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OTT platforms turn to daily TV-style shows to boost audience engagement

The move comes as the OTT platforms release all the episodes of their original series at once and the audience consumes it in a single sitting

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The move coincides with platforms’ broader focus on profitability and expanding advertising video-on-demand (AVOD) revenue streams.

Roshni Shekhar Mumbai

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To boost audience stickiness and engagement, over-the-top (OTT) services are now experimenting with bringing audiences to their platforms on a daily basis with long-running shows by adopting the television-style daily soap operas.
 
The move comes as the OTT platforms release all the episodes of their original series at once and the audience consumes it in a single sitting. To increase audience engagement, some of the platforms have now started weekly releases of select episodes of a series.
 
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