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Netflix launches Rs 199 ($2.80) mobile-only monthly plan in India

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I've said this here before (though some seem to have disliked it). The Netflix UX and video quality are leagues ahead of Amazon Prime Video. Hotstar is a big laggard and far, far behind in every single aspect except for the amount of Indian content it has. India is a highly price sensitive country, with absolutely no customer loyalty in most industry sectors. Nothing can beat free (which is where Hotstar is stuck, co…

>>Nothing can beat free (which is where Hotstar is stuck, competing with YouTube).

As you yourself mentioned cheap beats expensive in India. And because of the latest TRAI rules of selling TV channels in packages, cable TV has just become prohibitively expensive. Earlier you could get all the channels for 500 rupees, you get nothing for that today.

Which is a big reason Netflix like streaming services will win big in the coming future.

>>For this particular price point, restricted to mobile and a single screen at a time, what matters to this audience segment would be more Indian content.

Anybody buying this plans has a smart phone that can cast to a TV. So its not exactly mobile only. Plus if you have one account it works for the whole family.

Re: Netflix launches Rs 199 ($2.80) mobile-only monthly plan in India

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Airtel also has Airtel TV but offers one year of free Amazon Prime membership. There might some overlap between TV channels and content that Amazon/Netflix provide but both can co-exist and infact might be a competitive offering.

Makes sense! But I think Airtel is offering free Amazon Prime Membership to gain more market share. Does Jio need to do that since it has dominant market share already?

If they sit on their laurels, their dominant market share will not stay that way. It is an endless race.
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