TVV EP 18 - The challenges and opportunities of building a hyper-local OTT service in India

06/11/23 • 41 min

We are pleased to host Shashank Vaishnav, CTO and co-founder of Stage.in. In this episode we discuss Shashank's unique entrepreneurial journey, and how he and his team have built hyper-localized OTT products in India. We discuss the challenges of product delivery and what he is focused on this year from a technology perspective.

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The VideoVerse - TVV EP 18 - The challenges and opportunities of building a hyper-local OTT service in India

Transcript

Zoe: Hi, everyone! Welcome to "The VideoVerse" episode. So in this episode, and I'm going to be the host again. So this is Zoe from Visionular. And then I have David joining me as a co-host. So we're both based here in the Bay Area of California. And for this episode, we actually invite Shashank From India. I think I will like him to introduce himself to see where he's based from and then why, for example, he has been invited to this episode. Hi, Shashank. I thin