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THE INDIA EDITION 2026

India’s
media & entertainment industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping media & entertainment in India. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

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MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore India’s media & entertainment leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Media & Entertainment company highlights in India, snapshot 6 August 2026
Company
Viacom18 Mediaviacom18.com$1.97B1,001
VerSeverse.in$1.91B808Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
ShareChatsharechat.com$1.39B803
Nimbus Communicationsnimbus.co.in$810.29M11
Nazaranazara.com$433.02M74
Amagiamagi.com$364.17M694
Pocket FMpocketfm.com$212.54M1,139
Gaanagaana.com$206.22M13
Lakshya Digitallakshyadigital.com8 roles676
Employee Forumsemployeeforums.com7 roles
Pratilipipratilipi.com7 roles163
Printoprinto.in7 roles504
Sports Socialsportsocial.in7 roles
Artium Academyartiumacademy.com6 roles119
Jiostarjiostar.com6 rolesFinancial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Qube Cinemaqubecinema.com6 roles873
9X Media9xmedia.in175
Dainik Bhaskar Group Of Publicationdainikbhaskargroup.com9,120$244.7MFYFY2025 filing
DishTVdishtv.in328$61.49MFYFY2025 filing
GTPL Hathwaygtpl.net758$229.54MFYFY2025 filing
Indian Express Groupexpressgroup.indianexpress.com7,500
Inox Leisureinoxmovies.com10,001
Jagran Prakashanjplcorp.in773$166.38MFYFY2025 filing
Navneet Publicationsnavneet.com3,644Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

Startup discovery

Recorded classifications only
THE KEY SIGNALS

Media & Entertainment industry KPIs in India

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

6 August 2026
Hiring participation5.1%

499 of 9,730 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation6.5%

634 of 9,730 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share49.5%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$400K

Midpoint of 1,039 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 49.5% of disclosed capital, while 93.5% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How India media & entertainment has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

India media & entertainment
$0$1.08B$2.15B$3.23B$4.31B2016: $261.02M20162017: $328M20172018: $430.07M20182019: $449.25M20192020: $789.53M20202021: $1.45B20212022: $3.78B20222023: $264.96M20232024: $352.68M20242025: $204.79M2025
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Annual media & entertainment funding and company formation in India
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$261.02M51595
2017$328M58383
2018$430.07M606108
2019$449.25M653107
2020$789.53M87088
2021$1.45B733124
2022$3.78B647115
2023$264.96M61464
2024$352.68M55557
2025$204.79M17541
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Viacom18 Media18.5%
  • VerSe17.9%
  • ShareChat13.1%
  • Other companies50.5%

Funding by stage

1,241 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel896 72.2%
Series A–B202 16.3%
Series C+ / PE42 3.4%
Grants, debt & other101 8.1%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
8 rounds

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Seed05/2026
Damroo $519.38K

Backed by Hindustan Times.

Series A04/2026
Sportvot $3.46M

Backed by Indian Angel Network and Anicut Capital and others.

Seed04/2026
Treefe

Backed by Swishin Ventures.

Series B03/2026
Grapevine $4.1M

Backed by Kae Capital and Peak XV Partners and others.

Seed03/2026
Fanon $1M

Backed by Kalaari Capital and Gruhas.

Angel03/2026
Kuku FM

Backed by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Series A02/2026
Daffodil Health $16.3M

Backed by Flare Capital Partners and LRVHealth and others.

Angel02/2026
Misfits $109.96K

Backed by Kanika Tekriwal.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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Series J04/2022
VerSeverse.in$805M

Backed by CPP Investments and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and others.

Series I05/2021
VerSeverse.in$363.7M

Backed by Siguler Guff and Baillie Gifford and others.

Series H11/2020
VerSeverse.in$217.02M

Backed by Qatar Investment Authority and Glade Brook Capital and others.

Series F06/2021
ShareChatsharechat.com$155.36M

Backed by MacRitchie Investments and Mirae Asset Naver Asia Growth Investment and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.

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₹ crore · standalone

Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.

FY2025 · annual statements grouped by reported fiscal year; exact entity periods remain on preview rows · 1205 reporting entities from 1735 eligible matches.

Revenue in covered accounts₹700,992.6 crore

Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not India market sales.

Net profit / loss₹25,592.2 crore

Combined result for the same cohort.

