Wednesday, October 09, 2019

The Great Indian Streaming Wars

India's large viewing market is the new battleground for streaming services trying to gain new growth and an edge over each other, as competition heats up. Streaming services have also become a new weapon in India's political culture wars:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/27/the-great-indian-streaming-wars/


https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/rss-wants-streaming-platforms-to-nix-anti-india-anti-hindu-content/amp_articleshow/71485819.cms


The Indian Right need to seize the opportunity to help get their narrative across, and to deny the Left-dominated Bollywood from gaining new wings to spout its Left-slanted narrative. Streaming services could be used to provide the likes of Republic TV, NewsX, Zee News, etc newer distribution platforms to help their content reach more viewers.

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