Live streaming platform YuppTV has launched YuppTV Bazaar, a new category of curated user generated content. The video streaming service mentions that it is currently approaching content creators to upload content, but will let all users to upload content in the next three months. Speaking to MediaNama, Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO of YuppTV said that it would curate user generated content to verify for originality, quality and other factors to ensure users only get quality content. He also mentioned that once approved, the content will be listed on YuppTV, with 70% of the advertising revenue shared with the content creators. The Bazaar is currently live on the platform’s India website, with short films, comedy specials and other video content. It lists Pocket Films, Y Network, Indian Raga etc., as content providers. Each of these providers has a page listing short films, specials, music videos, web series and trailers, which can be watched by users without logging in. YuppFlix launch: Earlier this month YuppTV launched YuppFlix, an on demand movie streaming service in all its regions of operation. It would offer over 5,000 movies (overall 25,000 hours of content) across different genres in 12 languages, including Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Punjabi and Kannada. India launch: In April 2014, YuppTV launched in India, first in the metro cities and then expanding to other cities, offering the service for free for a few months, with plans to introduce its ad-free subscription model. Yupp TV also offers a set-top box, which allowed users to connect it to a…
