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  • Kuku FM partners with HubHopper; adds 21,000 new shows to its library

    Kuku FM partners with HubHopper; adds 21,000 new shows to its library

    MUMBAI: If you are an audiophile and you prefer listening to podcasts and shows rather than holidaying and partying, then come 1 January 2025, you should grab  your headset and your phone and lean back and sign into KukuFM.

    The audio hosting and distribution platform has partnered with another audio platform HubHopper and is offering its three million subscribers the latter’s 21,000 new shows across 30,000 plus hours of premium content at no extra cost (in a dedicated section featuring the new shows).

    A press release issued by Kuku FM  mentions that this integration means its library rivals even leading OTTs operating in India and is the largest audio catalogue  in the country.

    Listeners can chose from spirituality (Sadhguru, Osho and Jay Alani) to fiction to history  to business in various languages including English, Arabic, Hindi, Tamil Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Shows from NDTV are also available on the platform.

    Kuku FM co-founder Lal Chand Bisu pointed out that Indians prefer getting unmatched value for the money they are spending.  He added: “As our revenues doubled last year, driven by subscriptions, we’re poised to continue this momentum into 2025 with this enriched offering. By adding the shows, we’re not just growing our library but building a platform that resonates with diverse audiences—from native speakers across India to Indians abroad seeking high-quality content in their languages. This collaboration elevates our reach and engagement to new heights.”
     

  • OMTV collaborates with Hubhopper for audio podcast series

    OMTV collaborates with Hubhopper for audio podcast series

    MUMBAI:  Sanatan storytelling platform OMTV in collaboration with Hubhopper, a podcast hosting, creation, and distribution platform is aiming to widen its audience base. It has introduced audio podcast features on its app.

    Spiritual video shows on OMTV have always been popular with the audience, and now the network is hoping that its podcast catalogue will do the same. OMTV believes that there is a huge market for audio and they have collaborated with the pioneers in this field. On 29 July, OMTV will set off the collaboration with three shows. In the near future, more shows will be added to Hubhopper.

    Initially, podcasts will be available in Hindi only, but OMTV plans to dub them in other languages, including English, Marathi, and other South Indian languages.

    The podcast is part of a newly added podcast feature, which allows users to listen to podcasts in addition to viewing content. OMTV will convert its major shows into podcasts and distribute them through the Hubhopper platform. Users will benefit from the content consumption options available. They can listen to it on Hubhopper, and if they want to watch it, they can download the OMTV app from the Google Play Store and watch the content they’ve already heard on Hubhopper.

    OMTV founder & MD Nitin Jai Shukla said, “Podcasting as a medium is something which we always wanted to try our hands-on and we got phenomenal responses on our show “Swarajya”. Hubhopper is a pioneer in this space and who is better than them to collaborate with if you want to reach out to the right audience. We have perused their diverse directory under religion and spirituality, all the content garnering a prominent presence. We are sure with this collaboration, both the platforms will benefit in their audience base and also our audiences will get to listen to our shows which will make a difference in their lives.”

    Hubhopper founder and CEO Gautam Raj Anand said, “We are thrilled about this collaboration. The consumption of spiritual content has increased over the last few years, especially among the younger generation eager to learn about India’s religious and ethnic diversity. Through this collaborative effort with OMTV, we’ll be able to expand and deliver knowledgeable and authentic content to the audience. We can’t wait to bring it to our listeners across different regions and hope to grow exponentially together.”

  • 90% of new internet users consume regional content in India

    90% of new internet users consume regional content in India

    MUMBAI: According to Google official, 90 per cent of new internet users in India consume content in regional languages. With increasing internet penetration and India being the most internet consumption heavy country with over 530 million users, it is giving content platforms to bag this opportunity and follow the  ‘vernacular’ fashion as the most trending topic in the industry.

    From writing to video/audio content, here are the fastest growing regional content startups of 2019.

    Tiktok

    TikTok is a social media video app for creating and sharing short lip-sync, comedy, and talent videos. It is arguably India’s fastest-growing and most-downloaded app today, with 200 million users in Tier I, II, and III and even the deepest pockets of India to share their passion and creative expression. Available in 10 Indian languages, Tiktok added 88.6 million users in the country early this year. By connecting and empowering digital Indians through content, Tiktok looks forward to making a positive contribution to the country’s thriving creative economy.

    Momspresso.com

    Momspresso.com is the largest user-generated content sharing platform that offers support to women across the country, not just in their journeys as parents but also in their lives. Launched in 2010,  based out of Gurgaon, Haryana, it is a platform that attracts 12000 bloggers and 4000 video creators, and sees 83Mn monthly page views for its blogs whereas 163Mn monthly video views in 10 different languages including English, Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, and Kannada. Momspresso eyes 35 crores of revenue for the year 2019-2020; and closed the year 2018-2019 at 16 crores. Over 100 brands (Dettol, Dove, Nestle, etc.) have engaged with Momspresso.com in the last 12 months to connect with women and are actively spending on regional content to tap vernacular users. Earlier this year, it also launched India’s first digital vernacular agency, Mompresso Bharat.

    Hubhopper

    Launched in the year 2015, Hubhopper is India's largest podcast and audio-on-demand platform at present. With over 1 million hours of content spread across 12 vernacular languages, Hubhopper is present across 15 million touchpoints. It has managed to change the way people consume audio content in India. Hubhopper has launched ‘Hubhopper Studio’ an online studio that enables the potential content creators to launch their very own podcast in 3 simple steps: Record, Launch, and Distribute. It provides independent and small-town podcasters with all the assistance and their podcasts get featured on Hubhopper under ‘Hubhopper Original Program’, which has been a hit amongst both urban and rural listeners and aims to on-board 5000 podcasters in the next 1 year. Hubhopper envisions to grow parallel with the audio streaming industry and keep making the process of content consumption and creation simpler and more beneficial while emerging as one of the best content-disseminating platforms.

    Vokal

    Vokal, a knowledge-sharing platform for Hindi users recently added 10 regional languages (Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Oriya, and Assamese) on its platform allowing sharing of information and get answers to queries. Trying to bridge the information and knowledge gap among the non-English internet users by enabling peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, the platform sees a huge scope for such a service in regional languages. Vokal has more than 2 million monthly active users and it is aiming to take the same to 15-20 million by the end of 2019.

    Sharechat

    Similar to Facebook and Twitter, ShareChat enables users to post and share videos, songs, images, and other content, as well as discover content that is topical and trending. Launched in January 2015, it offers the content consumption and sharing platform only in Indian vernacular languages. ShareChat now boasts of 60 million monthly active users and aims to double its MAU by December 2020, it is home to 15 Indic languages. It aims to strengthen its presence in Tier-II cities.

    Trell

    Fondly referred to as the Video Pinterest for India powered by user-generated original content, Trell is a community-based platform enabling lifestyle discovery through meaningful content in various Indian languages. Trell bridges the gap between users looking for meaningful content around lifestyle inspirations and content creators or aspiring influencers who wish to create vlogs of their interests and lifestyle stories via videos and photos.

    Trell has a highly engaging community of 1 Million Monthly Active Users on the mobile app who did 80 Million Content Views last month [Cumulative: 190 Million Views]. Trell App has been downloaded more than 3 Million times historically with 1.6 Million original and meaningful content pieces around lifestyle to date. All content creators are acquired organically by virtue of various viral loops and growing community on the platform.  Trell aims to be the biggest lifestyle community-content-commerce platform of India by 2020.