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