WAVES OTT records 1.2 crore registered users, over 1.5 crore downloads

September 23, 2026 6:25 PM

WAVES OTT records 1.2 crore registered users, over 1.5 crore downloads

Prasar Bharati’s WAVES OTT is expanding public broadcasting into an integrated digital ecosystem, bringing live television, radio, on-demand programmes, archives, educational content and publications onto a single platform. Launched on November 20, 2024, WAVES OTT currently has 1.2 crore registered users and more than 1.5 crore downloads, with a library of over 24,000 titles and 15,000 hours of content. The platform reaches audiences in more than 130 countries and supports content in over 26 ...

Bharat, the Sutradhar

May 27, 2025 4:41 PM

Bharat, the Sutradhar

At the WAVES Summit earlier this month, the icons of an industry that once framed itself as the voice of India stood still for a moment, not on a set, not in a scene, but in real time. Khans and Kapoors, studio heads and screenwriters, streaming moguls and old-guard directors — all of them under one roof, hosted not by a production house, but by a government they had, not long ago, considered creatively toxic. The man whose rise to power had been declared the death of free speech in India was ...