Airtel has announced that it would offer free access to new channels on its Pocket TV apps to watch the India election results. Powered by Airtel digital TV, the DTH service arm of the Bharti Airtel, Pocket TV offers 150 live TV channels, more than 10,000 hours of video content and over 13 channels it is available at an introductory price of Rs. 60 per month (deducted Airtel digital TV account).
Airtel lets you enjoy free viewing of all news channels (Hindi, English and vernacular) on the application and catch all the latest news updates on the poll results on May 15 and 16. Post which, customers can send SMS <ADD TV> to 54325 from their registered mobile number to activate the service.
Airtel also offers live IPL streaming using Pocket TV in partnership with DigiVive. Last month it offered 50MB of data for its prepaid customers in Delhi NCR, Haryana and Kerala so that they can go online and read about candidates before casting their votes.
Airtel released the Pocket TV app for Android back in March and the iOS app was launched recently.