DD, AIR News score high on consumer trust, authenticity

DD, AIR News score high on consumer trust, authenticity

That India trusts its good old public broadcaster has been corroborated again by a recent report of the Reuters Institute, which revealed the news network of Doordarshan and All India Radio enjoys highest trust, the public broadcaster said Wednesday. “India registered a small increase in news trust, improving its overall position among the 46...


Media, ad experts divided over IPL media rights bid prices

Media, ad experts divided over IPL media rights bid prices

The humongous sum of Rs 48,390 crore (approximately $ 6.2 billion) fetched from media rights of IPL cricket has divided industry experts, with some feeling that the market can easily absorb it, while others said anything 'puffy and inflated' puts pressure on the sport. For advertisers, two separate entities bagging the TV and digital rights a...


Airtel Xstream reaches two million paid subscribers mark; to double down on regional content strategy

Airtel Xstream to target 20mn paid subs; up regional content game

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has said its video streaming service, Airtel Xstream, has achieved a two million paid subscriber mark, demonstrating a strong pace of growth as an OTT aggregator platform.

Airtel Xstream offers a bouquet of OTT platforms to consumers across mobile and large screen formats.
“We are the fas...


The Q announces new comedy-drama show

The Q announces new comedy-drama show

India’s youngest and fastest-growing Hindi general entertainment channel with a multi-format presence, The Q continues to bolster its content offering while captivating newer audiences across India with its hatke 


IPL: Hotstar to be impacted; Voot/Jio get digital edge

IPL: Hotstar to be impacted; Voot/Jio get digital edge

By Karan Taurani /Elara Caps With IPL moving away from Star, Disney+Hotstar as a platform will become much smaller, tad above vs other broadcaster OTT apps helped by other cricket content. In terms of SVOD market, they have a share of 25 percent, which will see a sharp drop and potentially move towards Voot or Jio...


Vi introduces SonyLIV Premium add-on pack

Vi introduces SonyLIV Premium add-on pack

Telecom service provider Vodafone Idea, has introduced the SonyLIV Premium add-on pack option for its postpaid users.

The new postpaid special pack offers 30-day access to SonyLIV premium content clubbed with 10GB of free data at a monthly subscription fee of Rs100, which gets added ...