Amazon Prime Movie Rental Service Launched in India
Amazon Prime Video released a movie rental service in India on Thursday, beginning with the similarity The Batman, Scream, Moonfall, The Matrix Resurrections, and Spider-Man: No Other Way House. At rates varying from Rs. 99 to Rs. 499, Prime members can rent films in high-definition (HD) or Ultra HD 4K.
Alongside, Prime Video promised to launch more than 40 initial series, and movies over the next 2 years.The world’s second-most populous nation with a population of almost 1.4 billion, India is an important market for Amazon and its rivals Netflix and Disney’s Disney+ Hotstar.
“We are super delighted about the launch,” Gaurav Gandhi, head of Amazon Prime Video India said at a function, including that the service would widen customers’ reach and choice. It enables them to pay per motion picture, instead of a flat regular monthly fee.Your Early Access Ticket to New Movies is here ???????? Introducing motion picture leasings on Prime Video Shop: Now lease newest popular films in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada, from India and worldwide. #EarlyAccessOnPrime pic.twitter.com/kpu6o8iqjB!.?.!— amazon prime video IN(@PrimeVideoIN )April 28, 2022 The move comes five years after the US tech giant released its streaming service in India, and the business stated it prepared to more than double its financial investment in Prime&Video over the next 5 years, however did not give figures.The business unveiled plans for over a lots initial series in 3 Indian languages, some to be produced by top Bollywood directors such as Karan
Johar and Zoya Akhtar.Amazon has invested greatly in getting and producing local content in India
, where, creator Jeff Bezos said in 2020, Prime Video was doing much better than anywhere else on the planet. Amazon does not break out user numbers by country.It is also expected to handle heavyweights such as Dependence Industries, Sony Group, and Disney(which
currently holds the rights)in the battle for special digital broadcast rights to the extremely popular cricket competition Indian Premier League(IPL). Published at Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:29:44 +0000