However, a majority- 51 per cent do not watch shows or movies on OTT platforms just yet.
Even
as the debate about censorship of online and streaming platform
content rages on, a new survey has found that a majority of the
respondents would like some kind of censorship or monitoring of these
shows and movies.
A
five-poll survey was conducted by community platform LocalCircles to
check citizen perception of the OTT (over the top) platforms
available in India, which received more than 40,000 responses from
across India.
One
of the findings was that 63 per cent respondents said OTT platforms
like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5
and so on in India should be subjected to some kind of censorship
rules of government code of conduct, while 32 per cent disagreed.
However,
a majority- 51 per cent do not watch shows or movies on OTT platforms
just yet.
The
survey also found that 42 per cent respondents had a subscription for
just one OTT platform while 25 per cent subscribed to two OTT
platforms, 33 per cent said they have a subscription for 3 or more
OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, etc.
The
primary reason, according to 53 per cent respondents, for using OTT
platforms was that they could watch content as per their convenience,
while 9 per cent said the content is high
Quality,
another 9 per cent said they like the uncensored content and 11 per
cent said they have a lower cost than others. About 18 per cent were
unsure about it.
The
main issue 25 per cent respondents had with OTT content was
adult-only content being easily accessible to children. The top
concern was obscene content for 9 per cent respondents, 13 per cent
said it was “anti-national” content, 8 per cent had issues with
content deemed insulting to certain religions and castes and 8 per
cent were concerned about the use of very strong language. The
highest number-- 37 per cent-- said they had no issues with content
on these OTT platforms.
