I. Distribution
Papers from the Distribution volume. Netflix's twenty-billion-dollar question. Apple TV+'s boutique method. Prime Video's quietest quarter. JioHotstar's Indian library. Plus the open-access review of the 2026 streaming economy.
An Observation on Netflix and the Twenty-Billion-Dollar Question
Two Best Picture nominations. A two-decade-high in cinematic ambition. We consider the slate the streamer has earned the attention with, and ten films…
A Note on Prime Video and the Quietest Quarter in Streaming
Amazon's video service is rarely subject to scholarly examination. We argue this is a category error. Its 2026 slate has the highest rate of completio…
On JioHotstar and the Indian Streaming Library, One Year After the Merger
Three hundred thousand hours. Nineteen languages. One year after the Disney+ Hotstar / JioCinema consolidation, the Indian market has a single library…
A Commentary on Apple TV+ and the Boutique Method
The smallest library in the trade. The highest critic-score-to-show ratio. Six years on, the strategy that was widely mocked at launch has settled int…
A Review of the 2026 Streaming Economy in Five Categories
We hold subscriptions to all four major services. We watch all four. We have done the arithmetic. The honest scoreboard for the present Indian househo…