Like all of us, Bollywood's favourite pastime is to catch up on the latest shows and films on OTT.
Airtel Xstream will allow its subscribers to access live TV, video, music, news and sports on an over-the-top smart stick, interned-enabled set top box, and handheld devices.
'The IPL is by the biggest sports property in the country and having it will give any digital video player an edge.'
After a not-so-impressive season two, the makers of Inside Edge have redeemed themselves by giving us season three which is binge watch worthy, observes Namrata Thakker.
The OTT treasure is brimming again with tons of treats in various genres and languages. Sukanya Verma suggests what you can catch this week.
CEOs expect to finish the ongoing March quarter with positive growth as the corporates get back to work in full strength.
This one's a flagship smartphone with no real competition.
'There is a lot of money coming into the business, people are consuming a lot of content, there is no dearth of new films and shows coming out of India and being available worldwide.'
The OTT glass is full again. Here's all the exciting new fare to watch over the week. Sukanya Verma offers a peek.
Divya Nair lists 2023's Malayalam movies that can be enjoyed by all ages.
The government on Thursday announced new rules to curb misuse of social media platforms, as it mandated firms to appoint grievance officer, disclose the first originator of the mischievous information and remove, within 24 hours, content depicting nudity or morphed pictures of women.
'We audition for 99 projects, and get rejected 98 times!'
'We are wondering if this will ever get over, if there will be a light at the end of the tunnel.'
Serial killer confusion in small-town South Korea, a struggling mission to save the tiger in the heartland of India, a slice-of-summer friendship by the Italian coast, Sukanya Verma lists a fascinating mix of must-watch fare on OTT this week.
Disney+ Hotstar reported its biggest decline in paid subscribers to date - a fall of 3.8 million subscribers, or 6 per cent of its total - in the October-December period. The drop in numbers came after two warnings by the company that Hotstar's paid subscriber base would shrink as it didn't have streaming rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the 2023-27 media cycle. The IPL would start on April 1 this year and continue till May 28.
The argument that the pandemic has given a boost to streaming video is fallacious. Only three OTTs saw a rise in viewership; the others fell.
Madhuri Dixit's brief seems to have been to look glamorous, which she does, while others struggle to hold the film together, observes Deepa Gahlot, Maja Ma Review.
Amazon Prime leads the race to buy digital rights for Bollywood blockbusters with Hotstar and Netflix trailing far behind.
From Westerns to pastries, the OTT spectrum is looking wide and versatile this week. Sukanya Verma lists them out.
The pandemic situation in India has reached a breaking point and the only thing one can do now is stay safe and stay indoors. Here's everything OTT has to offer to keep you distracted this week.
By the time, the story decides it has dilly dallied enough and finally throws light on its long-drawn-out mystery, curiosity has died a natural death, sighs Sukanya Verma.
Meet the youngsters who rule India's social media.
Cheap data plans, affordable handsets, increasing popularity of video services and 4G networks have helped average data consumption per user in India to grow to over 11 GB a month, telecom gear maker Nokia said on Thursday. Nokia -- in its annual Mobile Broadband India Traffic Index (MBiT) report -- said the overall data traffic in India increased by 47 per cent in 2019, driven by continued 4G consumption. 4G data constitute 96 per cent of the total data traffic consumed across the country, while 3G data traffic registered its highest ever decline of 30 per cent, it added.
Puneeth fan M D Riti lists five films that she consider to be amongst his best.
Director Richie Mehta dedicated the honour to all the women who not just endure violence that men inflict on them, 'but are also tasked to solve the problem.'
Guess who else features on the Variety500 list?
The OTT menu is looking hot as ever with brand new offerings. Sukanya Verma tells you what you can catch this week.
Prime was the first to grab streaming rights for seven titles for an estimated Rs 300 crore.
Mutliplexes want the gap between a film's release in theatres and on OTT to be doubled from 4 to 8 weeks.
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan on Saturday said they had tested positive for Covid-19 and been admitted to a Mumbai hospital.
'Streaming will get to 100-200 million subscribers, but the journey is not as rose-tinted.'
"Starting today (on Wednesday), Airtel Xstream Fibre is available to homes, SOHO (Small Office Home Office) and small commercial establishments in Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida, Ghaziabad, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Indore, Jaipur and Ahmedabad," Bharti Airtel said in a statement.
From Rs 191 billion in 2019, the world's largest film producing industry now stands at Rs 72 billion thanks to the pandemic.
The Illegal is a good watch for those who still believe in the American dream in a Make-in-India present, assures Moumita Bhattacharjee.
Nah, we're not taking about Amitabh Bachchan's favourite onscreen characters.
Since its entry in 2016, Netflix has announced over 60 titles to be sourced from India.
'Hinduism meshed with his sense that the world was paradoxical and puzzling.'
If at all the series can be criticised, it would be for its all-Brahmin characters and keeping out the caste problems, the misogyny and the backwardness and ugliness of rural India, points out Deepa Gahlot.
Insecurity in a relationship comes when one partner feels inferior to the other and thinks they might lose them.
