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The first dependent Indian OTT platform was BIGFlix, launched by Reliance Entertainment in 2008. [1] In 2010 Digivive launched India's first OTT mobile app called nexGTv, which provides access to both live TV and on–demand content. nexGTV was the first app to live–stream Indian Premier League matches on smart phones and did so during 2013 and 2014.
This shift underscores a transformative phase for the industry, where digital distribution is increasingly becoming a vital revenue source for filmmakers and studios. Currently, the OTT audience in India stands at 547 million users, reflecting a 14% increase from 2023’s 481 million, representing a 38% market penetration. [5]
In 2019, the record of simultaneous users watching an OTT event was set at 18.6 million in India by Disney Entertainment's video streaming platform Hotstar. [26] The record was broken again in 2023 with 59 million concurrent viewers during the ICC Cricket World Cup final on Disney+ Hotstar .
Sony LIV was introduced in 2013 [2] as the first OTT service in India. [3] As a streaming service, it provides live sports, original titles, other content titles from its own networks and content titles in India licensed from third-parties such as Lionsgate and ITV among others.
Popular examples of streaming services include Netflix, Spotify, YouTube, and Disney+. An over-the-top media service (OTT) is a streaming media service offered directly to viewers via the Internet. OTT bypasses cable, broadcast, and satellite television platforms, the companies that traditionally act as controllers or distributors of such content.
JioCinema is an Indian subscription video-on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Reliance Industries, Viacom18 and Disney India. the service was launched on 4th May 2016.
Netflix India is an Indian subsidiary of the American global internet streaming on-demand media provider Netflix that distributes a number of content called "originals" (films, series, miniseries, etc.) along with acquired content, it is creating quite a niche especially among Indian youngsters, with award winning film director Vipin Agnihotri also working on three projects, latest one being ...
On 20 February 2019, MX Player was relaunched as an OTT platform with original programming. It also licensed content from various Indian and International studios including FilmRise , Sonar Entertainment , Screen Media Films , Vipin Agnihotri Films, Hungama , Shemaroo , Paramount Pictures , Sony Entertainment and Sun TV Network .