SAJITH SIVANANDAN
T20 World Cup final sets peak concurrency at 53 million, just shy of record high
The T20 World Cup final between India and South Africa peaked at 53 million concurrent viewers, though it fell short of last year's India-Australia 50-over World Cup final in terms of peak viewership. Led by Rohit Sharma, India clinched their first major ICC trophy in 11 years with a thrilling seven-run victory
Star announces sign language commentary for India matches at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
Disney Star has joined hands with India Signing Hands (ISH), a Mumbai-based broadcast company, to add Indian Sign Language (ISL) interpretation to its feed. There will be an audio descriptive feed for the visually impaired fans. The announcement was made on the Global Accessibility Awareness Day, which is observed on the third Thursday of May.
Watch T20 World Cup for free! Disney+ Hotstar to stream mega cricket event without a charge
T20 World Cup: Disney+ Hotstar announced that Indian smartphone users can stream the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup for free on their OTT platform, following the success of a similar model during the ODI World Cup and Asia Cup. The T20 World Cup 2024 will be held in the USA and the Caribbean, featuring 20 teams across multiple venues. Scheduled to start on June 2, shortly after the Indian Premier League, the event is highly anticipated by fans, especially those supporting the Indian cricket team led by Rohit Sharma.
Freemium game on: Hotstar to stream Pro Kabaddi League for free on mobiles
Disney+ Hotstar will offer free streaming of the Pro Kabaddi League season for mobile users in India starting December 2, 2023. The move follows the platform's successful cricket tournaments, that is the Asia Cup and ICC Men's ODI World Cup. During a league match of the World Cup between India and South Africa, the platform saw a peak concurrency of 4.4 crore viewers.
After cricket, Disney+ Hotstar to stream Pro Kabaddi League for free
The upcoming season of the Pro Kabaddi League, beginning on December 2, 2023, will be conducted in a 12-city caravan format with 12 competing teams.
India Vs South Africa match sets digital concurrent viewership record
The ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup has seen new peak concurrency records being created as official streamer Disney+ Hotstar is providing the matches for free to mobile users. The move seems to be paying rich dividends for the streaming platform, as it has been breaking its own record.
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India vs New Zealand: Hotstar records 4.3 crore peak concurrent viewers during ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023
Disney+ Hotstar has announced that it achieved a record peak concurrency of 43 million viewers during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 match between India and New Zealand. This surpasses their previous record of 35 million viewers during the India vs Pakistan match in the same tournament. The on-ground match between India and New Zealand also broke the previous concurrency record, with 25 million viewers. Disney+ Hotstar expressed gratitude to its users and pledged to continue bringing memorable moments to its audience.
Disney+Hotstar creates new viewership record of 3.5 crore in India-Pak match
With this, it has surpassed the peak concurrency of 3.2 crore in the IPL finale between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans, played earlier this year.
India vs Pakistan: Disney+ Hotstar sets new viewership record across all formats; crosses 3.5 cr mark
Disney+ Hotstar achieved a record-breaking viewership of 3.5 crore during the India-Pakistan ICC Cricket World Cup match. This is the highest peak concurrency number ever recorded for a cricket match. The Asia Cup 2023 also received a massive response, with 2.8 crore viewers for the India-Pakistan match and 2.1 crore viewers for the India-Sri Lanka match.
Disney gambles on free cricket to turn the tables in India's streaming war
The India streaming operations, which were Disney's biggest last year globally by users, posted a loss of $41.5 million on revenue of $390 million for the year to March 2022, its last disclosed results.
Disney+ Hotstar to stream World Cup, Asia Cup for free to half a billion smartphone users in India
Disney+ Hotstar has announced that more than 540 million smartphone users in India will be able to watch the Asia Cup and ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup for free on its mobile streaming platform. The announcement is aimed at "democratising the game of cricket" and making it accessible to more viewers in India.
In a flux: India leadership at Big Tech
Several executive changes in India in past few months; companies slow on hiring amid global uncertainties
India’s fintech gold rush to manifest in Paytm IPO next week
India is undergoing its own fintech revolution, and the race is on to grab a piece of the action. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and Goldman Sachs stand to win from the Paytm IPO, by offloading stock and managing the country’s biggest initial share sale.
Google Pay to allow 'tokenized' payments through SBI, IndusInd cards
Google Pay will now allow customers of SBI, IndusInd Bank and Federal Bank to make debit or credit card payments through a secure digital token attached to their phone, without having to physically share their credit or debit card details.
For digital payments, the battle isn't for space but to get merchants online
Deliberating on what the future holds for digital payments in India, Sajith Sivanandan, MD & Business Head - Google Pay & Next Billion User Initiative, Google India, and T.R. Ramachandran, Group Country Manager - India & South Asia, VISA, said the primary requirement was to make payments seamless.
Regulating the financial sector - a challenge for the sector, but must for consumer confidence
Panellists at the ET India Inc Boardroom emphasised the need for banks to invest in digital technology to bring down costs, and drive better delivery.
ET India Inc Boardroom: A platform to learn, share and gain deeper insights on what worked in 2020, what did not, and how the future can be shaped from here on
The ET India Inc Boardroom brings tales of how businesses braved the odds in a tough environment, the resilience they showed and the optimism they share for future growth.
Big Tech's UPI cap expected to nurture ecosystem, peers
Regulatory intent behind NPCI’s 30% market share limit for apps is to level the playing field for all participants, but enforcement may be a challenge, say experts
Digital payments industry rails against NPCI's 30% cap on third-party UPI apps
Walmart-owned PhonePe and Google Pay, which currently dominate the UPI channel with each processing more than 40% of its volumes in October, have been asked to bring that down to less than 30% each.
Google, Walmart hit by India's move to limit some digital payments players
Google's criticism came after India's flagship payments processor the National Payments Corp of India (NPCI) on Thursday said third-party payments apps, from Jan. 1, will not be allowed to process more than 30% of the total volume of transactions on state-backed United Payments Interface (UPI) framework, which facilitates seamless peer-to-peer money transfers.
Google Pay, Visa partner for card-based payments with tokenisation
The feature will also facilitate use of tap-to-pay feature on near-field communications (NFC)-enabled point of sale (PoS) terminals and online merchants.
UPI usage soars, but Paytm share sinks
Company cedes market share to Google Pay, PhonePe which registered around 300 million transactions each in July while Paytm clocked 140 million transactions.
Cisco, Google join hands to offer high-speed public wi-fi in India
The locations include public spaces like bus stops, hospitals, government offices, etc.
The Economic Times ABLC '17 carves a path for an ascendant Asia
Kuala Lumpur, 4 December 2017: Building on the successful launch of its inaugural edition, The Economic Times Asian Business Leaders Conclave 2017 ABLC ret...
Google building up team for greater India play
Google has increased the focus on building products for India that it looks to also take globally, which has led the company to make key appointments in senior leadership roles in India.
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