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Mela is a global entertainment consumer service with one of the largest aggregations of premium South Asian video content. It was launched in October 2011 by Verismo Networks.〔http://www.verismonetworks.com/〕 Mela offers hit Bollywood and regional South Asian movies and live news and entertainment television channels. The service is distributed through a variety of streaming devices.〔http://www.medianama.com/2011/09/223-verismo-launches-consumer-entertainment-service-mela/〕 Mela’s content includes around 1,000 movies and over 70 live television channels in Hindi, Tamil, Telegu, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, and Gujarati. It holds the largest selection of live Telegu channels in the United States.〔http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mela-announces-a-strategic-partnership-with-telugu-magic-tv-134681863.html〕 Mela has established partnerships for local distribution throughout the United States, Canada, UK, and Australia. The company has announced plans to expand globally in other international markets in a phased manner.〔http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mela-a-global-consumer-entertainment-service-announces-its-launch-with-one-of-the-largest-aggregations-of-premium-south-asian-content-128173063.html〕 ==Launches== Mela announced its launch in August 2011. The service became available to consumers in October 2011 on the Mela high definition set top box for television. The service offers archiving for up to seven days of all of its live Telegu TV channels and 24-hour archiving on some of its live Tamil TV channels. The Mela Bollywood movies channel on the popular Roku streaming player was launched in the U.S. in December 2011, offering hit Bollywood and regional South Asian films. It expanded to the UK in February 2012.〔http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/verismo-networks-enhances-broadband-entertainment-solutions-for-tv-anywhere-experience-137033133.html〕 Mela launched its iPad app globally with the Bollywood movies in January 2012.〔http://www.medianama.com/2012/01/223-verismo-launches-mela-app-on-ios-free-access-till-31st-jan/〕 In April 2012, Mela's platform expanded to include PC's. On May 11, 2012, Mela launched MelaTV, streaming 24-hour, live television content and "MelaFlix" (select movies) for Hindi and other regional South Asian languages on Roku players, iPads, Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy Tablet, Samsung Smart TVs and Blu-ray players, PC, Mac OS, and other Internet-enabled devices. MelaTV allows subscribers to sign up using one login account to access the service on multiple devices.〔"http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/verismo-networks-announces-the-release-of-melatv-on-multiple-platforms-151158755.html"〕 In June 2012, the Mela Movies App became available on Android gingerbread, honeycomb and ice cream sandwich tablets.〔"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vunow.client.melaMovies&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS52dW5vdy5jbGllbnQubWVsYU1vdmllcyJd"〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mela (South Asian Entertainment Service)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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