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Vuclip wins digital rights for Sunny Leone’s ‘One Night Stand’
MUMBAI: PCCW backed Vuclip has today won the exclusive digital rights for Sunny Leone starrer ‘One Night Stand’ which will premiere on its video streaming service Viu in India. Viu will have the exclusive rights for 21 days.
Besides the movie, viewers get to see interesting ‘Behind the Scenes’ ‘Bloopers’ and never before seen interviews of Sunny Leone.
One night stand which was released on 6 May 2016 is an Indian Hindi thriller drama film written by Bhavani Iyer and directed by Jasmine D’Souza, starring Sunny Leone, Nyra Banerjee and Tanuj Virwani in lead roles.
This movie is in addition to the existing catalogue of Sunny Leone films on Viu such as Ragini MMS-2 and Jackpot.
Vuclip plans to roll out viewer engagement initiatives on its social platforms to promote these additions to the Viu catalogue.
It has also announced its first simulcast in India of season 3 of award winning Canadian TV series.
PCCW backed Vuclip has today announced that it will be simulcasting Season 3 of the Award winning Canadian TV Series, 19-2 for its viewers in India.
Vuclip has won simulcast rights from Content Media Corp, a London and Los Angeles based private company that owns and distributes its library of film, television, and digital assets. With the latest development, viewers of Viu in India will be able to watch this latest series on the Viu Android and iOS app and on www.viu.com at the same time as its television broadcast in Canada, US and UK.
The television series, 19-2 is a richly-nuanced character-driven suspense drama starring popular Canadian actors – Adrian Holmes and Jared Keeso who play the role of police officers in the Montreal Police Department patrolling the urban sprawl of downtown’s 19th Precinct in Cruiser No. 2.
19-2 enjoys an IMDB rating of 8 and has a series of accolades across varied categories at the 2016 Leo Awards, 2016 Canadian Screen Awards nominations in the 42nd International Emmy Awards and the Canadian Cinema Editors Awards to its credit.
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X launches XChat messaging app on iOS with calls and encryption
Standalone app marks shift from “everything app” vision, adds E2E messaging.
MUMBAI: From one big app to many small chats, X seems to be splitting its ambitions. X has rolled out its standalone messaging app, XChat, to iOS users, opening up a new front in its evolving product strategy. The app allows users to connect with existing X contacts through private and group messages, file sharing, as well as audio and video calls. The launch follows a limited beta phase, where the platform tested the product with a smaller user base to refine the experience. Now available publicly, XChat marks a notable pivot from earlier ambitions championed by Elon Musk to turn X into a single “everything app” combining messaging, payments, commerce and more.
Instead, the company under xAI ownership and backed by SpaceX appears to be building a suite of standalone applications, each targeting specific use cases while expanding its broader ecosystem.
At launch, XChat includes end-to-end encrypted messaging, PIN-based access, disappearing messages, and features such as message editing, deletion for all participants, and screenshot blocking. The company has also said the app is free from advertisements and tracking mechanisms, positioning it as a privacy-first alternative in a crowded messaging space.
However, security claims around the platform are likely to face scrutiny. Earlier iterations of XChat drew criticism from experts who argued it fell short of established encrypted platforms like Signal. With the wider rollout, the app is expected to undergo fresh evaluation to assess whether those concerns have been addressed.
Beyond messaging, XChat will also house X’s Communities feature, which is being discontinued on the main platform due to low usage and spam concerns. Migrating these users could provide an early boost to adoption, effectively turning XChat into both a communication and community hub.
The move underscores a broader recalibration at X less about cramming everything into one app, and more about spreading bets across multiple touchpoints, one message at a time.
