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E-commerce giant Amazon has launched Prime Day sale for its Prime customers. The sale on the website will last for 2 days, beginning July 15. According to the website, over 1,000 products across the categories have been launched. For early access to the special deals, Amazon is allowing Echo device owners to shop with Alexa starting today. Simply ask, "Alexa, what are my deals?" to know the best deals across categories, the official release notes. Amazon has provided various coupons. These discount coupons are available across categories. Buyers can collect the coupons and avail of the discount at checkout. More than 33,000 coupons are available for customers. Amazon has listed a range of products and offered discounts on them as well. Home appliances, electronics, home decor, and several other categories have various launches and discounted products. In the mobile segment, several new launches are lined up. OnePlus 7 is available on the website priced at Rs 32,999. A...

Last month, Tata Sky announced a strategic partnership with the US-based video streaming giant Netflix. Over the next two months Tata Sky will start offering the service to its 16 million subscribers. “Eventually we will provide access to Netflix, YouTube or Amazon Prime Video . We will give you an additional box or change your current box so that you can get both live TV and Over-the-top (OTT) from the same device,” says Harit Nagpal, CEO and managing director, Tata-Sky. That makes it the third direct-to-home or DTH operator in India to offer over-the-top (OTT) or ... Read Full Story

Regional content, be it films or documentaries, comedy or music, has been firing up the Internet in India for a few years now. With cheap data and easy access to content, small local libraries such as Hoichoi (for Bengali content) and national home grown platforms such as Alt Balaji, Voot from Viacom 18, Hotstar from Star India and, besides of course the dedicated channels for several Indian languages on YouTube, have flourished. Now Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hotstar are raising their stakes in the game, commissioning original shows and going all out to acquire regional films for their libraries. Could this sound the death knell for local entertainment platforms or will the entry of the big brands help deepen the language market further? “India is one of the largest internet markets in the world and we have seen strong growth since our launch,” says Jessica Lee, vice president, Communications–Asia, Netflix. The availability of regional content on Netflix has increased significan...