Smart, iflix team up for exclusive perks

MANILA, Philippines – This holiday season, Smart subscribers all over the country can enjoy a seamless dosage of entertainment as wireless leader Smart Communications and iflix roll out the #GiftOfEntertainment via yet another unrivaled offer that will fuel passion-driven lifestyles when it comes to binge-watching.

Only six month into their partnership, Smart and iflix have amassed over 500,000 subscribers nationwide. These subscribers have been glued to their gadget screens to watch and re-watch their favorite TV series and films whenever and wherever they may be.

In a recent media conference graced by Smart, PLDT and iflix’s bosses led by PLDT Group chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan, Smart announced that both Smart postpaid and prepaid subscribers can and will experience a more generous serving of their iflix fix. This move effectively extends the Smart Life to more Filipinos, allowing them to pursue their passion for entertainment in a more accessible and effective manner.

To thank its half a million — and growing — number of subscribers, PLDT and Smart are rolling out iflix binge-watching packages and exclusive offers this season of giving. “This is about giving what one expects; this is about love. This is not just some transaction for us. This is for the consumer,” says PLDT and Smart’s head for Consumer Business Ariel Fermin. “This is the Smart Life and we all know very well how important content is in driving the Smart Life.”

Through Smart’s new offer, Smart postpaid subscribers may avail of a 30-day complimentary subscription promo that runs for three months with Smart’s data-inclusive plans with no additional charge. Smart prepaid subscribers, on the other hand, can enjoy iflix with Big Bytes 15. This gifts subscribers with 300 MB of iflix experience for two-days. With this allocation, subscribers can enjoy two full-length movies or five episodes of their favorite TV series anytime, anywhere. The iflix subscription, previously priced at P99, is free as long as subscribers use Smart mobile data for both prepaid and postpaid. Prepaid users may try service for as low as P15 via Big Bytes 15 subscription.

Complementing Smart’s generous offers is iflix’s own set of updates, all of which geared to maximize the Smart Life that has allowed millions of subscribers to fulfill their digital requirements on a daily basis.

“This is a beautiful milestone in Asia,” announced iflix chairman Patrick Grove. “This is something that no one else has ever done in the world before. This is groundbreaking. This is beautiful.”

Grove is referring to a first-of-its-kind feature exclusive to Smart subscribers. In order to provide frictionless access to iflix, Smart subscribers do not need to sign up or sign in to iflix because they get instant access to the platform’s largest library of top Hollywood, Asian, regional, and local TV shows and movies upon one tap of the app. iflix can now identify the subscribers’ credentials and automatically connect them to iflix’s service and content sans the hassles of initial or repetitive registration, confirmation or sign-ins.

Grove also emphasized iflix’s new offline viewing feature that allows Smart subscribers to keep their downloaded contents for seven days. Users may now download their chosen TV series and films and have the option to watch them again later offline or when the time is more convenient for the user. This feature provides subscribers more elbow room to live the Smart Life at an extremely personal pace.

Aside from the special perks mentioned above, new subscribers will also receive a complimentary 30-day trial with full access to iflix’s world-class services, features and content with no credit card or payment details required.

For details, visit http://smart.com.ph/Pages/smartlife/entertainment and smart.com.ph/iflix.