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YOTV Channels has today launched a new state of the art video streaming app. The new app expands its current offering from a few options to a large variety of live and video-on-demand content covering live TV channels, live radio stations, comedy, music, movies and so much more. As YOTV evolves into a super entertainment app, it has unveiled several new products including; Bolingo Extra that is all about Ugandan Music, Comedy & Reality Shows. Muto, a product designed for Kids’ edutainment (a creative mix of education and entertainment). Kibanda Express a Ugandan movies platform has been redesigned and given a better user interface and user experience. A new channel eMikolo (that showcases captivating events for the Ugandan audience) has also been introduced. Customers can now also access Kibanda Express without a running YOTV subscription to enable them to enjoy Ugandan Movies on the platform.

The launch of the new YOTV Channels app follows many months of hard work and considerable investment that has gone into development of new products and improved customer experience. This has involved setup of a dedicated data center which has boosted capacity for our customers to rewind and catch-up on missed live content up to 4 days in the past and while being able to record unlimited future content. The data center has also expanded concurrent usage capacity on the app that creates a smoother experience for users.

“YOTV app now has the largest collection of content that includes movies, live TV, live Radio, Music, Comedy, Motivational podcasts, Kids entertainment and much more.  Our local video-on-demand options are unrivalled. We couldn’t have done all this without our great partner MTN and of course our brilliant content creators. We are thus excited to engage with more content creators to walk with us this journey including musicians, filmmakers, comedians, and others” – said YOTV Channels Chief Executive Officer-Aggrey Mugisha.

As YOTV Channels continues to make new changes to improve the quality of offering, it has been deemed necessary to adjust the pricing structure upwards with immediate effect. The increase helps YOTV to sustain the commitment to providing the very best products and services to it’s customers. One hour of access has changed from UGX. 500 to UGX. 800. One day of access has changed from UGX. 1000 to UGX. 1500. One week of access has changed from UGX. 5000 to UGX. 7500. One month of access has changed from UGX. 10,000 to UGX. 20000. Please be assured that YOTV Channels has made every effort to keep this increase to a minimum.

YOTV Channels App was launched in February 2020 right at the wake of the COVID-19 global pandemic phenomenon. While many companies collapsed due to the pandemic challenges, YOTV Channels weathered that storm has grown from strength to strength. Today is therefore also about celebrating loyal customers that have walked the journey so far and still going strong.

Susan Kayemba, the MTN Uganda Senior Manager for Digital services said that MTN’s partnership with YoTV is hinged on MTN’s mission to champion local content consumption by offering clients a seamless yet convenient and affordable platform.

“The potential of YOTV channels to take local content to the world is absolutely undebatable. With the newly unveiled products, we are optimistic that more people will enjoy more Ugandan content. As MTN, we are here to support Ugandan Innovations and YOTV is the epitome of this” said Kayemba.

Kayemba further noted that the YoTV subscription comes with data so customers enjoy more tv anytime, anywhere.

The MTN and YoTV partnership is underpinned by MTN’s commitment to leading digital innovations for Africa’s progress as enshrined in its Ambition 2025.

MTN Uganda has today launched a promotion that will see YOTV subscribers win lots of amazing prizes whenever they subscribe to either an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly subscription. 

With over 50 channels, YOTVChannels platform created by Albayan Media Limited is a mobile application available on iOS and Android, which allows users to stream TV or radio on their phones. The platform is convenient and has a unique catch-up feature that allows users to pause, rewind and record programs for up to 24 hours.

Speaking at the launch of the promotion in Kampala today, Mavis Ndagire Musungu, MTN Uganda GTM Digital Specialist said that the promotion runs till January 31st, 2022.

“In this promotion, we shall have 30 monthly winners take home gifts such as shopping vouchers and cool YOTV branded merchandise. Customers stand a chance to win these gifts by subscribing to the different packages that enable them to access YOTV channels app content. The packages include an hourly subscription at only UGX 500, a day’s subscription at only UGX 1,000 as well as a weekly offer at only UGX 2,500 and a monthly offer that goes for only UGX 10,000. All offers include streaming data which means that customer doesn’t spend any of their data bundles” Musungu said.

She further noted that the promotion is timely as we slowly advance towards the festive season characterized by merrymaking and family time which require lots of fun and entertainment.

“Through this promotion, MTN is giving its customers an early Christmas in recognition of their support throughout the year and in turn promoting local content which is housed on the YOTV Channel mobile app,” Musungu said.

She also urged customers who haven’t yet signed up, to download the YOTVChannels application and enjoy a 30-day free trial with access to over 500 movies and series at no cost. 

How to get started on YOTVChannels:

                      Subscription Plans:

Subscription offer (Data inclusive) Price (UGX) 
Hourly 500
Weekly 2,500
Daily  1,000
Monthly 10,000