Friday Flashback: Asia’s First LGBT+Video Streaming Platform Plans to Enter India This Year

Know what happened in the APAC region over the past week

By Komal Nathani | Feb 15, 2019
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Here’s a new series on the big developments that took place in the APAC region over the past one week.
    • Didi Chuxing offers Indian hospitality chain OYO a lift in China. The ride-hailing company has reportedly invested $100 million in OYO.The hotel chain continues to be valued at $5bn.
    • Chinese consumers in the US can now use Alipay to pay for purchases at over 3,000 Walgreens drugstores, as Chinese mobile payments operators continue to expand overseas.
    • Asia’s first LGBT+ video streaming platform GagaOOLala that bills itself as the continent’s “gay Netflix” plans to expand this year into India
    Here’s a new series on the big developments that took place in the APAC region over the past one week.
      • Didi Chuxing offers Indian hospitality chain OYO a lift in China. The ride-hailing company has reportedly invested $100 million in OYO.The hotel chain continues to be valued at $5bn.
      • Chinese consumers in the US can now use Alipay to pay for purchases at over 3,000 Walgreens drugstores, as Chinese mobile payments operators continue to expand overseas.
      • Asia’s first LGBT+ video streaming platform GagaOOLala that bills itself as the continent’s “gay Netflix” plans to expand this year into India

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