Kerala governments OTT platform CSpace but to go the following stage

Till July 21, 2025, the platform which follows a pay-per-view mannequin has netted shut to six,000 purchases and a complete of 30,000 views, in line with sources from the Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC), which runs CSpace.

A primary-of-its-kind initiative by a State authorities, the platform was geared toward guaranteeing area in addition to income share for low-budget, unbiased movies. It has fulfilled this goal to an extent as fairly a couple of such movies are a part of the choices. Significant amongst them are the movies produced by the State authorities below the initiative to advertise filmmakers from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes class in addition to girls administrators. Among the highest 10 most seen movies are B 32 Muthal 44 Varedirected by Shruthi Sharanyam and Nishiddho directed by Tara Ramanujan.

But CSpace has not likely hit the mark which the federal government aimed for when it launched the initiative in March 2024. Minister for Cultural Affairs Saji Cherian admitted as a lot throughout a media interplay final week within the capital to announce the Film Policy Conclave.

‘Needs to be higher’

“The platform must be higher, however it’s solely the start. We are competing with massive giants. There are some difficulties which we must always resolve. But, we don’t plan to show again from this initiative. It will run effectively,” stated Mr. Cherian.

The lack of common business movies has been one of many impediments to CSpace’s development. The KSFDC doesn’t have the permission to go for outright buy of any movie. Under the pay-per-view mannequin that the platform works, the producers get a 50% share of the quantity collected from viewers. Feature movies in addition to quick movies and documentaries above 40 minutes’ period can be found for viewing at ₹75, whereas quick movies lower than 10 minutes period can be found for ₹10. A movie as soon as bought will stay within the account for 30 days and for per week after one has began watching it. It may be seen any variety of occasions throughout this era.

Improving content material library

According to KSFDC officers, there was some inner inventory taking up the efficiency of CSpace. Discussions are ongoing on the probabilities of bettering the content material library and together with movies from different languages. The State authorities has seen the platform as a cultural intervention, reasonably than one thing prompted by the market or revenues, however and not using a few common movies additionally within the library, it will likely be a problem to draw the eye of the plenty.