Voting Terms and Conditions

The OTTplay Awards 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “OTTplay Awards 2023”) is an event organized by Hindustan Media Ventures Limited (“HMVL”) to recognize the best and the most popular content creation(s) and the creators in the digital Over The Top space for Indian content shows (hereinafter referred to as “Entry/Entries”) on OTT platforms across all industries and languages on a Pan India basis`.

By continuing to vote in the OTTplay Awards 2023 you (hereinafter referred to as “Voter” / “You”) confirm that you are above 18 years of age and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions mentioned hereinbelow:

• Voting can be done online by visiting www.ottplay.com/awards for the eligible categories as provided on this said URL link starting October 23, 2023 to October 27, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “Voting Period”).
• There are six (06) different categories of nominations for which the voting can be done by a Voter. These nominations have been selected by experienced HT group editorial team along with some independent jury members based on their expertise and other factors including but not limited to OTTplay ratings, box office collections, popularity, critic’s reviews etc., from Pan India industries creating OTT content such as telugu, kannada, tamil, hindi etc.
• Voters can cast only one vote per category for each of the nominated categories during the Voting Period.
• HMVL shall not be responsible if a Voter is unable to cast its Vote for any technical or other reasons such as network problem, breakdown of machinery, connection failure, electricity failure etc. While casting their votes a user shall ensure that it has good internet connectivity. No claims shall be entertained in this regard against HMVL and Voter(S) may connect with the concern authority / network provider for resolution of the same at their own cost and expenses.
• HMVL reserves the right to make any modifications in the nominations for any reasons whatsoever or amend or modify or add any new entries at its sole discretion at any point in time with or without any notification or reasons to be disclosed to the public at large.
• HMVL reserves the right to disqualify any Vote or suspend the voting or reduce the Voting Period in case it is reasonably satisfied for any fraudulent or manipulation in the votes being casted by the Voters. It may also disqualify the said category of nomination for which such manipulation is suspected to have occurred. No claims shall be entertained in this regard against HMVL and HMVL’s decision shall be considered final in any such scenario.
• HMVL has introduced a fair voting mechanism for the OTTplay Awards and no claims shall be entertained against the same. HMVL shall not be obligated to entertain any requests or claims for recounting of votes for any nomination category or provide any reasoning behind the selection or non-selection of any entry. HMVLs decision shall be final and binding.
• There shall be no voting for the Jury award nominations and this shall be solely based on the jury discretion and decision.
• Voter(s) shall not make any claims against HMVL, Jury and or any person appearing on the OTTplay Awards ceremony, its affiliates, their employees, directors, authorized representatives, arising out of or relating to any and all costs, injuries, accidents, deaths, losses or damages of any kind, including without limitation due to any technical faults, directly or indirectly to their voting.
• HMVL further shall not be responsible in any manner, for any injuries/ damages/ losses/ harm/ damages/ death/ mental trauma/ emotional trauma etc suffered by any Voter in any manner in connection with the OTTplay Awards and or any aspect relating to the voting. Voter shall at all given points in time keep and hold harmless HMVL and its affiliates and group companies, their employees, officers, directors etc from and against any claims / damages or third party claims raised against HMVL due to any act or omission by the Voter in regard to the voting mechanism to be followed by the Voters and also for any injuries/ damages/ losses/ harm/ damages/ death/ mental trauma/ emotional trauma suffered by the Voter. Voters also willingly waives all rights to file any in person or through any family members or friends or third party any applications, criminal and / or civil proceedings in any courts or forums in India to claim any damages or reliefs against HMVL.
• Voter(s) agree not to attempt any unauthorized access to HMVL servers to manipulate the entries or votes. If found, HMVL shall take appropriate legal action such Voter(s) / individuals.
• Further, Voters agree that they shall not make any attempts to spam the votes either directly or indirectly, reverse engineer, attempt to modify the entries or votes at any time, which if committed, shall be treated as an offence and HMVL may disqualify the voter, votes for the nomination entry and also take action(s) against such voter / individual.
• By casting their votes, each Voter hereby acknowledge and accepts the above Terms and Conditions and further agrees and permits HMVL to consider their votes for deciding the winners for each nomination category. Voters also agrees to receive any and all communications including advertisements and marketing communications with respect to the OTTplay Awards and any other products / events of HMVL and or its affiliates, group companies.
• These terms and conditions shall be governed in accordance with the laws of India and competent courts in New Delhi shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes / claims that may arise or be raised against HMVL or its affiliates or their employees, officers, directors etc, as regard the OTTplay Awards.
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