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Paytm, Future Group, Flipkart plan $100 mn content push to take on Amazon

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Flipkart is looking at adding content to its portal Major e-commerce and retail players, including Paytm, Future Group and Flipkart, are set to invest close to $100 million in procuring and incorporating entertainment content, in a bid to take on  Amazon  India. According to sources, Paytm, which recently announced a host of new features in ‘Inbox’, its in-app messaging service, including live TV, news, cricket, entertainment videos and games, is planning to invest close to $30 million in this sector. Kishore Biyani-led Future Group is planning to make significant investments in creating a separate entertainment vertical on the company’s various apps and has set aside close to $14.5 billion for on-boarding artificial intelligence and machine learning on its platform to support entertainment content. It is also in talks with various entertainment content providers as well as movie theatre chains to provide tickets online as well as offline. Article Source :...

Amazon launches Prime Video with 9 original titles from India

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Includes original titles from India; American e-commerce giant will make service available in India at Rs 499 yearly, for now, compared to Netflix's starting price of Rs 500 a month American e-commerce giant   Amazon Prime   announced the launch of its Prime Video service in India, after a year of preparation. It will be available at Rs 499 a year as an introductory offer, and includes a month's free trial. The content library has a range of Hollywood and other international movies and TV shows. With this, Amazon Prime has announced the launch of nine Indian original shows, making it the largest Indian original line-up on an OTT (over-therop, meaning delivery of media service over the internet without a multi system operator deciding content) platform. "After the US and Japan, India is a focus market in terms of content creation. While preparing for the launch, we realised that while there is an appetite for international library and original content (already ava...