Amazon Prime,HotStar,Spuul,Voot,NETFLIX & Hungama TV in tight race at India Leadership Conclave’s 2017 title India’s Most Promising Digital streaming service Provider 2017
In many ways, India’s tryst with cable television represents a Bildungsroman for the middle class. After liberalisation in 1991, cable TV shattered state-owned network Doordarshan’s staid monopoly, and old, crackling radios gave way to booming television sets
The Indian Media and Entertainment (M&E) industry is a sunrise sector for the economy and is making high growth strides. Proving its resilience to the world, the Indian M&E industry is on the cusp of a strong phase of growth, backed by rising consumer demand and improving advertising revenues.The industry has been largely driven by increasing digitization and higher internet usage over the last decade. Internet has almost become a mainstream media for entertainment for most of the people.The Indian media & entertainment sector is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 14.3 per cent to touch Rs 2.26 trillion (US$ 33.9 billion) by 2020, while revenues from advertising is expected to grow at 15.9 per cent to Rs 99,400 crore (US$ 14.91 billion).
If we look back few years, there was nothing such as music streaming services. Music was primarily available to purchase only through physical media and in digital form through few websites of music labels, which was absurdly priced. And sadly, there was no concept of paying for things such as songs, videos & movies.
India Leadership Conclave takes an overview of the current market & the leading players.
India’s Most Promising Digital streaming service Provider 2017
1. Amazon Prime.(79)
2. HotStar.(80)
3. Spuul.(81)
4. Voot.(82)
5. NETFLIX.(383)
6. Hungama TV.(84)
Amazon has launched its Prime Video service in India at a competitive annual subscription price of Rs 499 (US$ 7.48), with a one-month free trial, including range of Hollywood as well as international movies, TV Shows and nine Indian original shows, in its content library.
Hotstar, a digital streaming platform owned by Star India Ltd, has entered into a partnership with Zapr Media Labs, a media tech company based in Bengaluru, to perform analysis on mobile audience that can be leveraged by brands to create personalised communication.
Global video-streaming service Netflix has entered India as high-speed Internet connectivity is becoming rapidly available to Indians and nearly one-fifth of India’s 1.3 billion population is now online.
Hungama has videos, which can be downloaded offline or purchased and a mood-based DJ to discover new music. Each service also has a Radio where you can listen to endless songs, much like the ill-fated MixRadio. Gaana has even partnered with Radio Mirchi for the Radio service, and is also the only one which offers gapless playback options in its app.
VOOT from Viacom18’s stable and Sony LIV from Multi Screen Media, are both ad-based. Zee Entertainment’s DittoTV, which launched in 2012 with a subscription plan of Rs 99 per month, provides a cautionary tale. Largely because it ignored the ad-based model, its subscription rates have now come down to Rs 20 per month. A January 2016 report by the consultancy EY predicts that despite the growth in earning population and mobile wallets, streaming services in India will settle for a freemium model
Movie lovers can get access to thousands of latest Bollywood movies using Spuul App. There are two ways to access movies, free and premium. Using the free account you will be able to watch hundreds of movies available in Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, etc. while premium account enables you to get access to latest or newly added titles. Spuul App lets you cast your movies using AirPlay or ChromeCast, meaning cast the screen to enjoy with your friends and family. One account can be accessed on multiple devices, be it a smartphone, or desktop, laptop etc. The interface of this app is pretty much straight forward, you get three options on the main screen: Discover, Browse, and Account. At the Discover tab, it shows you all trending and featured videos where as the browse tab can use to browse your favorite. You can also download the movie to watch it later.
India Leadership Conclave is India’s the most definitive destination of leadership gatherings of the influential leaders of the country & abroad with a focus to continuously innovate & debate ideas that are complex & important. Over the last seven editions, India Leadership conclave has emerged not only as a leadership brand but also defied the age old practices of rules & traditions that are irrelevant, Indian Affairs, the flagship media brand of Network 7 Media Group is hosting the high profile 8th Annual India Leadership Conclave & Indian Affairs Business Leadership Awards, also known as ILC Power Brand in Mumbai on Friday,4th august 2017 at Hotel Sahara Star Mumbai, India in partnership with top Govt agencies & apex trade bodies. More than 400 influential leaders of the country from politics to business, health to social & others have marked 4th august to attend. The conclave starts over a breakfast & is debating on a powerful theme “Transformation” to be addressed by the business tycoons, rebel leaders, authors, social & healthcare reformers in recent times. The day long conclave will culminate on the much awaited annual award ceremony in a glittering award night where who’s & who’s of india would be present.
The most credible annual award ceremony being rated in asia as a top destination of assembly of powerful leaders from various fields. India Leadership Conclave & Awards, over the last seven years has emerged as a hub of leadership dialogue & dissemination of ideas. Maharashtra is the state partner of this year’s annual event under the theme “Transformation”. More than 400 thought leaders of the country will be present in full attendance like previous annual ceremonies. The last two years have seen remarkable changes in India’s development paradigm. We have set forth on the Transforming India journey, with coordinated efforts by all Ministries to change the lives of citizens. India is in the spotlight globally and domestically significant steps have been taken towards social and financial inclusion to ensure holistic development of all sections of the society. The Transforming India microsite is a repository for sharing the impact of various governance initiatives with citizens in real time. This community based platform facilitates two-way communication between the Government and its people.