India’s homegrown OTT platforms come of age to rival Netflix, Amazon

NEW DELHI : With the covid-19 lockdown having disrupted viewing habits and fast-tracked the adoption of OTT (over-the-top) video streaming services by a couple of years, India’s homegrown platforms, too, have emerged as stronger rivals to global giants like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.

According to a streaming tracker by Ormax Media in collaboration with movie portal Film Companion, the list of top five OTT shows for the last week of October included SonyLIV’s Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (6 million views) and MX Player’s High (2.3 million) and Ashram (2.2 million), though the list was led by Amazon Prime Video’s Mirzapur 2 (16.8 million views). Ormax’s own stream track for the top 10 OTT shows for the first week of November based on buzz also included ZEE5’s original thriller drama Taish.