EXCLUSIVE: Kazakhstan’s Uni-Q Group has rolled out what it’s calling the primary ever streaming service within the nation.
Backed by the Presidential Initiatives Basis Dara and a number of other non-public traders, Unico Play has debuted with six reveals and greater than 20 in manufacturing, together with classics of Kazakh cinema, youngsters programing and dramas dubbed from Turkish and Korean into Kazakh. The launch occurred to coincide with final week’s Day of Kazakh Cinema.
Premieres for Unico Play embrace Black Caviar, an eco-thriller set on the shores of the Caspian Sea that explores the lives of coastal communities torn between custom, survival, and the legislation. There may be additionally historic drama Bikesh set in seventeenth century Kazakhstan, high-concept thriller Goal a couple of pupil who receives a cryptic social-media warning of a lethal hearth at his college, and Uncle Coach a couple of former boxer who returns house to bury his father and inherit the household fitness center.
Unico Play can be creating TWO, which follows a teen who fakes a being pregnant to win again her boyfriend. Final 12 months, the pilot was the primary Kazakh mission chosen for MIPCOM’s Contemporary TV showcase in Cannes.
Uni-Q Group mentioned the streaming service “leans closely on AI,” with a “localization engine at the moment dealing with as much as 600 hours of translation, dubbing and subtitling into Kazakh every day.”
“We need to entertain and encourage thousands and thousands throughout Central Asia — and present the world the ability of Kazakh tales,” mentioned Dmitry Gudumak, Co-CEO of Uni-Q Group. “By combining artistic expertise with digital innovation, we’re constructing an ecosystem that may take native content material from concept to display screen, and from Kazakhstan to world audiences.”
