Dhaka/Singapore, 25 November, 2021 – TechStorm, Southeast Asia’s largest and leading 24/7 Asian Esports, gaming and tech media network has announced its inaugural launch in Bangladesh. From late November, TechStorm’s content is available on both Toffee and Binge, which are premier video streaming apps carried by Banglalink, one of the country’s leading digital communications service provider with 35 million subscribers; and Robi Axiata, the country’s second largest mobile provider with 51 million subscribers, respectively.
This landmark launch marks the 11th market TechStorm has gained presence in, following a series of rapid consecutive launch announcements across Southeast Asia, just north of 2 years since the company’s inception in early 2019. Bangladesh is home to a population of more than 160 million and is also the world’s eighth most populous country with over 60% aged under 35 years old.
“Cognisant of Bangladesh’s young and trend-savvy mobile-first consumer market, we are extremely proud to be launching on Toffee and Binge, two of the leading mobile streaming apps from Bangladesh that offer the best entertainment bouquet of TV channels. This has only been made possible through our partnership with Banglalink and Robi Axiata. We look forward to bringing our unique hybrid of best in-class, international quality esports, gaming and tech-thematic content to Bangladesh’s fast-growing audience, particularly the youth segment and young families,” says Debbie Lee, Founder & CEO of TechStorm.
“Our young mobile user segment are huge followers of tech, innovation and emerging esports and gaming trends. Toffee and Binge empower any user across Bangladesh to access a wide range of exciting content through their mobile apps, anywhere. We are elated to partner TechStorm – Southeast Asia’s largest and fastest growing esports, gaming and tech entertainment brand as their inaugural launch partner. TechStorm’s content at the forefront of our streaming collection allows us to provide our audience with exclusive, world-class esports and gaming entertainment, meeting a strong local demand fuelled by a huge passion for gaming,” comments Bankim Chandra Roy, spokesperson and media distributor for TechStorm in Bangladesh.
On TechStorm, viewers can catch Cyborgs: Human Machines, airing on Monday 29 Nov at 8pm, The Gadget Show, every Monday to Friday at 6.30pm, Innovation Nation every Monday to Thursday at 7pm. And there’s Shark Tank Australia S4, airing every Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm. On TechStorm’s dedicated esports time-belt, Mondays to Fridays at 9pm, there are exciting tournaments such as Dota 2 ESL, game reviews such as Red Dead Redemption and Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare. On TechStorm Originals time-belt which airs every Wednesday and Thursday at 7.50pm, there are start-up stories, behind-the-scenes narratives and exclusive interviews with Asia’s unicorns and business titans, and stories from the Asian esports and gaming scene. Award-winning top rated streaming favourite, Black Mirror will make its debut on TechStorm, from 6 December at 8pm.
TechStorm is currently available on the region’s leading, dominant platforms including: Binge OTT, Toffee OTT in Bangladesh, Cellcard TV OTT, SingMeng TV Channel 251 and Splus mobile TV in Cambodia, Cable TV Channel 610 in Hong Kong, First Media Channel 333 and FirstMediaX, Genflix OTT, Telkom’s IndiBOX OTT, IndiHome TV SD Channel 209 / HD Channel 947 and UseeTV GO, Telkomsel’s MAXstream, Transvision Channel 302 in Indonesia, Sirius TV Channel 10, Telekom Malaysia’s unifi TV Channel 505 and unifi PlayTV in Malaysia, SkyNet HD Channel 39 in Myanmar, Cablelink Channel 311, Cignal TV Channel 148, Cignal Play and SkyCable Channel 212 in the Philippines, Singtel TV Channel 260 / Channel 18, Singtel TV GO and Singtel CAST in Singapore, Dialog TV Channel 62 and Dialog ViU in Sri Lanka, 4gTV Channel 109 and GtTV OTT in Taiwan, AIS PLAY Channel 251 and AIS PLAYBOX in Thailand and via Omnicontent Management Inc. across 99 leading MSOs and provincial cable systems including Converge Vision Channel 45 and GSAT Channel 55 in the Philippines.
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