The firestick and box will be available on e-commerce sites like Flipkart and Amazon, besides all Airtel stores, the company’s website and retail chains like Chroma and Vijay Sales. Existing Airtel Digital TV customers can upgrade to the Airtel Xstream box for ₹2,249. The box offers a complimentary one-year subscription (worth ₹999) to all Airtel Xstream app content in addition to a one-month subscription to an HD DTH pack. Also priced at ₹3,999, it comes with a voice control enabled remote and hot keys for Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and YouTube.
Then comes the Airtel Xstream box that is equipped with around 500 TV channels as well as the telco’s OTT library. All other customers get free access to the content for the first 30 days and will need to subscribe to a ₹999 annual plan for the catalogue to be available to them. Airtel Thanks Platinum and Gold customers get complimentary access to the content subscription plan on the Airtel Xstream stick. Second is the Airtel Xstream stick, priced at ₹3,999, an Android-based OTT (over-the-top) stick that also provides access to Airtel’s movie roster and OTT library, in addition Airtel’s Wynk Music’s catalogue.