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Ad supported platform YouTube Originals goes live in India 07 September 2018
Google owned video streaming platform, YouTube is all set to bring its YouTube Originals to India. The India Originals will be YouTube’s ad-supported video platform. But on later stage, an ad-free subscription service, YouTube Premium might get launched. The recent … Continue reading
OTT player Hotstar raises Rs 516cr, to up its game against global players 16 August 2018
Novi Digital media owned OTT platform Hotstar has reportedly secured $73.8 Mn (INR 516 Cr) from Star US at a valuation of $265 Mn. The online streaming media giant will use the funds to combat competition from global SVOD giants … Continue reading
Flipkart partners with Hotstar for an online ad platform 23 July 2018
India’s largest online retailer, Flipkart has struck a strategic alliance with online video streaming service Hotstar for launching a video advertisement platform. This alliance is aimed at creating more revenue from the rising video advertising business. The new video ad … Continue reading
Madrid to host second edition of annual OTT Summit 11 July 2018
SportsPro has announced the second annual OTT summit in association with Olympic Channel. Representatives from channels such as Olympic Channel, NBC Sports Group, PGA Tour, Twitter, Turner Sports, Hotstar etc. will be among the speakers in the summit scheduled to … Continue reading
Tata Sky planning to offer leading OTT services direct-to-home 23 May 2018
As per reports, direct-to-home television company Tata Sky is planning to offer Netflix, Hotstar, and Amazon Prime. Tata Sky which is unfazed by the OTT wave till now has registered Rs 400 crore to Rs 408 crore in the last … Continue reading
Novi Digital which runs Hotstar posts net loss for FY17 25 April 2018
Novi Digital Entertainment, the parent company of online video streaming service Hotstar has reported a 20% rise in losses for FY17 to INR 489 crore. According to reports, the VOD platform has witnessed a 79% increase in revenues in FY17 … Continue reading
Netflix in talks with Reliance Jio for content sharing 09 April 2018
Streaming giant Netflix and Indian Telco spearhead Reliance Jio are in talks to collaborate where the former would share its entire content catalog of titles to Jio in return for a royalty fee or that the online streaming service will … Continue reading
Hotstar introduces annual subscription for live sports event 02 April 2018
Star India’s popular SVOD service has introduced a sports subscription service which will include live sports such as IPL at an annual subscription fee of Rs 299. While the delayed sports feed will be free as before, watching live sports … Continue reading
OTT consumers to hit 4 million mark by 2020 13 March 2018
According to a report, the number of “digital only consumers” India to reach 4 million by 2020 all thanks to smartphone penetration and affordable data pricing in the country. The report also revealed that there are currently 1-1.5 million “ … Continue reading
Netflix and Prime Video driven pay streaming expected to reach 450 million by 2022 06 March 2018
According to Home Video and OTT Video Forecast, Global Report, online video platform giants such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video. Hulu, Hotstar, iflix etc. are driving the paid-for streaming market to 450 million by 2022. The number of homes paying … Continue reading
