HSBC: JioHotstar had 300M paying subscribers in India in 2025, compared with 65M for Amazon Prime Video and 20M for Netflix; ~24% of OTT users pay for content
HSBC: JioHotstar had 300M paying subscribers in India in 2025, compared with 65M for Amazon Prime Video and 20M for Netflix; ~24% of OTT users pay for content
And more than $900 million in annual revenue in India. — Amazon Prime Video has more than three times the subscribers as Netflix in India, according to HSBC.
To pre-empt government censorship, 15 OTT services in India, including Disney Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, and MX Player adopt a self-regulation code
https://twitter.com/... @aroondeep : So now we have an OTT self-regulation code (again) for Indian streaming platforms. - Companies need to take complaints on content - They need to have an appellate ...
To pre-empt government censorship, 15 OTT services in India, including Disney Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, and MX Player adopt a self-regulation code
Fifteen Indian streaming services and digital content companies have adopted a self-regulation code to pre-empt government censorship …
Survey of 2,000+ US users: 50% plan to subscribe to new OTT services, of which 64% intend to downgrade/cancel existing subs; say they spend ~$76/month on video
The percentage of total pay-TV users … See also Mediagazer
Comscore report: in March, 69.9M US homes had DVRs and 64.1M had smart TVs; monthly viewing hours on smart TVs hit 5.5B, vs. 4.6B for DVRs
Among the many positive indicators for OTT in Comscore's newly released 2019 “The State of OTT” report is the platform's imminent surpassing of DVR tech.
Strategy Analytics predicts that Roku will, at 52M devices, have 70% more OTT devices than its next closest competitor, Sony Playstation, by year end
Strategy Analytics predicts there will be 52 million Roku-enabled devices in use by year-end — The Roku OTT ecosystem further extended …
Amazon hasn't said how many Prime members use Prime Video Channels, which has become a big distributor for OTT networks; networks not worried about ceding power
Sahil Patel / Digiday :
Verizon seems to abandon plans to build its own OTT service as CEO says it wants to partner with an existing OTT service to deliver Oath digital content
CEO says company will partner with an existing player that can integrate digital content from Oath — Verizon has been adamant …
AT&T looks to launch next-gen version of DirecTV Now this spring and a voice-controlled client that supports DirecTV Now and other OTT services by end of year
Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News : Tweets: @thebauminator Tweets: Jeff Baumgartner / @thebauminator : AT&T CEO: 'We're Very Bullish on Video'- Will launch next-gen DirecTV Now platform this sprin...