Amazon, Netflix strike deals in India for local video content
 

Amazon, Netflix strike deals in India for local video content
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Netflix, and Amazon are aggressively looking at Bollywood and local content for their video streaming services.*

SEE ALSO: Amazon launches Prime service in India to woo customers


Netflix launched its service in India, along with over 100 other regions earlier this year. The company made its intentions with the Indian market clear very early on when it snapped rights for Quashik Mukherjee’s nerd comedy Brahman Naman at Sundance, and released it globally in July.

Over the weekend, the company said that standup comedian Vir Das will have his own Netflix Original Comedy Special. Das will be the first Indian to get his own Netflix Original ******, joining the ranks of Aziz Ansari, Louis CK, Russel Peters and others. Read more...

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