Chorki is a Bangladeshi subscription-basedover-the-top media service owned byTranscom Group viaProthom Alo subsidiary of Mediastar Limited, and it was launched on 12 July 2021.[5] The service shows original content and content from other providers, including television series, films, and documentaries. The service is available in an ad-free version with limited content, while the premium tier includes a larger content library including original shows and films.[6][7]
Mediastar Ltd. in 2020 to launch an OTT platform and named it Chorki.[8][9] Film maker Redoan Rony is the CEO of Chorki and Zaraif Hossain is the President, Head of Strategy, Chorki. In April 2021, Indian High Commission of Dhaka shares 38 documentary films with Chorki.[10] On 12 July 2021, a launching ceremony was held on online due to the lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic and Chorki started its journey with a motto -Film, Fun, Foorti.Jaya Ahsan and many more stars joined in online in this opening ceremony.[11] Chorki is currently available forAndroid,iOS,Apple TV,Amazon Fire TV,Android TV, Samsung Smart TV.[12][13] Chorki won the Best Digital Diversification Project award at the Bangladesh Media Innovation Awards 2022 held in September 2022.[14] On October 4, 2023, Chorki enters India.[15]
Chorki mainly focuses onBangla language content.[16] They also show Turkish and Iranian films with Bangla dubbed version. It has two categories of contents premium and free respectively. To watch premium content subscription is required for a wide variety of video content such as movies, series, Shows, non-fiction Content, Music Video, Chorki Original content, and many more Bangla and foreign language video contents.[17] They started their journey with over 200 titles of films, TV series, documentaries, TV dramas, etc.[18]
Chorki has partnered with leading global streaming and OTT solution provider, ViewLift to power its on-demand video streaming service.[19] Chorki platform uses AVOD, SVOD and TVOD models to monetize its content.