Aggregate net margin+3.7%

Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.

Median company revenue₹1.4 crore

The middle covered reporting entity.

Profitable entities+45.9%

553 of 1205 covered entities.

Top-five concentration+85.6%

Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.

Annual account trend

Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.

Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.

Profitability has two perspectives

FY2025 · 1205 reporting entities

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Up to eight fixed company previews show financial amounts. Search and sort the wider company list, then continue in Radar.

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INDIA · INDUSTRY COHORTS

How does media & entertainment compare?

Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.

IndustryCovered / eligibleRevenue totalMedian revenueNet profit / lossAggregate marginProfitable shareOverlap

Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.

Coverage, calculations & financial sources

Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.

The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.

Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the India companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

432 of the 9,736 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (4.4%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 286,861 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Cricbuzzcricbuzz.com288,279,0839084.9%
JioHotstarhotstar.com215,391,6729818.2%
Indiatimesindiatimes.com169,542,21710085.9%
NDTVndtv.com108,400,5579687.3%
ESPN Cricinfoespncricinfo.com108,200,5429472.6%
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com50,811,0188989.9%
Aaj Takaajtak.in41,559,4618983.6%
OneIndiaoneindia.com38,527,5187991.8%
Dainik Bhaskarbhaskar.com38,185,1128490.2%
Dainik Jagranjagran.com37,722,3608095.8%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

1,287 of these companies (13.2%) publish at least one Android app — 4,977 apps in all, carrying 12.6B installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
MX PlayerMX Player1.6B4.2Video Players & Editors
JioHotstarJioHotstar1.1B4.2Entertainment
PLAYit-All in One Video PlayerPLAYit707.4M4.5Video Players & Editors
ShareChat Status, Video & LiveShareChat602.8M4.2Social
JioSaavn - Music & PodcastsJioSaavn537.7M4.3Music & Audio
JioTV: Live TV, Catch-Up & OTTJioTV515M4.1Entertainment
Moj: Free Short Drama & ReelsShareChat461.3M4.3Social
Wynk Music: HellotunesWynk459.4M4.2Music & Audio
ZEE5: Movies, TV Shows, SeriesZee5407.3M4Entertainment
Gaana: Music App, MP3 SongsGaana394.1M4.2Music & Audio

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2024Q1–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Vernacular Platforms735.8BMX Player 1.6B
Ott Video2355.2BJioHotstar 1.1B
Music Tech1842.4BPLAYit-All in One Video Player 707.4M
Social Platforms1,0892BShareChat Status, Video & Live 602.8M
Radio Tech1121.4BJioSaavn - Music & Podcasts 537.7M
Internet First Media1,6341.2BDailyhunt - News & Magazines 292.1M
Mobile Utility Tools64745.9MWaterfall Photo Frames Editor 11.5M
Book Tech144563.8MPocket FM: Audio Series 223.6M

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q2: 1172023Q2: 662023Q22023Q3: 1192023Q3: 1682023Q32023Q4: 952023Q4: 1112023Q42024Q1: 1452024Q1: 1122024Q12024Q2: 1532024Q2: 1032024Q22024Q3: 1292024Q3: 1622024Q32024Q4: 1142024Q4: 1672024Q42025Q1: 1102025Q1: 1442025Q12025Q2: 1192025Q2: 1482025Q22025Q3: 1012025Q3: 10682025Q32025Q4: 1082025Q4: 4262025Q42026Q1: 892026Q1: 5222026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 4,537 of 4,977 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The India media & entertainment market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Consumer digital6,477
Internet first news publishers1,404
Enterprise tech1,341
B2c e-commerce1,059
Real money gaming586
Loneliness economy434
Enterprise software385
Marketplaces381
Saas291
Video on demand271
Edtech265
Internet first sports media182

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Consumer digital

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

6477companies
3.8%have hiring activity

247 companies hiring · $5.9B disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Advertising5,584
Subscription3,795
Sponsorship2,641
Commission on transaction2,559
E-commerce - service1,936
Fee-for-service1,368
Affiliate marketing1,232
E-commerce - product973
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Funding roundssportvot.com ↗

SportVot secured $3.5 million in funding to grow its digital sports ecosystem and expand its reach.

Mergers & acquisitionsexcelmovies.com ↗

Universal Music India kicked off 2026 by acquiring a 30% stake in Bollywood production house Excel Entertainment in a deal that valued the company at approximately $267 million.

