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12Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments

BUSINESS

Hotstar Launches in the UK with Two Subscription Plans

One of the most popular Indian video streaming platform Hotstar has launched its services in the United Kingdom. This has been done ahead of the Asia Cup cricket tournament that is starting on Saturday. With this move, Hotstar has now expanded its services in four markets including India, the United States, Canada and now the United Kingdom. The video streaming platform claims that it will offer more than 60,000 hours of television shows, and more than 2,000 Indian movies, along with live sports such as Cricket, Kabaddi, Badminton and Hockey to consumers in the United Kingdom. The service will be made available through two different plans - a monthly plan priced at £11.99 and a yearly plan priced at £59.99. The streaming platform will now have two business verticals - advertising-led...

VOOT to Debut the International Market with the United Kingdom

3Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments

BUSINESS

VOOT to Debut the International Market with the United Kingdom

Indian video-on-demand platform Voot which is owned by Viacom18 is all set to foray into the International market by launching its services in the United Kingdom in November 2018. The service will be launched as a paid service in the United Kingdom, in a partnership with Virgin Mobile. In the initial stage, it will be exclusive to Virgin Mobile users in the country and will be later available to all users through the Apple App Store and Google Play store. The company has further not revealed any information about the deal. Viacom18 is a 51:49 joint venture between Reliance Industries and US media conglomerate Viacom. "Owing to the last mile measurability that the medium provides, our entire content strategy is based on a deep data-backed analysis of the needs and desires of our cons...

27Dec By PriyankaNo Comments

FUNDING

Videos Streaming Platform Dekkho Raises USD 1.2 million Seed Funding

Videos streaming platform Dekkho has raised USD 1.2 million in a seed funding round from seven marquee angel investors. However, the company hasn’t disclosed the names of the investors. “We are looking to revolutionise the way entertainment is consumed and delivered in India and create India’s first social video network, where users are closely connected to their favourite content creators. Indian consumers are far from paying for online content. We aim to create a sustainable, three-way ecosystem for content producers, advertisers, and users through a free-to-use service.” , said co-founder Tanay Desai. Dekkho is a free over-the-top (OTT) content provider that consumes less internet bandwidth and also offers offline viewing facility. The company claims to have over 12,000 hours of p...

Voot Video-on-Demand Service Launched in India

30Mar By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

News

Voot Video-on-Demand Service Launched in India

Media and entertainment major Viacom18 Tuesday launched its advertising-led video-on-demand platform Voot. Voot, a 50:50 joint venture between Viacom Group and the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, will have a large repository of original content and roll out shows in both long and short formats across genres like comedy and drama. The platform will have kids characters from across networks, from Nick characters like Dora, Spongebob, Motu Patlu to external popular characters like Chhota Bheem and Pokémon. It will also move its content library including Colors, MTV and Nick to be digitally available only on Voot. "This market is at the cusp of a digital boom with over 400 million Internet users and over 200 million smartphone users spending significant amount of tim...