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Intertrust and Jjadooz announce partnership to deliver virtual reality experiences to indian cinemas
MUMBAI: Intertrust Technologies Corporation, the world’s leading provider of digital rights management and secure content delivery solutions, and Jadooz, a provider of Virtual Reality (VR) content, today announced a partnership to bring the first of its kind VR entertainment to cinemas in mid-size cities across India. Jadooz VR will use Intertrust Kiora™, an all-in-one offline content delivery platform that will bring first-run movies to cinemas to create a novel entertainment destination for movies and gaming.
The creation of industry leaders across the fields of content, technology, virtual reality, and gaming, Jadooz will bridge the entertainment divide across emerging markets. Jadooz is focused on revolutionizing the e-sports, sportainment, and edutainment audience segments.
Bangalore-based Kiora provides a revolutionary software and hardware system combining world-class secure digital rights management with a content distribution architecture designed to distribute content over its own local wi-fi network. Kiora’s secure and open content delivery platform will empower Jadooz to deliver content through the cloud. Providing a seamless content streaming experience with Kiora Freestyle™, viewers will be able to simultaneously stream hours of content at 90 frames per second at a speed of 120Mbps.
“The main inhibiter to VR adoption is poor connectivity,” said Anahita Poonegar, General Manager, India at Intertrust. “Audiences exposed to HD TV quality expect VR content to have close to zero latency. Jadooz has an innovative solution that focuses on ensuring a great user experience for these audiences, and Kiora helps them deliver this novel customer experience.”
Co-Founders, Rahul Nehra and Rajat Ojha added, “Jadooz will transform the way entertainment is consumed across emerging markets and will bring the world of HD-VR-AR-MR within arm’s length of a common man. We are excited about our partnership with a global leader like Intertrust we and look forward to bridging this entertainment divide together.”
Gaming Guru Justin Berenbaum observed, “Jadooz will be the next-door entertainment destination and this game changer will help bring a new world of experience to one and all.”
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Micro-Dramas Surge in India, Redefining Mobile Content Habits
Meta-Ormax study maps rapid rise of short-form storytelling among 18–44 audiences.
MUMBAI: Micro-dramas aren’t just short, they’re the snack that ate Indian entertainment, and now everyone’s bingeing between the sofa cushions. Meta, in partnership with Ormax Media, has released ‘Micro Dramas: The India Story’, a comprehensive study unveiled at the inaugural Meta Marketing Summit: Micro-Drama Edition. The report maps how the vertical, bite-sized format is reshaping content consumption for mobile-first audiences aged 18–44 across 14 states.
Conducted between November 2025 and January 2026 through 50 in-depth interviews and 2,000 personal surveys, the research reveals that 65 per cent of viewers discovered micro-dramas within the last year proof of explosive adoption. Nearly 89 per cent encounter the format through social feeds and recommendations, making algorithm-driven discovery the primary engine rather than active search.
Key viewing patterns show a median of 3.5 hours per week (about 30 minutes daily) spread across 7–8 short sessions. Consumption peaks between 8 pm and midnight, with additional spikes during commutes and work breaks classic “in-between moments” that the format fills perfectly. Around 57 per cent of viewing happens in ambient mode (while doing something else), and 90 per cent is solo, enabling more intimate, personal storytelling.
Romance, family drama and comedy lead genre preferences. Audiences show growing openness to AI-generated content, 47 per cent find it unique and creative, while only 6 per cent say they would avoid it entirely. Regional languages are surging after Hindi and English, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada dominate consumption.
Meta, director, media & entertainment (India) Shweta Bajpai said, “Micro-drama isn’t a passing trend, it’s rewriting the rules of Indian entertainment. In under a year, an entirely new category of platforms has emerged, built audience habits from scratch, and created a business vertical that is scaling fast.”
Ormax Media founder-CEO Shailesh Kapoor added, “Micro-dramas are beginning to show the early signs of becoming a distinct content category in India’s digital entertainment landscape. When a format aligns closely with how audiences naturally engage with their devices, it has the potential to scale very quickly.”
The study proposes ecosystem-wide responsibility, universal signposting of commercial intent, shared accountability among advertisers, platforms, creators, schools and parents, built-in safeguards, and formal media literacy in schools.
In a feed that never sleeps and a day that never stops, micro-dramas have slipped into the cracks of every spare minute turning 30-second stories into the new national pastime, one vertical swipe at a time.
