Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced that its direct-broadcast satellite service "Airtel TV" application has been downloaded by more than 50 million Android device users.

The app currently offers over 375 LIVE TV channels along with over 10,000 movies and popular shows.

"We are thrilled at achieving this milestone and being able to scale-up the app so rapidly," Sameer Batra, CEO-Content and Apps, Bharti Airtel, said in a statement.

Airtel TV has also partnered with content providers such as Eros Now, SonyLIV, HOOQ, Hotstar, Amazon and AltBalaji.

"We will continue to expand our content partnerships and bring more exciting innovations to our users," Batra added.

According to "App Annie", an app ranking, analytics and market intelligence platform, Airtel TV app was amongst the most-downloaded video over-the-top (OTT)-content providing apps in India between January and May 2018.

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