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The online video reality

If online video wants to be taken seriously, it should learn a few lessons from TV on metrics and monetisation

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Vanita Kohli-Khandekar New Delhi
Star India’s Hotstar claims to have reached 202 million people during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018, up from 113 million last year. ChuChu TV is now the biggest pre-school brand on YouTube globally at 17.5 million subscribers up from 14.03 million last year according to Vidooly, a video intelligence firm. Tata-Sky will soon become the third direct-to-home operator after Airtel Digital TV and Dish TV to offer Netflix and other video apps. 

The general buzz on digital continues to be good. There are the usual ‘cord-cutting,’ ‘young people going online’ articles all over the business press. Much of it
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