NEW DELHI: The Covid2019 outbreak has elevated the popularity of OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ Hotstar in India. As people are now...
NEW DELHI: After months of see-sawing and multiple rounds of negotiations, Disney has signed a deal with Sony Pictures that will allow Disney+ to stream Spiderman...
KOLKATA: It is not easy to win over Indian consumers given the diversity of the market – be it in terms of language, income or preferences....
KOLKATA: Among a host of over-the-top (OTT) platforms in India, Netflix has always been considered as the “premium” one in terms of pricing and content. To...
KOLKATA: After a year of astounding growth, Netflix has missed the subscriber addition estimates in the first quarter of 2021. The company has added 3.98 million...
NEW DELHI: Post the Covid2019 outbreak, OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ Hotstar have gained massive traction in India. As the second wave...
MUMBAI: Netflix's latest movie Army of the Dead, directed by Zack Snyder, will have its preview in select theatres before it gets streamed on the OTT...
MUMBAI: Now here’s further research confirming Netflix and Disney+ Hotstar’s dominance of the Indian streaming market. Research firm Omdia’s 2021 Online Video Market and Consumer Trends...
NEW DELHI: The Covid2019 outbreak which brought the entire world to a standstill has helped one sector in India – the OTT industry. Post the pandemic,...
KOLKATA: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) asked the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) to direct Netflix to remove certain scenes from...
MUMBAI: Girls rule the roost! Well, at least that’s what the latest report from US-based information, data and market measurement firm Nielsen seems to suggest. The...
NEW DELHI : Animation and visual effects have become an integral part of storytelling in films, and it is practically impossible to think about a movie...
KOLKATA: Several reports suggested recently that Netflix is testing a feature to curb widespread password sharing. It makes sense for the streaming giant, as it is...
NEW DELHI: The government has attempted to provide a level-playing field for various digital platforms through the new guidelines on over-the-top (OTT) platforms, said union information...
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has issued an order asking Netflix to immediately remove specific scenes involving minors which are...
KOLKATA: After a year of theatre shutdown, it comes as no surprise that streaming services are dominating the awards season. Netflix, which swept the Golden Globes...
KOLKATA: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has issued a notice to OTT platform Netflix to stop streaming Bombay Begums. It has also...
KOLKATA: Over the last two years, streaming giant Netflix has been experimenting with its pricing model as well as marketing strategy in India. After seeing massive...
KOLKATA: Netflix added inclusion as its cultural value in 2017. Recently, the streaming giant released its first ‘inclusion report’, which revealed that women comprised 47.1 per...
KOLKATA: Netflix is upping the stakes when it comes to its streaming game in India, revealing its 2021 line-up comprising 40 plus originals. At a virtual...
NEW DELHI: 2020 was a breakthrough year for over the top (OTT) streaming platforms. India’s online video industry generated an estimated $1.4 billion in revenue in...
KOLKATA: In a unique promotional gimmick, Netflix offered Indian audiences all of its content for free over a weekend last month. The move seems to have...
NEW DELHI: Twitter is a reflection of what’s happening in the world and what people are talking about. Over time brands across categories have leveraged Twitter’s...
NEW DELHI: 2020 is probably the only year that the whole world was dying to bid adieu too. Inundated with crises from all sides on top...
KOLKATA: Following an internal realignment of the southeast Asia and Australia content teams, Myleeta Aga has moved on from Netflix. Aga joined the streaming service in...
MUMBAI: Netflix co-chief executive officer Reed Hastings has collected $225 million from a stock sale, the latest in a series of such transactions the billionaire has...
NEW DELHI: Iconic Hollywood studio MGM has appointed two investment banks to explore the prospect of a sale, The Wall Street Journal has reported. For the...
MUMBAI: Financial analysts and investors who have been backing the Disney stock are grinning ear to ear following Disney’s 10 December Investor Day announcements. Not only...
NEW DELHI: Since its launch in 2016, Netflix has been making substantial inroads in India. Initially, despite having a massive content library, it would still lose...
NEW DELHI: As 2020 draws to a close (finally!), many are convinced it was a cursed year, when everything that could, did go wrong, and there...
NEW DELHI: Netflix and Disney+ have been massive hits in the Nordic market, attracting half of more than three million additional streaming subscriptions purchased in the...
MUMBAI: 2019 has seen a significant boost in high-end television productions made in the UK. The UK ‘high end’ TV 2014-2019 report by analyst Ben Keen...
KOLKATA: The much-hyped Netflix StreamFest is finally here. The global streaming giant is offering Indian users free access to its vast content portfolio during this weekend...
MUMBAI: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced that applications are now open for BAFTA Breakthrough India, supported by Netflix. The initiative...
KOLKATA: Netflix India marketing director Swati Mohan has moved on from the organisation. She spearheaded the streaming giant’s marketing strategy at a very crucial time and...
KOLKATA: Netflix India has landed in yet another controversy – this time, over a kissing scene in the series A Suitable Boy. The sequence depicting a...
MUMBAI: Netflix series Delhi Crime won the Best Drama Series at the 2020 International Emmy Awards. The series features Shefali Shah, Rasika Dugal, Adil Hussain, Rajesh Tailang...
NEW DELHI: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is taking its first steps in India with the global expansion of the Breakthrough initiative,...
KOLKATA: Netflix has finally unveiled the dates for its free weekend access to Indian audiences. The viewers can binge Netflix content without subscription on 5 and...
KOLKATA: In India, content is king and over-the-top (OTT) players are increasingly dishing out programming to audiences in their local flavour, moving beyond the Hindi and...
KOLKATA: With an overwhelming surge of users on over-the-top (OTT) platforms, the global SVoD users are growing significantly. Analyst firm Digital TV Research expects five global...
KOLKATA: While Netflix has been the catalyst that changed the way the world consumed linear TV, it is reportedly testing its first programming channel – Netflix...
KOLKATA: Despite facing headwinds in other parts of the world, Netflix is sailing full speed ahead in India, suggests a recent report by Media Partner Asia....
KOLKATA: Netflix has hiked the prices of its subscription plans in its home market, the US. This marks the video-streaming service’s first price changes in the...
KOLKATA: 3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a leading provider of software solutions for set top boxes (STB) and multiscreen entertainment, and Skyworth Digital, leading manufacturer of connected...
KOLKATA: Netflix India original film director Aashish Singh has called it quits. Singh has moved on to join Lyca Productions as CEO. Lyca Productions, one of the...
MUMBAI: Suzanne Mackie, one of the executive producers behind the hit Netflix show The Crown, is all set to launch her own production company. Mackie is...
KOLKATA: Netflix has been constantly innovating its marketing and promotion strategy in India to get more users to sign up. Now, it plans to give free...
KOLKATA: Netflix fell short of global subscriber additions in Q3, albeit a slower growth was forecasted by the streaming giant. The company has added 2.2 million...
KOLKATA: After months of legal tussles, Netflix has finally released its controversial docu-series Bad Boy Billionaires: India, although with only three episodes. The Netflix original that...