Mergers & acquisitionstimesmusic.com ↗

Primary Wave Music made a strategic investment in Times Music in April 2023, forming what The Wall Street Journal reported at the time was a joint venture valued at over $100 million.

Funding roundscalibre-ebook.com ↗

Health tech startup Calibre has raised $3.3 million in pre-seed funding, led by Amino Collective.

Mergers & acquisitionsdubverse.ai ↗

Exotel has acquired the core team of voice AI startup Dubverse

Mergers & acquisitionsjiocinema.com ↗

The 2024 merger of Disney + Hotstar and JioCinema not only created a content behemoth comprising more than 100 TV channels, it also changed the dynamics of cricket broadcasting in India.

Funding roundsnazara.com ↗

Gaming company Nazara Technologies has announced a Rs 500 crore fundraise through a preferential issue of warrants , according to a regulatory filing on Monday.

IPO activityrediff.com ↗

Legacy internet company Rediff.com India Limited has reportedly submitted confidential draft documents to the Securities and Exchange Board of India as part of its plan to raise capital through an initial public offering (IPO). The company is said to be targeting a fundraising range of ₹600–800 crore.

Mergers & acquisitionsstarentertainment.co.in ↗

In a statement, director and co-CEO of CTFE Christopher Cheng said the deal would provide "long-term stability" for Queen's Wharf and its staff.

Mergers & acquisitionsmadisonindia.com ↗

Madison World is likely to sign a term sheet for a potential ₹1,000 crore acquisition.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 2,478 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Earnings
773
Leadership moves
553
Mergers & acquisitions
346
Funding rounds
174
Lawsuit
116
Contracts
100
IPO activity
96
Regulatory
73
Company announcements
58
New products
44
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Leadership moves

196 tracked people moves

Tavishi Budhiraja

Promotion Vice President – HR Business Partner for Revenue Functions and Diversity & Inclusion

Harsh Deep Chhabra

Appointment Head – Strategy & New Business

Manvendra Shukul

Departure Founder, Chairman Emeritus and Non-Executive Director

Inventiva ↗
Axel-Sven Malkomes

Appointment Chief Financial Officer

Manu Wadhwa

Appointment Strategy Advisor

Republic ↗
Mohit Dhamne

Appointment Group Chief Executive Officer

Pocket FM ↗
Lalit Gangwar

Appointment Chief Operating Officer

Republic ↗
Parimal Dutta

Appointment Chief Revenue Officer

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

Calibre ↗
Causal Health Navigation

Proactive Health

Amagi ↗
AdFlow Orchestrator

Intelligent advertising and stream event management system

Amagi ↗
Agentic Media Operations

Media Operations

MyToonz

FAST channel

AI-driven film production studio

Film Production Studio

Lezhin ↗
Lezhin Snack

Short‑form drama platform

ToBe Online

AI-powered platform

Wheel of Fortune India

Game Show / Entertainment

Regulatory events

90 recorded events

exemption granted for filing of reportsSecurities and Exchange Board of India

DishTV ↗

seeking regulatory parity for DD Free DishKerala HC

DishTV ↗

Kerala HC

Quashed the penalty and set aside TRAI\'s orderTelecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal

Litigation

39 tracked suits

Company
yes bank, JC Flowers Asset Reconstruction v dish tv india

corporate governance dispute and board reconstitutionRegulatory · Settled

Company
Gutz Feel Film Production LLP v eros international

Revenue-sharing claim in insolvency proceedingCivil · Dismissed

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

108companies
743period observations
4.3%median reported growth

Median across 677 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
Times InternetMX Player ↗Announced2026-06-28Not stated in snapshot
Universal Music IndiaExcel Entertainment ↗Completed2026-04-30Not stated in snapshot
Primary Wave MusicTimes Music ↗Completed2026-04-30Not stated in snapshot
PVR CinemasSpi Cinemas ↗Completed2026-04-15Not stated in snapshot
espacioTheTechPanda ↗Announced2026-04-12Not stated in snapshot
exotelDubverse ↗Announced2026-04-11Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

1,801 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 2,295-posting snapshot covers 418 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Sales Manager30
Copywriter18
Video Editor16
Android Developer15
Business Development Executive10
Ios Developer9
31 internship postings

12 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

1,251 postings specify a level.

unspecified
1,044
manager
517
senior
337
lead
192
intern
163
entry
42

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 2,295 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Python
187
Sales
131
Sql
118
Java
110
Excel
104
Communication Skills
100
Communication
95
Javascript
94
Aws
91
Negotiation
73
ADVERTISED PAY$13.2K/ year

Median across 296 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

Salary by seniority

manager$27.0K/ year64 postings
senior$30.0K/ year33 postings
lead$40.5K/ year36 postings

Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

4,133 founders and chief executives across 3,164 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

417 profiles with education records.

