Ahead of its merger with Disney, 21st Century Fox's Hotstar service expands its portfolio in India with its first originals slate, taking on rivals Netflix, Amazon and other platforms. To date, Hotstar has largely drawn on its fully owned subsidiary Star India's content library -- from soaps to Bollywood movies....
Fox's Star India Secures Indian Cricket Rights for $940 Million
Outbidding peers Sony Entertainment Television and Indian telecom major Reliance Jio, Fox’s Star India retained worldwide TV and digital rights for all international cricket matches to be played in India through 2023 in a $940 million deal. This agreement will bolster Star India's sports network, as well as boost content...
Amazon Video and Netflix Vie for India Market
With 460 million Internet users, India is a huge market that is driven by a strong demand for viewing locally generated content. According to KPMG India, U.S. and western programming commands a 0.5 percent viewership share on Indian television, compared to over 60 percent for domestic entertainment. Likewise, Hollywood and...
Amazon Web Services Launches First Data Center in India
Amazon’s cloud computing business officially inaugurated its first data center infrastructure in India with the launch of two data centers in Mumbai, which becomes the 6th AWS Region in Asia Pacific bringing the global footprint of AWS Regions to 13. Local server infrastructure enables a quicker transfer of data between clients and Amazon’s...
Netflix to Launch Video-on-Demand Services in India
I was in Delhi last week and wanted to continue watching an episode of Scandal on my laptop. But I was blocked because Netflix looked at the Indian IP address of my hotel and said Nope. So I am releived to learn that according to the Times of India, Netflix...
Fox's Star India Acquires ‘Screen’ News Publication
According to a press release, Star India Private Ltd., the broadcast network of 21st Century Fox has entered into an agreement to acquire the Indian Express Group's Screen, a weekly movie entertainment publication, for an undisclosed amount. VCCircle.com reports that as part of the deal, Star India will get exclusive...