OWomaniya! 2024: Quantifying gender diversity in Indian entertainment

The fourth edition of the OWomaniya! report by Ormax Media & Film Companion Studios, presented by Amazon Prime, reveals glaring statistics on gender disparity in the Indian entertainment industry

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The insider bias

There's been a spree of documentaries based on film personalities and the film industry in the Indian streaming landscape in recent times. Does such content resonate with the audiences?

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Potency: The monetisation metric that matters

Potency is a measure of the efficacy of a show/ film to drive new subscriptions/ renewals for an OTT platform. Here's an analysis of trends on this parameter from Ormax Stream Track

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Streaming in turbulent waters

SVOD audience base and paid subscriptions in India have stagnated in 2024, even as AVOD user base continues to expand. What has caused this slowdown? How can pay platforms navigate this phase?

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A rise in AVOD audience fuels India’s OTT growth

The latest edition of The Ormax OTT Audience Report sizes India’s digital video universe at 547.3 Million users, i.e., 13.8% growth vis-a-vis 2023

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Stream Time: The best of 2024 so far

Our mid-year report looks at the top original series and films on streaming platforms in India over the period of Jan-Jun 2024

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Pride or Prejudice?

On the occasion of Pride Month 2024, this analysis examines the extent and nature of LGBTQIA+ representation in top-rated streaming content in India over the last six years

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Bundy to Burari: Adapting true crime documentaries to the Indian context

An analysis of successful documentaries on streaming platforms in India, and an understanding of the historical context in which they are consumed, sheds light on unique audience expectations

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Back to the past: Unpacking nostalgia's impact on content consumption

An analysis of content that is associated with nostalgia reveals the unique benefits offered, and delves into why nostalgia has a positive influence on content engagement

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The golden triangle: Decoding Young Adult content on OTT

An analysis of Hindi fiction shows on streaming platforms, belonging to the Young Adult genre, reveals their three unique benefits, and deep-dives into how these benefits can be leveraged

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Ormax's OTT viewership estimates: An explainer

In this explainer, we answer 12 frequently-asked questions related to our OTT viewership estimates published in our recent year-end report 'Streaming Originals in India'

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Streaming originals in India: The 2023 story

Which Hindi & International web-series & OTT films were the most-watched in India in 2023? Which ones generated the maximum buzz, and which ones were liked the most by audiences? Here are the answers.

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On the rise: Reality shows on OTT

The Indian OTT landscape, which has been traditionally dominated by fiction series & direct-to-OTT films, is seeing stronger presence of non-fiction in recent times. A deep-dive on this emerging trend

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Cinema is 'buzzing'... and on OTT too!

OTT launches of theatrical films have outperformed web-series and OTT original films on Buzz in 2023, highlighting the power they carry on the streaming medium

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Just short of 500 Million

The latest edition of The Ormax OTT Audience Report sizes India's digital video universe at 481.1 Million users, a modest 13.5% growth vis-a-vis 2022

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Optimism vs. Cynicism: The tonal continuum of content

This analysis of the top Hindi fiction series of 2023 questions if Hindi fiction content on streaming platforms is overly cynical

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Transgender content: First among equals on acceptance

The success of Taali reiterates that transgender content has a significantly wider appeal in the Indian market than LGBTQIA+ content in general

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Streaming through winds of change

Enabled by a wider reach and a more inclusive demographic, the fundamental character of the Indian web-series space is witnessing a significant change in 2023

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Product update: Content testing for documentaries

To account for the growing interest in documentaries in the Indian market, we have updated our content testing tool Ormax Stream Test to have the capability to test documentary shows/films

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Stream Time: The best of 2023 so far

Our mid-year report looks at the top original series and films on streaming platforms in India over the period of Jan-Jun 2023

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