With a view to expand its service's reach via direct-to-home and mobile platforms in India, Netflix said it is working on making "our Indian service better in every dimension," and unveiled three new distribution partnerships with Vodafone telecom, DTH company Airtel, and Videocon d2h. Airtel will integrate the Netflix app into its direct-to-home...
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...
Netflix Strikes Deal with Bollywood's Shahrukh Khan
Netflix announced a deal with Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment banner to license its catalog and new films globally. Under this agreement, all members of Netflix will gain access to exclusive video-on-demand subscription to films made under Red Chillies banner as well as new films that will...
Dramatic Changes Predicted at Future of Asia Conference
According to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council's (LAWAC) Future of Asia Conference that took place on September 15 and 16, "Asia is a continent where the stakes are rising rapidly - both in economic promise and expansion of individuals' horizons, but also in environmental and security challenges." 57 speakers,...
Netflix Launches in India
Having launched in India, Russia and 130 new countries, Netflix is all over the world,. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced that his streaming video giant more than tripled the number of countries it operates in. Forbes reports that Wall Street hopes Netflix’s international expansion can outweigh concerns about slowing growth at home...
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...