Viniit Mehta’s Post

TGIF folks - that's most of the city of Bombay (ok Mumbai to keep it more recent) on the streets to welcome the T20 World Cup winning Indian team - such is the power of sports to unite, uplift and inspire people. A lot of folks including myself seek inspiration from our everyday sports heroes and it definitely helps me with my mindset on days that are not going that well to continue the push!

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53 million concurrent viewers - kudos to the Disney+ Hotstar engineering teams for another massive effort for some flawless streaming and a fantastic live sports viewing experience. Rahul Krishnan P Cheers

In today's newsletter we have a look at a Transaction Video on Demand (TVOD) player - BookMyShow Stream. Even though they have not grabbed any major headlines, it seems there is a small but growing market for online movie rentals in India, especially for "exclusive" titles (available on bookmyshow only for a limited time) that users might have missed in the theaters. Will they succeed? Time will tell, however there seems to be a market for different kind of players for sure - Also Streaming is not bookmyshow's core business and as in person event revenues have come back with a bang, the company has an opportunity to push different business models as part of their streaming endeavor to build streaming, ticketing and events as three strong pillars. Link to the newsletter in the first comment.

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Afghanistan just beat Australia at the T20 Cricket World Cup - Persistence, Consistency and Passion Pays. Never Give Up is the motto. #inspiring Sunday

Really enjoyed digging into this one - almost quietly, Amazon has built miniTV as the leading free / ad supported streaming platform in India; only to be emboldened now by the acquisition of another similar service with a major head start, great regional content, some strong licensing deals and a vast user base, especially in rural India - MX Player. Read my take on today's newsletter! (Link in the first comment below). Let us know what you think. Happy Streaming.

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