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Business News/ Industry / Media/  Amazon Prime to premiere new show ‘The Terminal List’ on 1 July
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Amazon Prime to premiere new show ‘The Terminal List’ on 1 July

Netflix’s Extraction and The Kissing Booth have been popular in Hindi and Tamil as have Amazon’s The Boys, The Tomorrow War, Wonder Woman and Parasite

The Terminal List is based on the novel by the same name by Jack Carr.Premium
The Terminal List is based on the novel by the same name by Jack Carr.

Amazon Prime Video will stream their new show The Terminal List starring Chris Pratt on 1 July. It is based on the novel by the same name by Jack Carr.

American films, television shows and programming in Turkish, German and Korean languages—including their dubbed versions—are emerging as a big draw on over-the-top (OTT) video streaming services, making up as much as 30% of overall viewership, said senior executives at several of these platforms.

While such international content finds ready takers among young urban Indians in the metros, those in small towns benefit from their dubbed versions in both Hindi and regional languages.

Netflix’s Extraction and The Kissing Booth have been popular in Hindi and Tamil as have Amazon’s The Boys, The Tomorrow War, Wonder Woman and Parasite. Walt Disney, too, has decided to tap smaller towns by making Disney+ (including Marvel) content available even on its cheaper price plans in India to expand reach.

While a handful of niche, foreign language TV channels and torrent websites on the Internet had introduced Indians to international content earlier, OTT platforms have helped improve ease of access. While metro audiences are over-saturated with the discovery of such international content on OTT, small towns have recently started acquiring a taste for what may be considered cool, and is part of social media chatter. Covid has also ensured people are exposed to a lot more things on the phone, given that several large families do not have multiple TV sets.

Media experts say while TV had laid the foundation for international programming, OTT has the luxury of talking to users individually and customizing recommendations with artificial intelligence and machine learning. OTT video streaming in India got a tremendous push during the pandemic-induced lockdowns and is only evolving since then.

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Published: 15 May 2022, 11:38 PM IST
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