other trending news free of charge in seven languages; Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Oriya, Gujarati, Urdu and Punjabi.

The free catalogue includes some of the most reputed channels e.g. Hindi news channels like ZEE News, ZEE Business, Republic TV as well as news in Bengali and Marathi from ZEE 24 Ghanta and ZEE 24 Taas respectively, amongst others. With this, audiences will have access to top ranked shows like Fast Money on ZEE Business, Crime Alert on ZEE Hindustan and DNA with Sudhir Chaudhary on ZEE News. 

Viewers can also access ZEE5’s entire portfolio of 30+ news channels including prominent channels like BTVi, WION, Bloomberg Quintand more as well as 100,000 hours of entertainment content by subscribing to any of ZEE5’s subscription packs.