Television Series are released in episodes as parts of a cohesive narrative of a story but are limited to the TV channels. Usually a series with few episodes are called mini-series and a series with a large number of episodes is called a mega-series or mega-serial.
NIV is distributing web-series in association with various Indian channels in English, Hindi and different regional languages. The viewers wait eagerly for the coming episode and the expert serial directors keep the viewers on pins and needles with suspense after suspense at the end of every episode of a long and complex mega-serial with dramatic twists and turns all over the storyline.