Indian OTT outfit Zee5 is undergoing something of a strategic pivot, one that is reflective of the technological transformation taking place across India. Following on from our recent ConnecTechAsia coverage, Zee5’s CEO Tarun Katial revealed to Faultline that the company has triangulated a correlation between rising broadband penetration in India, significant jumps in connected TV and smart TV device usage, and dramatic drops in connected TV and smart TV prices. “Covid-19 has been a black swan,” he told us, with an air of frustration in his voice that the momentum of FTTH was stalled by the pandemic and therefore slowed Zee5’s own growth trajectory outside of the core smartphone app market. Faultline has long been fascinated by the Indian market,…