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DVD is dead: India’s BigFlix now stream-only service

By Sriram Vadlamani Mon, Nov 21, 2011 1:20AM UTC View Comments

Reliance-owned BigFlix has announced this week that it will start streaming only, abandoning its DVD rental service. BigFlix had closed its brick and mortar stores a few months back and is positioning itself as India’s premier online streaming service. BigFlix’s move comes right after Netflix, the pioneer of DVD rentals and online streaming, which has...

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Could Airtel Movies solve India’s rampant piracy?

By Sriram Vadlamani Mon, Jun 27, 2011 1:43PM UTC View Comments

Airtel tied up with Bigflix to launch Airtel Movies few weeks ago. The service is nicely priced and gives access to 500 movies, tv shows and music videos. Airtel Movies is available for Airtel subscribers only. There were quite a few digital services before Airtel Movies. But Airtel Movies is not necessarily competing with Hungama,...

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Airtel+Bigflix wants to be India’s Netflix

By Sriram Vadlamani Mon, Jun 06, 2011 3:13PM UTC View Comments

Netflix customer Carleen Ho holds up DVD movies, "Talladega Nights" and "Pirates of the Caribbean' that she rented from Netflix, at her home in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007. Pic: AP.

Bharti Airtel has partnered with Reliance Communication’s Bigflix to stream movies, music videos and TV shows to Airtel broadband connections. The package is priced at Rs.229 per month and is available for Airtel’s broadband subscribers only. An unlikely combination considering both Airtel and Reliance compete in the same space. The service is branded as Airtel...

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