BITS Pilani
41
IIT Bombay
41
IIT Kharagpur
40
IIT Kanpur
39
IIT Delhi
32
Indian School of Business
26
IIM Ahmedabad
24
University of Delhi
20

Prior employers

109 profiles with prior-work records.

Amazon
20
Microsoft
18
Google
15
Cisco
12
Flipkart
11
McKinsey
11
Facebook
5
Goldman Sachs
5

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

1,364,144 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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1,364,144articles in the measured year
355,121articles in 2026Q1
60.1%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Media & Entertainment coverage across India · articles per complete quarter

0123,501247,002370,503494,0042021Q2: 197,1052021Q22021Q3: 209,7272021Q4: 185,5422022Q1: 229,9992022Q2: 242,8582022Q22022Q3: 278,3572022Q4: 285,6742023Q1: 325,6402023Q2: 292,1162023Q22023Q3: 307,9952023Q4: 281,1222024Q1: 304,6632024Q2: 309,2222024Q22024Q3: 340,0982024Q4: 354,2002025Q1: 396,3382025Q2: 318,5382025Q22025Q3: 429,5692025Q4: 269,6622026Q1: 355,1212026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q2197,105
2021Q3209,727
2021Q4185,542
2022Q1229,999
2022Q2242,858
2022Q3278,357
2022Q4285,674
2023Q1325,640
2023Q2292,116
2023Q3307,995
2023Q4281,122
2024Q1304,663
2024Q2309,222
2024Q3340,098
2024Q4354,200
2025Q1396,338
2025Q2318,538
2025Q3429,569
2025Q4269,662
2026Q1355,121

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
414,038 positive · 45,626 neutral · 226,419 negative
2022
622,923 positive · 67,887 neutral · 344,323 negative
2023
759,824 positive · 78,991 neutral · 366,037 negative
2024
821,474 positive · 115,479 neutral · 368,839 negative
2025
848,195 positive · 163,961 neutral · 399,575 negative

Leading coverage topics

Media & Entertainment coverage across India · ranked by full-period article count.

Geopolitical Disputes And Contested Areas300,769 articles in the full recorded period
100,378 recent · 75,613 prior
International And Transnational Geographic Entities300,749 articles in the full recorded period
100,370 recent · 75,612 prior
Administrative And Political Subdivisions300,694 articles in the full recorded period
100,352 recent · 75,603 prior
International Sports Competitions112,319 articles in the full recorded period
25,173 recent · 25,204 prior
International Political Relations73,586 articles in the full recorded period
21,405 recent · 14,360 prior
Political Party Dynamics65,164 articles in the full recorded period
11,345 recent · 13,408 prior
New Product Launches And Innovations59,166 articles in the full recorded period
16,477 recent · 12,728 prior
Cricket Test Matches55,615 articles in the full recorded period
12,517 recent · 11,105 prior
Strategic Partnerships And Collaborations51,248 articles in the full recorded period
14,545 recent · 10,773 prior
Trade Policies And Agreements46,960 articles in the full recorded period
21,146 recent · 10,900 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Media & Entertainment coverage across India

KeywordRecentPriorChange
tariff negotiations10,7525,301103%
bilateral trade4,2702,26888%
trade dispute mechanisms4,1822,071102%
trade barrier reduction4,1512,27782%
trade facilitation commitments4,0052,07993%
countries3,8951,730125%
free trade deals3,7982,27467%
multilateral diplomacy3,6152,55442%
diplomatic strategies3,5222,22159%
bilateral trade imbalance3,0411,90859%
odi cricket5,5949,026-38%
limited overs cricket5,3648,724-39%
odi tactics5,2218,184-36%
odi series4,8807,808-38%
odi rankings4,6587,540-38%

Event and signal lenses

Media & Entertainment coverage across India

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

1,933,977 classified articles

territories, disputed islands, test cricket

43.4% critical · 27.6% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

249,110 classified articles

pre-ipo valuation, ipo prospectus, ipo pricing

48.7% critical · 46.6% positive
Rising

Growth

528,540 classified articles

gdp growth rate, economic output growth, economic growth statistics

46.9% critical · 50.5% positive

Media & Entertainment coverage across India. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

DEMAND, SUPPLY & PLACE

Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — India

Compare demand signals in India’s newsflow with the media & entertainment categories mapped to each signal.

