Swoo – a livestreaming mobile platform that offers unique and high quality content to its viewers. Swoo offers higher-quality live content, closer to the high production quality we see on TV. Swoo content categories are highly differentiated and cover everything demanded by today’s millennials. Swoo provides its users with many interactive and exclusive features that allow them to engage in real-time with features like claps, live chat, and co-hosting. 2018 marks a peak in the attractiveness of Swoo among broadcasters and audiences, with the application’s installs reaching 6 million.
Mr Divyesh Mahajan is the Chief Executive Officer of SWOO drives its operations constantly making Swoo an user friendly, engaging and feature-rich live broadcasting app to ensure enhanced user experience. Divyesh interacted exclusively with tvnew4u.com about SWOO and its upcoming Trivia Show.
What kind of services does Swoo offer? And do you concentrate more on entertainment or knowledge sharing experience? Who is your competitor..?
Swoo offers a live broadcasting platform that engages both broadcasters and viewers in fun, inspiring, and motivational content, offering a unique experience to its end users and bringing on high quality and engaging live stream broadcasts to the fore.
We seek to provide an exciting experience to all Indians, so we are concentrating on all aspects of modern life, whether it is comedy, education, entertainment, lifestyle, sports, or culture, Swoo has something for everyone.
What are the opportunities and challenges before Swoo as an emerging video broadcasting platform in India?
The opportunity lies in the people of India, many young Indians are looking for avenues to showcase their talent and be heard. The proliferation of smartphones coupled with affordable data and the right platforms have empowered Indians like never before. Our goal is to provide a platform to all Indians, and they will do the rest!
Our challenge will always be ensuring the high quality of the content provided on Swoo, and we have a team of experts working around the clock to provide a wonderful experience to the users.
Could you tell us on the business / revenue model of Swoo and the kind of audience you target?
Currently, Swoo is looking to disrupt the way social media and broadcasts are at the moment. We would like to focus on social entertainment using different live streaming formats in order to engage the users.
Eventually, we will look to have different monetizing strategies like Social Gifting, E-commerce, Advertisement and Product Placement.
As for audience, we look to provide content to all groups of people, regardless of age, religion, race, gender, and interests.
What is the idea behind Swoo Trivia Show and what are its features and functions?
The Swoo Trivia Show came to be as a one of a kind, fun and light-hearted method of providing information, while connecting with other members of the community, not to mention the chance to gain money by reaching the final question.
Swoo Trivia Show is a celebrity hosted live video streaming game, hosted at a specified pre-defined time with 10 multiple choice questions with 3 options, each testing the IQ level of the participants to answer each question in 10 seconds. Prize money worth thousands will be awarded to the winning participants, redeemable through money wallet apps like PayTM.
Having 30% of user base from India, Do you have any specific strategy for the Swoo Trivia Show targeting the Indian audience?
We created Swoo Trivia for all Indians, our aim is to engage with influencers to establish a connection with the Indian population – be it students, young working professionals or mothers across different parts of the country and encourage them to use SWOO and participate in the SWOO Trivia Show to earn money.
Do you see any possibilities of partnering with other platforms or content providers? If so what is the criteria you look out to get associated with?
We are always open to partner with creative, successful individuals, teams and corporates. We would love to collaborate with other broadcasting platforms.
Your take on the operation of Livestreaming Apps in Indian market when compared with the other international markets?
India possesses a large number of millennials, who are increasingly consuming content on digital platforms, and are assisting in the growth off these platforms. This will enable Livestreaming Apps in India to have a chance to make an impact and disrupt the traditional method of broadcasts and shows nowadays.
Divyesh Mahajan is also the Chief Technology Officer of Algorythma, the technology arm of Abu Dhabi Financial Group. He was a member of the alternative investments arm of ADFG and has previously worked with ING Management in New York and Hong Kong as part of their Multi-Asset Strategies and Solutions Group. Before that, he spent 3 years at American Express in various positions. Divyesh holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.
