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Voot, JioCinema merged; users now free to switch from one platform to other

Reliance-owned Jio Studios is likely to invest Rs 2,200 crore to create a library of 100 movies and web series to retain customers after the IPL

JioCinema, Voot merger in final stages; may be announced by May-end: Report

The companies are waiting for the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to conclude before finalising the merger

Road Safety World Series 2022: Live streaming, telecast and where to watch

Road Safety World Series 2022: India Legends will play South Africa Legends in the inaugural match of RSWS 2022. Read this detailed report on live streaming, telecast and where to watch the matches

Lupa-Viacom18 deal: Murdoch's re-entry may see a bigger foray into sports

Last week, Bodhi Tree Systems, an arm of James Murdoch's Lupa Systems, announced that it will be picking up a 40 per cent stake in Viacom18 for Rs 13,500 crore

Regulation of digital content: Propaganda or real news - what will be hit?

The video on making rotis? Or the sites offering false narratives of Indian history. Or will it be the ones that report real news, not propaganda? As the first building blocks of a regulatory architecture around digital news fall in place, a guessing game on what will be hit has begun. The final part of the series looks at online news, as a regulatory regime for online content is being put in place.

Code red, primal fear & outsider: 3 regulatory challenges for OTT platforms

A kiss, a love story, meat on the table? It's not clear what can offend people's sensibilities. They are all over social media, filing public interest litigation (PILs) and are issuing calls to ban, maim or kill a film, show, or a celebrity every other day. Will a content code stop them? Should we be afraid that the regulation their clamour pushes through will inhibit the wonderfully different programming on offer by streaming brands such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Voot? Why aren’t Google, Facebook, YouTube et al a part of this regulatory sweep? The first part of a series looks at streaming video as a regulatory regime for online content is being put in place. As the government and industry frantically put together a regulatory architecture around digital (entertainment) content, Business Standard's Vanita Kohli-Khandekar analyses three main questions that arise.

Top 10 Indian Web Series of 2020: Perfect to binge watch this weekend?

Filmmaker Hansal Mehta''s "Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story" has emerged as the highest user-rated show in IMDb''s ''Top 10 Indian Web Series of 2020'' list. "Scam 1992" earned acclaim for the thrilling portrayal of stockbroker Harshad Mehta, played by Pratik Gandhi, who single-handedly took the stock market to dizzying heights, and his catastrophic downfall. The IMDb ratings are determined by users who rate films and TV shows on a 10-point scale. With a rating of 9.5 out of 10, "Scam 1992", a SonyLIV show, has also landed a spot in IMDb''s top 250 TV series of all time.

Kids shows draw record viewers but fail to cheer advertisers

Of the top 10 kids networks almost all - Viacom 18, WarnerMedia, Disney, Sony Yay, Discovery Kids, and Sun Network - have seen a rise of 20-100 per cent in viewership.

10 new web series to binge watch during lockdown

Here are the top 10 recently launched web series that you can binge-watch during this lockdown

Coronavirus lockdown: TV channels introduce re-runs of shows, web content

Not just TV shows and web shows, viewers can access performances by artists such as Prateek Kuhad, Vir Das, Karsh Kale, Kamakshi Khanna, music band Indian Ocean on their Instagram accounts

Reduce video quality to ease network pressure: COAI to streaming platforms

COAI has written to a dozen streaming platform including Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Hotstar, Zee5, Alt Balaji, Voot, Sony Liv, Viuclip, Hoichoi, Netflix, SunNXT and Voot seeking their cooperation.

Viacom18's Voot expects 50% revenue from new subscription-led service

From 100 million monthly active users, Voot sees its user base increase to 150 million by the end of this year as a whole

Smaller towns driving demand for regional content, OTT viewership growth

Network-backed OTTs see fast growth alongside an increase in demand for regional content

Voot follows money on the OTT, but can it match the giants in the game?

Viacom 18 bets on reality shows and regional content as it switches over to a paid viewership model

Consumption on streaming apps rises 140% in 2019; YouTube leads, Prime 2nd

YouTube recorded 274 million total unique viewers in March 2019, occupying a 93.4% reach

Share of digital in our revenues will grow to 20% in 5 years: Viacom18 MD

'We don't want further changes to the new tariff order', said Sudhanshu Vats

Viacom18's Voot to start premium subscription by the end of 2019

Voot has already crossed the 100 billion watch-minutes mark in three years, and is now targeting 100 million MAUs this financial year

Reliance Jio seeks edge over Bharti Airtel with OTT bundled plans

Airtel has already announced such offers for its fibre broadband

VOOT eyes premium market, international business in 2018

Viacom18 had earlier announced it would launch its first Tamil entertainment channel by the end of the current fiscal or early next fiscal

Voyeurs of the digital world

Voot stacks up on reality, kids' shows, Hotstar focuses on non-fiction and sports as online players