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HOW TO READ THE GAP

Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.

The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.

COMPARISON PERIOD2025-05-01 to 2026-05-01Against 2024-05-01 to 2025-05-01Explore the signals ↓

The opportunity, in one view

Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.

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7 India demand signals compared with mapped media & entertainment supply
Signal familySignal percentileSupply percentileRelative gapGap (points)Signal share vs prior year
Box office & theatrical ↗Demand Driver58.310.0+48.3-14.1%
Streaming & OTT ↗Adoption Shift50.010.0+40.0+8.5%
Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure75.070.0+5.0+77.0%
Social platforms ↗Adoption Shift41.740.0+1.7+93.2%
Gaming & esports ↗Demand Driver41.770.0-28.3+48.2%
Creator economy ↗Demand Driver8.3100.0-91.7-15.1%
Data & privacy regulation ↗Compliance Pressure75.0No matching category+177.7%

Showing all 7 signals. Select a family for its history and mapped categories.

Where the signals are loudest

All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. India is highlighted.

Mentions per 10,000 articles

Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.

Chungcheongbuk-Do165.8

Data & privacy regulation · Box office & theatrical · Social platforms

Maharashtra59.8

Box office & theatrical · Streaming & OTT · Layoffs & income shocks

Tamil Nadu57.8

Box office & theatrical · Streaming & OTT · Layoffs & income shocks

Ladakh52.9

Box office & theatrical · Streaming & OTT · Creator economy

Karnataka52.2

Layoffs & income shocks · Box office & theatrical · Streaming & OTT

Goa51.6

Box office & theatrical · Streaming & OTT · Layoffs & income shocks

Telangana49.5

Box office & theatrical · Layoffs & income shocks · Streaming & OTT

Andhra Pradesh45.2

Box office & theatrical · Data & privacy regulation · Streaming & OTT

Kerala44.4

Box office & theatrical · Streaming & OTT · Layoffs & income shocks

Kashmir35.0

Box office & theatrical · Creator economy · Streaming & OTT

Delhi30.8

Box office & theatrical · Layoffs & income shocks · Streaming & OTT

Punjab29.9

Streaming & OTT · Box office & theatrical · Creator economy

Inside the leading signals

Open any signal for its quarterly history
DEMAND DRIVERBox office & theatrical+48.3percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Theatrical swings can move where content money goes next.

22.07mentions per 10,000 articles-14.1%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Video On Demand271

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of India coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0122537492024Q3: 192024Q32024Q4: 282024Q42025Q1: 312025Q12025Q2: 292025Q22025Q3: 422025Q32025Q4: 272025Q42026Q1: 12026Q1
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Box office & theatrical in India coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3100319.64
2024Q4146328.89
2025Q1148731.69
2025Q2110729.35
2025Q3206042.71
2025Q4100727.08
2026Q1791.67

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Ladakh34.4 / 10,000
Kerala34.1 / 10,000
Tamil Nadu33.8 / 10,000
ADOPTION SHIFTStreaming & OTT+40.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Streaming adoption can pull content, platform and monetisation demand with it.

8.06mentions per 10,000 articles+8.5%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Video On Demand271

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of India coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

04711142024Q3: 62024Q32024Q4: 72024Q42025Q1: 72025Q12025Q2: 82025Q22025Q3: 122025Q32025Q4: 82025Q42026Q1: 32026Q1
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Streaming & OTT in India coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q33476.8
2024Q43637.17
2025Q13657.78
2025Q23268.64
2025Q359212.28
2025Q43258.74
2026Q11673.54

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Maharashtra13.3 / 10,000
Punjab12.2 / 10,000
SPENDING PRESSURELayoffs & income shocks+5.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.

