Online DVD rental market in India - Comparison of Key players
The online DVD rental market, pioneered by Netflix in the US, has become very HOT in India recently. I did a comparison of some of the key players - Seventymm, ClixFlix, CatchFlix, Madhouse, Cinesprite - in the area. Below is a screenshot from the comparison and here’s the actual comparison chart.
Update: Vinay Bapna, founder of CatchFlix, rightly points out that they do not charge security deposit. Apologies for the error, a correction is due in the PDF document.
December 14th, 2006 at 1:10 pm
Pranav,
A correction about Madhouse: we currently provide services in Delhi NCR as well as in Chandigarh - your comparison mentions only the latter.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:05 pm
Hi Ankur,
thanks for pointing that out. I’ll make the appropriate change.
I tried to be as accurate as possible, but since the pricing schemes and the locations served are so varied and continously changing (especially the latter), a couple of errors may have slipped through.
thnx,
pranav.
As all of the companies are on a roll, new services, new locations and movie collections are continously being added and / or updated.
January 3rd, 2007 at 8:32 am
Nice comparison of the sites !
The madhouse site seems to have changed for good I guess.. I really hate the other ones that copy NetFlix…
January 16th, 2007 at 1:06 am
I have been looking at the online stores and it was nice to see the comparisons of online stores at one place. The comparison may also take in consideration the kind of collection these stores have. According to my research/taste Clixflix is the one which really has some collection of cinema from around the world. I think clixflix is bit expensive and the kind of deposit is too much for me to afford. Similar Stores around the world (and they claim to be like them) dont charge any deposit. It seems like these stores want you to return the set of films together rather than keep the films in rotation so that one can have one film to watch and one is in transit. I must say 2 films is too less. Thats my observation from abroad.
February 21st, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Does someone know the business model on what these companies are working on?
Why would Matrix fund seventymm.com?
May 19th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Kayjay,
Clixflix have taken heed. Their deposits and plans seems more affordable. Happy watching. They also have a cool model.. you can call, sms, go to the stores or use their site.
Ankush,
Not quite sure of the model, but the Clixflix model seems the most practical.
June 4th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
[...] See here for my comparison of the online DVD rental players in India. [...]
May 26th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Can u update me what this service is all about. Can u watch movies online or can u rent a dvd.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:16 am
Hey Pranav,
Good comparison… but I guess you have missed in considering one of the biggest players today, BIGFlix.com which is the home vidoe division of Reliance BIG Entertainment. The company currently has more than 100 stores in 10 cities in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Indore, Chandigarh and Kolkata. The domestic market offers both online and offline (stores) access to DVD rentals.
The subscriptiuon plans are as low as Rs 299/- per month with a refundable deposit varying with the type of DVD plan and the tenure of the plan one opts for.
BIGFlix.com has the pure digital form where one can download movies as well as avail free streaming options too.
Hope this information helps a lot of people here.
Visit, http://www.bigflix.com
Happy Movie Times!!!
Cheers
August 25th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Good comparison. I have written an article on online movies in my blog startupvilla.blogspot.com. check it out.