2. Executive Summary
3. Growth Drivers
- Changing dynamics of movie marketing
- Telcos will become the new MSOs
4. Challenges
5. India Digital Media Insights
- Digital media grew in 2018
- Figure: Digital Media Revenue (INR in Billion), 2017- 2021E
6. Digital infrastructure
- Subscriber growth continued strong
- The number of active wireless subscribers
- Internet Subscribers Grew
- Broadband Subscribers
5G and fiber will drive growth
- Figure: Mobile Subscriber Growth In (Million), 2017 - 2018
- Figure: Internet Penetration by Types of Subscribers in Million, 2017-2018
- Figure: India Broadband Subscribers in Million, 2017-2018
- Figure: India - Tele Company Broadband Market Share in Percent
7. Smartphone Users
- Smartphone users reached 340 million in 2018
- Smart / Connected TVs crossed the 10 million mark
- Average data consumption doubled in 2018
- Indians spent 30% of their phone time on entertainment
- Indians downloaded more media apps than ever before
- Time spent on M&E apps increased
- Figure: India Most Popular Activities on Smart Phones in Percent
- Figure: By Categories - Total Downloads by Selected Apps in Million, 2017-2018
- Figure: By Category - Average Monthly Time Spent in Android Phones Apps (Monthly Hours Per Users), 2017-2018
8. Online Video
- Consumption was led by languages
- Catch-up TV remained a favorite on OTT platforms
- Figure: World - Highest Per Capita Consumption of Online Video in (Hour per Week)
- Figure: By Rank - India Top Video Apps (Entertainment) by Download & MAU
9. Online Audio
- Figure: By Audio & Video - United States on Demand Music Streams in Billion, 2013-2018
- Figure: By Rank - India Top Audio Apps by Download, Revenue & MAU
10. Online News
- Figure: By Rank - India Top News Apps by Download, Revenue & MAU
- Figure: India - Category Wise Content Consumption (in Page Views)
11. Social Media
- Internet users spent 40% of their time on social media Social media
- TikTok became a huge success in 2018
- The horizontalization of digital media began in all earnest
- Figure: India - Social Media Users in (Million) & Penetration in (Percent), 2015-2022
- Figure: India Internet Users Using Each Platform in Percent
- Figure: By Country - TikTok App Downloads in 2018 (Millions)
12. Digital Advertising
- YouTube remained the largest platform for digital advertising
- Share of programmatic ads doubled
- Four ad categories spent over a quarter of their total ad spends on digital
- Over 300,000 small and medium advertisers used the digital medium
- Figure: Digital Ad Market in INR Billion, 2017 - 2021E
- Figure: By Rank - India largest Platform For Digital Advertising
- Figure: By Rank - India Advertising Category in Percent
- Figure: Banner Ads Most Prevalent in (Percent) 2018
- Figure: Advertising Modes Share in Percent
- Figure: Spends on Digital by Category in Percent
- Figure: Digital Advertising by Category Composition (Percent) in 2018
13. Digital Subscription
- Telco bundling of content continued to drive high usage
- Payment challenges remained
- Figure: Digital Subscription by Category in INR Billion, 2017-2021E
14. Video Subscription
- Paid video subscribers doubled in 2018
- Demand for original content exploded
- Indian content went global
- The global OTT TV opportunity emerged
- Figure: USA and UK Consumers Spent on Digital Content in Percent (One Year)
- Figure: Indian and Global E-wallet User Rates (in Percent)
15. Audio Subscription
- A number of OTT platforms operated in the market
- Paying subscribers remained negligible
- Time spent per user has scope to grow
- Indians preferred to watch their music
16. Global Trends
- Mobile phones drove digital video consumption
- Cultural shift away from content ownership
- OTT services invested huge amounts in high quality original programming
- OTT sports rights drove content inflation
- Figure: India Smartphone Penetration to Total Phones in Percent, 2017 - 2019
- Figure: India Most popular activities on Smart phones in Percent
17. OTT Platforms
- PIL in the Delhi High Court for the regulation of OTT platforms
- TRAI issued a ‘Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for OTT Communications Services’ dated Nov 2018
Methodology
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