Continued from page 14 The public voting lines stay open between February 14 and March 8. There are 14 separate categories to choose from, making it the most comprehensive web awards in India, that takes place on March 19 in Mumbai.

And what better way to announce/ launch the Hitlist Web Awards than have Indiau2019s top content creators/ competitors in one room, in a huddle, facing each other, discussing the brave new world of OTT entertainment. Only fair that we start the discussion with, u201c What the hell is u2018 OTTu2019 ( Over- The- Top), anyway?u201d We know what we do, as more proverbially, Netflix and chill! Sameer Nair of Applause Entertainment, which has lately produced shows like Mind The Malhotras ( Amazon Prime), Criminal Justice ( Hotstar), Hostages ( Hotstar), explains that the term is unique to India, yes, but comes from the fact that u201c video ( like music) streaming is a service that remains over the top, of existing services [ on a mobile phone]. Telecom and broadband players laid the cables and created [ infrastructure for] the Internet.