Amazon has launched Prime Video Channels in India, aimed at providing Prime members access to a slate of content from a diverse set of video streaming services. Prime Video Channels, acting as an intermediary, will allow Prime members in India the option for add-on subscriptions of popular OTT services and stream their content on the […]
ShortsTV, the global short film network, has announced a partnership with Amazon to launch ShortsTV on Amazon Prime Video Channels in India. ShortsTV is already broadcasted in India across major DTH platforms including Tata Sky, Airtel TV, Dish TV and d2h, and, earlier this year, entered India’s OTT world through the Airtel Xstream App, reaching […]
Synamedia, the independent video software provider, has announced that Axom Communication & Cable has gone live with Synamedia Converged Headend and software-based Digital Content Manager (DCM) to enhance its video services in the north east region of India, including adding 177 new channels. Axom said it chose Synamedia’s DCM encoding solution because of its ability to maximise […]
Eurosport India has seen a 53 per cent growth in their reach and 37 per cent increase in the time spent (Wk 1-29 vs Wk 30-35- 2021) , riding high on their acquisition of the live broadcast rights for Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games in the SAARC region. The 18-month-old sports-specific offering from the Discovery […]
Dr. Derrick Gray, Chief of Measurement Science & Business Analytics at BARC India, has been appointed as the Vice-President of the Market Research Society of India (MRSI). Earlier this year, he was also appointed as the Chair of the Professional Standards Committee at the MRSI, where he will help guide the committee in ensuring strong […]
Shorts, the free-to-view short film channel from the ShortsTV network, announces ‘Bombay Mix’, a new regular two-hour show showcasing the hottest Indian and South Asian short films. Available to watch on Samsung Smart TVs and select Galaxy mobiles and tablets in the UK, ’Bombay Mix’ will air every Saturday night at 10 p.m., repeated on […]
Doordarshan Direct (DD) offers Indian viewers free-to-view channels on its DD FreeDish. Some 20 channels, previously available on India’s various pay-TV platforms, are also broadcasting on DD FreeDish. Harit Nagpal, MD & CEO at Tata Sky, says there are 20 channels that are still part of the pay bouquets of the pay-TV operators. TataSky, Airtel […]
Elon Musk says his team are busy “figuring out the regulatory approval process” for launching the Starlink broadband service over India. Musk was asked the question on Twitter as to when his service might start in India, and responded a few hours later. India could well be extra important in Starlink’s ambitions given that Bharti-backed […]
India’s Reliance Jio is 5 years old (it launched to the public on September 5 2016) and is – by any measure – a huge success. Data usage in India, on Jio and its rivals, has exploded by 1300 per cent during the 5 years, and some of the global content suppliers have publicly congratulated […]
Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC), the Industry’s Television Audience measurement body in India, has named Nakul Chopra as its new Chief Executive Officer effective August 25th. Sunil Lulla has resigned his remit to pursue his ambition as an entrepreneur. Chopra joined the BARC India Board in 2016 and was subsequently appointed the Chairman of […]