Rohit Jain takes charge of Lionsgate Play in Starz Asia reset

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- Canadian-American entertainment company Starz Entertainment Corp., formerly Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, has sold Lionsgate Play-its streaming platform in South Asia and... Read More

Pan-India promise, patchy payoff: Why many southern Hindi dubs are failing

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- For as long as movie buffs can remember, Salman Khan has been the undisputed king of the Eid box office. In 2015, however, a week before the release of his cross-border emotional... Read More

Small-budget regional films face streaming challenges despite increased demand for content

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- The surge in regional-language content on streaming platforms hasn't really benefited small-budget films in languages other than Hindi, such as Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punja... Read More

Drop in single-screen cinemas, uneven multiplex growth shrink scope for movie-goers

New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- The decline of single-screen cinemas and the concentration of multiplexes in the top metros are narrowing options for India's movie-goers and hurting box-office collections of fi... Read More

Who clicked, who watched - OTTs eye real engagement metrics

New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- On a video platform, every click may seem like a view. But not every view means that the content was really 'watched'. Even as they invest widely in original and acquired content... Read More

The long tail of a blockbuster-collections beyond the box-office

New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- The box-office is no longer the only engine of value for a successful film. Feature filmmakers that once relied only on theatrical, satellite television and video streaming right... Read More

Flexible ticket pricing revives midweek cinema visits, but there's a catch

New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- Audiences are lapping up weekly ticket offers priced as low as Rs.99, at least for films with strong word-of-mouth, providing a stamp of approval for the idea that reasonable pric... Read More

Netflix, JioHotstar bet big on the South as India's OTT growth slows

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- As India's OTT growth shows signs of plateauing beyond large cities, streaming platforms are turning their attention south. Netflix and JioHotstar have both announced an aggressi... Read More

Hollywood biggies partner with Bollywood to improve distribution and reach

New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- Hollywood's relationship with Bollywood is evolving. Instead of studios funding Indian films, individual American filmmakers are collaborating with local producers, aiming to impr... Read More

When the streams leak: Piracy's quiet drain on OTT revenues

New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- Even as video streaming platforms invest in local content to expand in India's OTT (over-the-top) market, a quiet and damaging threat is steadily eroding their business-digital pi... Read More

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