Popular streaming giants like Hotstar and Amazon Prime Video have confirmed they will be reducing streaming quality for their users in India. While Netflix has said it will manage bandwidth consumption by reducing the bit rate quality of videos without making a big difference to its users.

These changes are being made as the country looks to manage its existing internet bandwidth to support people working from home as the country faces a major lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic,

This was suggested by the Cellular Operator Association of India (COAI) on 22 March, who had reached out to the Department of Telecom (DoT) via a letter mentioning streaming players like Hotstar, Netflix and Alt Balaji should lower their video quality so that internet service providers (ISPs) can continue to offer high-speed internet to their users in the country.