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Netflix tests low-cost subscription plan. Check price, compare with others

Netflix's new subscription plan supports smartphone, tablet and computer but can be used on one device at a time

Netflix adds 10.09 million subscribers in Q2, forecasts weak growth in Q3

The streaming giant also said it has appointed Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos as co-chief executive officer

Streaming companies retool the visibility kit with spike in viewership

Amazon, Netflix, Zee5, Disney Hotstar sharpen their digital marketing tools as they look to make up for the loss of OOH in their media plans

Race for digital-first film releases hots up on OTTs after Gulabo Sitabo

Both Disney+Hotstar and Netflix are said to have been in talks with producers for a few months now, given the rising competitive intensity

The search for the situational comedy

In a market overflowing with "edgy" content, where are the "edgy" sitcoms?

OTT debut of Shoojit Sarkar's 'Gulabo Sitabo' may script a new story

The movie had to take the OTT route first for release rather than the conventional theatrical release due to the lockdown induced by the coronavirus pandemic

Netflix in talks with RIL; to source Indian content from Viacom18: Report

Under the partnership, Network18 affiliates - which include its joint venture with ViacomCBS, Viacom18 - would create shows for Netflix to help the US firm expand offerings in India

'Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai' is Kashyap's unique socio-political entertainer

"Choked" scores with a superb idea a cast that delivers with gusto. With a little more pace and storytelling punch, this could have been the season's wackiest OTT entertainer

OTT players diversify content libraries as regional movies, shows score big

Digital entertainers diversify the content libraries as language movies and shows score big in the lockdown

The corona deals

The pandemic will hurry the closure of brands and businesses that would have gone into gradual decline. Wait then for more deals to be announced in media and entertainment

An opportunity in disguise

Covid-19 offers an opportunity to improve cable subscription collections using digital platforms - a win-win for stakeholders

Meet Jaideep Ahlawat, the disillusioned cop of crime thriller Paatal Lok

After a decade of waiting in the wings, actor Jaideep Ahlawat is making waves with his first lead performance as a disillusioned cop in Paatal Lok, writes Ranjita Ganesan

Karan Johar to Rohit Shetty, big film producers say no to OTT release

Sources say the top four multiplex chains in the country - PVR, Inox, Cinepolis, and Carnival - are asking big producers to wait rather than rush to release their films on OTT platforms.

A Netflix series puts the media on trial. But real life is more dramatic

Produced by actor George Clooney, lawyer and author Jeffrey Toobin, and others, this documentary highlights how in some cases gavel-to-gavel coverage wasn't just a throwaway term.

India's internet speed improves over previous week, but still below peak

Fixed download speed in India was 35.84 Mbps. Both are marginally higher than the previous week

Injunction against 'Hasmukh' would be death knell for satire: Netflix to HC

Dubey has contended that "statements (in the series) are highly disparaging, defamatory and bring disrepute to the law profession"

Global business bodies nudge FM Sitharaman to defer equalisation levy

The bodies have also approached the US Trade Representative to call for discussion on India's move to impose equalisation levy while the matter is still under discussion at international level.

Read from home

One should worry, of course, about what this is doing to one small business sector in particular that was already under stress: Bookshops

Netflix adds 15.8 mn customers during quarantine, warns boost is temporary

Total revenue rose to $5.77 billion from $4.52 billion. Analysts on average had expected $5.76 billion

Binge-reading and -watching

Binge-watchers filling up empty days may ask: Why read a book when there's the movie? Apart from putting the cart before the horse, it's a lazy question