News Netflix, Amazon tune into India with ₹2,000-cr war chests

Technoglitch

Technoglitch

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To be sure, Amazon’s pricing helps. Amazon Prime Video’s unlimited ad-free, on-demand service comes for an annual subscription of Rs 499 against Netflix’s Rs 500 fee for a single month.

According to content producers, both are very aggressive, have ambitious programming budgets and keen to stream original content to their platforms.

Netflix’s local content acquisition has been slow. It has forged partnerships with Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment and Viacom 18 Media Pvt Ltd, and their movie productions will be streamed on the platform in the quarter starting April. The Viacom 18 deal will bring Hindi movies like period drama Rangoon, action thriller Force 2 and a coming-of-age film about sexuality, disability and love, Margarita with a Straw, among others to Netflix subscribers.

Amazon has tied up with production houses like Yash Raj Films (YRF), Dharma Production, T-Series, Shree Venkatesh films, Everest entertainment, V Creations and Dream Warrior. Through these, it will have access to a library of around 50 films. It has also announced 18 original shows for India, making it Amazon’s largest market for original shows outside the US.



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Teufel

Teufel

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Netflix is too expensive for India. I don't like their price structure at all. They are clearly not targeting masses and only a few groups of people.
Per capita income India is extremely low compared to the US and still they charge the same.

Amazon seems to have realised this, that's why they have priced it affordable in India.

Netflix seems to rip off poor Indians with American price tag. ;)

Downloading from torrents is still not a big deal in India. So most won't pay ₹650 per month for something which they can download for free. ₹650 is a big amount in India. Maybe an hour wage in the US for any ordinary worker, but it's not ordinary for most of the Indians to earn ₹650 even in a day.
 
DashMajor

DashMajor

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I wants to meet a poor Indian who wants to work for Netflix not for Drink both will though spoil the family but atleast tat Indian will save some money of the Nation in Health.

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