Airtel TV launches curiosity stream channel, available for free

Airtel has announced that it's digital TV users will now get premium content from Curiosity stream for the first time. Curiosity stream is home to documentary films and series. This announcement takes the partnership between Airtel and curiosity stream, which started in November last year, one step further. Curiositystream TV channel will be exclusive to Airtel and will be offered at no extra cost to Airtel digital TV subscribers. It will come with the complete library of curiosity stream that includes popular titles like Stephen Hawking's favorite places and big cats.

According to a press release, curiosity stream has been launched as "an exclusive free to Airtel channel" with all the content that curiosity stream has to offer. 

"Curiosity streamlets viewers explore their passion and discover a new one with thousands of films and series covering space, art, volcanoes, history, travel, cars, architecture, dinosaurs and so much more," the press release states. 

The service will be available to more than 16.5 million customers of Airtel digital TV who can watch it on channel number 419 on their set-top box.

Curiosity stream is a streaming service started by John S. Hendricks, the founder of the Discovery channel. It first made an appearance in 2015 as a dedicated non-fiction and factual content streaming platform. It cost $3 (roughly Rs. 220) a month for standard resolution and $6 ( roughly Rs. 450) a month for high- definition.