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[iDJ]

Subscribed to KukuFM. More than impressed by it. App's UI is little bit of laggy. But makes up for the content it got. Along with this share feature. Where can I share books with atleast 5 of my friends. Other OTT needs to share this.

 

[Prithi Deb]

Subscribed to KukuFM. More than impressed by it. App's UI is little bit of laggy. But makes up for the content it got. Along with this share feature. Where can I share books with atleast 5 of my friends. Other OTT needs to share this.

Audible's catalogue also looks good. But it's too expensive in my opinion. It's even more than Amazon Prime. Audiobooks and Podcasts are now slowly getting mainstream in India. Amazon should grab this opportunity and capture the market.

 

[iDJ]

Audible's catalogue also looks good. But it's too expensive in my opinion. It's even more than Amazon Prime. Audiobooks and Podcasts are now slowly getting mainstream in India. Amazon should grab this opportunity and capture the market.

I want smaller players to grow. If Amazon grows. They will most likely acquired competition and try to monopolize the market. Here subscription is mostly available for as low as ₹199 annually. No way Amazon will offer over 1 lakh+ book at that price.

 

[iDJ]

Just saying password sharing can be saved. If we are allowed to share series with atleast one of our friend via the share link. This is one innovative feature. This way other person can try the features as a trial and can be convinced to get the subscription at the end.

 

[Prithi Deb]

No way Amazon will offer over 1 lakh+ book at that price.

Not asking for ₹199 annually. But something like ₹999 for a year or maybe give an option to get it as a bundle with Amazon Prime. ₹199 per month is too much for just audiobooks in my opinion. Maybe at some point in the near future they can charge ₹199. But this is not the time.

Like in case of video streaming, they gave Prime for ₹999. Which was a steal with all the other benefits. This made people of India familiar with the OTT world. And now even after 50% price hike, people are happy to subscribe. They can do the same for Audible.

Anyways, this is just my opinion. Obviously they understand the market and business more than me.

 

[iDJ]

Not asking for ₹199 annually. But something like ₹999 for a year or maybe give an option to get it as a bundle with Amazon Prime. ₹199 per month is too much for just audiobooks in my opinion. Maybe at some point in the near future they can charge ₹199. But this is not the time.

Like in case of video streaming, they gave Prime for ₹999. Which was a steal with all the other benefits. This made people of India familiar with the OTT world. And now even after 50% price hike, people are happy to subscribe. They can do the same for Audible.

Anyways, this is just my opinion. Obviously they understand the market and business more than me.

I got it for ₹499.

 

[Prithi Deb]

I got it for ₹499.

How? As far as I know, they only have monthly subscription.

 

[iDJ]

How? As far as I know, they only have monthly subscription.

That was when they launched. For like a year. It was available for ₹499. From December 2016 until November 2017. Even before Prime Video was offered. They offered Prime for free without any card. All you needed was to sign up using a new number.

 

[iDJ]

Meanwhile first show I ever watched on Prime was Tenali Raman. Yes, Cartoon Network one. They had lots of cartoons back than. I asked my dad to sign me up to watch that. Also I was huge Top Gear (not the sucky version) fan. So I stated watching The Grand Tour. It was so awesome back than. I will never forget this.

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[Aksgr]

Paramount plus won't be a separate entity. As generating returns would be very tough. The service will be induced into existing SVOD platform voot select.

Viacom18 to build a strong SVOD platform: Paramount CFO Naveen Chopra - Exchange4media

The platform will be created with the recent fundraising announced by the company

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