Travel entertainment startup PressPlay TV has appointed Rajesh Vashista as its new CTO. In his new role, Rajesh will be responsible for driving innovations in apps/products and processes at PressPlay. Rajesh has more than 18 years in multiple domains like Telecom (VAS), Mobile (Apps), Web Technologies, Media, and Content Management. Prior to PressPlay, Rajesh was the Senior Director of Technology at Woo where he led the firm’s product development in terms of its back end and User Interface. PressPlay was founded in December 2013 by Anand Sinha and George Abraham, former national head of sales at Zomato UAE and sales head at Zomato India, respectively. VOD through Wi-Fi networks: PressPlay installs its own free Wi-Fi hotspots in trains, cabs and buses; a user can connect to the Wi-FI network and browse through the on-demand content through the PressPlay app (available in iOS, Android and Web). The service lets users to download movies and other content to watch on the go. Passengers can stream locally via these hotspots, without using mobile data. However, the company also lets users watch live channels and trending videos etc., in case a 3G/4G connection is available. The company mentions that the videos are downloaded locally by the app, so users can continue to watch the content even after de-boarding the train and are out of the WiFi range. However, it’s not clear for how long users can keep the content. As of now it claims to have more than 2,500 ‘dedicated PresPlay hotspots spread across 8 cities, with…
