Page 9 - Ott Platforms

Audio OTT app Pocket FM raises $22.4mn funding in round led by Lightspeed

Company registered over 40 million downloads and 3 billion monthly listening minutes since its launch in 2018

The rise of video and decline of cable

The decline in cable owes as much to a greedy ecosystem where no one invested in the technology as it does to a regulator that believes that price control is the only lever to use

Disney offers streaming service discount for a month to boost subscribers

Walt Disney Co said on Monday it was offering a month of Disney+ for $1.99 for a limited period, as the entertainment giant seeks to stem a slowdown in paid user growth at its streaming service

Smaller screens are not an alternative to cinema halls, says Salman Khan

Superstar Salman Khan, who is awaiting the theatrical release of his film "Antim: The Final Truth", on Monday said nothing can replace the joy of watching a movie on the big screen. Directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, "Antim" is reportedly a remake of the 2018 hit Marathi crime drama "Mulshi Pattern". The action drama is billed as a "gripping tale of two powerful men" with polar opposite ideologies; one a cop and the other a gangster, played by Khan and Aayush Sharma, respectively. When asked about the change in the viewing pattern of the audience amidst the coronavirus lockdown, Khan said people have slowly started coming back to theatres. "To watch movies on laptop, iPad or on a small phone, there is not much joy... as compared to watching it with everyone on the big screen in a theatre. If you think small phones are an alternative to cinema halls, then it is not true," the 55-year-old star told reporters at the trailer launch of "Antim". While many states in the country allowed cinem

RSS still waits for BJP to execute 2020 Vijayadashami message on farm laws

In the 2020 speech, Bhagwat called for farm policies that were propelled by "swa"(self)

Amazon to hike annual Prime membership fee to Rs 1,499, monthly fee Rs 179

Amazon is set to increase the price of the annual membership of its Prime programme in India by 50 per cent to Rs 1499. Monthly and a quarterly fee of Prime membership - which offers users access to Amazon Prime Video and one-day delivery on millions of items on the e-commerce platform - is also being hiked. "The price of Prime memberships in IN (India) is being revised from Rs 999 to Rs 1,499 (annual plan), Rs 329 to Rs 459 (3-month plan), and Rs 129 to Rs 179 (monthly plan)," an Amazon spokesperson said. The spokesperson added that the price of prime membership in India will be changing very soon, and the company will announce the exact date of the price change at a later time. "Since the launch 5 years ago in India, Prime has continued to increase the value it offers members. Prime provides an unparalleled combination of shopping, savings, and entertainment benefits to make life more convenient and entertaining every single day, and we continue to invest in making Prime even mor

RSS chief laments lack of control over content shown on OTT platforms

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said that there is no control over the content shown on OTT platforms.

Multiplex owners are heading for another face-off with OTT players

Cinema owners want to return to 8-week gap between theatrical and OTT release

Fighting rivals, Netflix changes plotline with Seinfeld and Stranger Things

Covid-related delays made for a light roster of 2021 shows at the streaming giant, just as competitors such as Disney+ and HBO Max from AT&T Inc. have been gaining a foothold in the market.

Do we need movie remakes in this golden age of OTT?

At a time when OTT platforms have democratised content, it's high time original content is given preference over lazy remakes

Coffee with BS: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra on storytelling, India's OTT scene

With his latest him, Toofan, launched on OTT, Mehra says that the platform has given filmmakers and audiences a diverse range of viewing options but some movies are simply made for the big screen

CCI to launch study into film distribution, examine OTT impact on releases

CCI acknowledges that if two blockbusters are released together, they might not get a lot of business

IIHB OTT Survey: Pankaj Tripathi grabs top spot, Nawazuddin Siddiqui second

All the leading male actors on OTT were rated on more than 33 attributes, including confidence, unconventionality and versatility

Odia to Malayalam: Name a major Indian language and there's an OTT for it

As the market for watching drama and series online booms, all of India's diversity is getting play with more than 60 OTTs jostling for space

TCS enters strategic partnership with OTT streaming platform SonyLIV

TCS will enhance its core OTT platform to leverage AI and ML to provide personalised experiences to users. It will also help SonyLIV use data and insights to monetise content

New OTT audience tracking tools take centre stage in video streaming space

With billions of dollars spent every year on original programming--and movies now being launched via OTTs with theatres remaining shut--the need for audience measurement is stronger than ever

Steven Spielberg's production unit, Netflix ink blockbuster deal

Famed director, once seen as a critic of streaming service, signs multi-year deal to provide films for the platform

The rise of YouTube: Uploading many a dream to world's largest OTT

Google's YouTube has created an ecosystem that transcends entertainment, information or education

Indian Newspaper Society wants to be excluded from new IT rules

INS has said that news websites of traditional papers follow the same stringent guidelines for publication as followed by newspapers, and should be exempt from the new IT Rules

Centre gives digital media, OTTs 15 days to furnish details on compliance

The new digital media rules have asked for a three-tier grievance redressal for addressing problems of citizens