Robot girlfriends, wish granting stars, creepy aliens, private detectives, brace yourself for unlimited excitement on OTT this week.
Assume Voot, JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar are merged into one entertainment app, and you have a streaming service with more than 233 million unique visitors. That is a reach just under half of India's largest streaming app: YouTube. 'This level of consolidation does not exist even in the US.'
While most others have not been able to replicate the WeChat model successfully, experts expect Jio to be able to score on its 300 million plus new mobile phone users.
Analysts have given a thumbs up to the Reliance Industries (RIL) and Walt Disney Co. (Disney) proposed a joint venture (JV). The stock of the Mukesh Ambani-controlled company gained nearly 1.5 per cent on Thursday to Rs 2,952 levels as compared to the S&P BSE Sensex that traded marginally weak, down 0.2 per cent to 72,172 levels in intra-day trades.
Stories of friendship, former life and fights against the system dominate the OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations.
Royal tragedies, loony vampires, nuclear disasters, scoop hunters becoming the story, all that and more on OTT this week.
Sports drama, spy thriller, haunted houses and many more films and shows you can catch on OTT this week.
Death of a princess, deadly Godzilla and detectives galore on OTT this week.
Sukanya Verma's OTT recommendations this week.
Celebrate the weekend with Shah Rukh Khan and more on OTT.
Paramount Global has agreed to sell its 13 per cent stake in its Indian TV business to Reliance Industries for Rs 4,286 crore, the Indian firm said on Thursday. In a stock exchange filing, Reliance said it has signed a binding agreement with two subsidiaries of Paramount Global to acquire 13.01 per cent equity stake of Viacom 18 Media Private Limited held by Paramount Global. Similarly, in a filing on the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Paramount Global said the closing of the transaction is subject to the satisfaction of certain customary conditions, including receipt of applicable regulatory approvals, as well as the completion of a previously announced joint venture involving Reliance, Viacom18 and Star Disney.
The recognition that content - video in particular - will be the next big thing in the telecom wars requires no rocket science.
There's a spate of book-to-screen adaptations dominating OTT streaming this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations.
'The whole narrative will change from TV is dying to TV-plus-digital is the future.'
Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch on streaming platforms this weekend.
So far, only one major series and another original film have been announced for release. Rest are all digital releases of films that have already arrived in theatres.
Sukanya Verma shows you everything you can catch on OTT this week.
The pilot of Vishal Bhardwaj's much-anticipated adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Sittaford Mystery is here. Aditya Roy Kapur's hotel manager takes on Anil Kapoor's all-powerful arms dealer. Idris Elba is back in action. Sukanya Verma shares her OTT recommendations this week.
Although IPL 2023 had a drop in advertisers during opening match, TV and digital viewership has seen an increase by 29 percent.
Arnie's back, Varun shape shifts while others fight the good fight and more on OTT this week.
You'll wish weekends lasted as long as weeks after looking at Sukanya Verma's long, long list of recommendations on OTT this week.
Scams, stuntswomen, pirates, freelancers, Sukanya Verma shows you everything you can catch on OTT this week.
Catch one of Mammootty's career best works, Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh and more on OTT this week.
Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch on streaming platforms this weekend.
So many movies coming up for release in theatres in 2024 but January's OTT watch seems interesting too.
'The IPL is by the biggest sports property in the country and having it will give any digital video player an edge.'
Kareena in a Kalimpong murder mystery, Priyanka in a Hollywood rom-com, a South Korean style western and lots, lots more on OTT this week.
From Vijay's fiery latest to atom bomb origins, brace yourself for some explosive action on OTT this week.
Pop stars, lawyers, cops, hoteliers -- care to hear their story on OTT this week?
The 2023 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will see Disney-Star and Viacom18 competing to sell their ad space with an eye on the estimated Rs 4,000-crore advertising money.
It also said that to make it easier for people to subscribe, Disney+ Hotstar VIP has tied up with telecom players Jio and Airtel.
Thriller, horror, feel-good, rom-com, action, vendetta, biopics -- you name it, you got it on OTT this week.
Deepa Gahlot lists some interesting made-for-OTT hostage dramas that you can watch.
Could it be about clout? Given its size and influence, RIL doesn't need the media for that, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekhar.
Its success script: Investing more in local content ecosystem; growing its partnership footprint.
This season, the nature of the advertising game has changed dramatically with TV and digital rights going to different entities.
Ten sequels that either complemented the first or surpassed it.
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