11.25mentions per 10,000 articles+77.0%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Real Money Gaming586

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of India coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

04711142024Q3: 72024Q32024Q4: 42024Q42025Q1: 62025Q12025Q2: 92025Q22025Q3: 122025Q32025Q4: 102025Q42026Q1: 82026Q1
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Layoffs & income shocks in India coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q33727.29
2024Q42294.52
2025Q13246.91
2025Q23479.2
2025Q359112.25
2025Q438710.41
2026Q14238.96

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Karnataka21.4 / 10,000
Maharashtra11.3 / 10,000
ADOPTION SHIFTSocial platforms+1.7percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Platform shifts can reshuffle distribution — and the tools built on top of it.

1.01mentions per 10,000 articles+93.2%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Loneliness Economy434

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of India coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

001122024Q3: 02024Q32024Q4: 02024Q42025Q1: 02025Q12025Q2: 02025Q22025Q3: 02025Q32025Q4: 12025Q42026Q1: 12026Q1
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Social platforms in India coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3320.63
2024Q4200.39
2025Q1270.58
2025Q2250.66
2025Q3420.87
2025Q4541.45
2026Q1511.08

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

DEMAND DRIVERGaming & esports-28.3percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Gaming engagement can pull platform, publishing and esports demand.

2.39mentions per 10,000 articles+48.2%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Real Money Gaming586

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of India coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

012332024Q3: 12024Q32024Q4: 12024Q42025Q1: 12025Q12025Q2: 12025Q22025Q3: 22025Q32025Q4: 22025Q42026Q1: 12026Q1
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Gaming & esports in India coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3751.47
2024Q4851.68
2025Q1811.73
2025Q2751.99
2025Q31432.97
2025Q41072.88
2026Q1821.74

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

England11.1 / 10,000
Maharashtra3.9 / 10,000
DEMAND DRIVERCreator economy-91.7percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Creator activity can pull tooling, monetisation and brand-deal demand around it.

1.6mentions per 10,000 articles-15.1%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Internet First News Publishers1,404
  • Internet First Sports Media182

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of India coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

012452024Q3: 02024Q32024Q4: 12024Q42025Q1: 42025Q12025Q2: 12025Q22025Q3: 22025Q32025Q4: 12025Q42026Q1: 02026Q1
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Creator economy in India coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3350.69
2024Q4811.6
2025Q12014.28
2025Q2521.38
2025Q31022.11
2025Q4571.53
2026Q1230.49

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Punjab4.9 / 10,000
Maharashtra3.5 / 10,000
COMPLIANCE PRESSUREData & privacy regulationsupply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Privacy rules can land as engineering requirements — consent, data handling and audit tooling follow.

4.29mentions per 10,000 articles+177.7%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s media & entertainment market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of India coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

024572024Q3: 12024Q32024Q4: 12024Q42025Q1: 22025Q12025Q2: 22025Q22025Q3: 22025Q32025Q4: 62025Q42026Q1: 52026Q1
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Data & privacy regulation in India coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3531.04
2024Q4801.58
2025Q11192.54
2025Q2782.07
2025Q31092.26
2025Q42276.1
2026Q12705.72

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Chungcheongbuk-Do111.3 / 10,000
Andhra Pradesh9.5 / 10,000
RESEARCH & CHANGING CONVERSATIONS

Related research and changing coverage

India media & entertainment coverage

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RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2023

Streaming and India\'s film-centred video culture: Linguistic and formal diversity

International Journal of Cultural Studies

10 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2021

Anxious postcolonial masculinity in online video games: race, gender and colonialism in Indian digital spaces

Gender Place & Culture

7 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2022

SUSTAINABILITY OF OVER THE TOP (OTT) VIDEO PLATFORMS IN INDIA: EXAMINING THE TAM MODEL ON THE ADOPTION OF OTT VIDEO STREAMING PLATFORM AMONG MILLENNIAL CONSUMERS

International Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Allied Sciences

6 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2023

Challenges in esports: interview study of professional gamers in India

Sport in Society

6 citations in the snapshot

What is growing in this coverage

India coverage of this page's demand families

KeywordRecent articlesPrior articlesShare change
ai hardware8023289.5%
cloud infrastructure8429224.4%
netflix14371125.5%
data sovereignty564153.0%
youtube premium615524.2%
film debuts264303-2.4%

Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.

GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

Media & Entertainment in India: key questions

Clear definitions for making better comparisons.

What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

Company ecosystem snapshot: 6 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.

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