VOOT KIDS
Reliance to retain Disney+ Hotstar as sole streaming platform for merged entity
Reliance Industries is set to retain Disney+ Hotstar as its primary streaming platform post-merger with Star India and Viacom18, consolidating JioCinema into Disney+ Hotstar due to its superior tech infrastructure. The merged entity will control a media giant with over 100 channels and two major streaming services.
Sunset for Disney+ Hotstar? RIL may have just JioCinema as OTT platform post merger with Star India
Reliance Industries plans to merge Disney+ Hotstar with JioCinema after their Star-Viacom18 merger. This consolidation aims to save costs and enhance JioCinema's content offerings, making it a leading OTT platform in India. The merger is pending approvals from CCI and NCLT.
Viacom18 taps YouTube India head Ishan Chatterjee as JioCinema revenue chief
Ishan Chatterjee left his position as managing director of YouTube India to become the chief revenue officer of JioCinema. This concluded his 13-year career at Google. Viacom18 also recently hired Sushant Sreeram from Amazon Prime Video as CMO. Both Chatterjee and Sreeram will report to Viacom18's CEO of digital ventures, Kiran Mani.
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JioCinema expands its offering with addition of 3,000+ hours of kids content
Viacom18's JioCinema has dived into the kids' entertainment sphere, offering over 3000 hours of content. The 'Kids and Family' segment caters to various age groups and blends global franchises with popular Indian IPs. This move follows the integration of Voot Kids into JioCinema, positioning it as Viacom18's comprehensive streaming platform.
Reliance JioCinema signs up Pokemon in kids entertainment push-sources
Reliance entertainment unit has partnered with The Pokemon Company to bring children's shows and movies to its platform, JioCinema. This move aims to enhance content offerings and compete with rivals like Disney and other streaming services. Under the deal, JioCinema will become the exclusive India platform for over 1,000 episodes and 20 movies of the popular Japanese anime series, which will be dubbed in three Indian languages. This collaboration is part of Reliance's strategy to expand its presence in the Indian streaming market, which is projected to reach $7 billion by 2027.
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JioCinema garners over 100 million viewers from Bigg Boss OTT
An executive said viewers from tier-2 towns outnumbered those from tier-1 towns. Connected TV (CTV) accounted for 25–30% of the audience, he added.
Kevin Vaz joins Viacom 18 as CEO of TV business
Kevin's mandate will be to drive the company's overall TV business, which comprises almost 38 channels across multiple genres including general entertainment, movies, regional, and kids. In addition to this, he will also spearhead the regional content and marketing for the digital business.
Viacom18 explores aggregating digital platforms under a super app
For starters, all the sports properties with Viacom18 have been brought on JioCinema, an app which has seen its downloads soar on the back of the football world cup being streamed on the platform for free.
Arjun Rampal birthday special: Here's what you need to know about 'Ra. One star'
Arjun Rampal turns 50 today. Take a look at the actor's personal and professional life. Arjun spends a lot of time with his children, Mahikaa and Myra, and Arik, his son.He never forgets to shower love on his children, taking them on vacations whenever possible.
Mukesh Ambani’s tryst with sports rights continues with Italian Serie A
Viacom18, the joint venture with American entertainment conglomerate ViacomCBS, has a clutch of entertainment channels in Hindi, English and regional languages, as well as a content studio and a video streaming service, Voot.
Viacom18 acquires exclusive media rights for Abu Dhabi T10
In its fifth season, the short-format cricket tournament will have 34 fast-paced matches of 90 minutes each. The league is sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and licensed for ten years by Emirates Cricket Board.
After PM Narendra Modi's Mann Ki Baat, desi apps in top 10 on Play Store
Several indigenous apps have raced to the top 10 on Google Play Store in their respective categories after PM Narendra Modi mentioned innovative apps on Mann Ki Baat last Sunday. In ‘social’ category, the indigenous apps trending in the top 10 are - Josh, Snapchat, Sharechat, Moj, Roposo and Chingari.
Sudhanshu Vats steps down as MD of Viacom18
Vats was responsible for expanding Viacom18’s footprint into new business lines, including digital (Voot), experiential entertainment and consumer products.
Entertainment industry’s future is digital-first, says Viacom Group CEO Sudhanshu Vats
The Viacom18 MD said that launch of Voot Select has been yet a milestone in the 'digital-first' direction.
With 20K videos, e-books & quizzes, VOOT Kids offers a safe learning space for children
Viacom18 announced the launch of India’s first and only multi-format kids’ app, VOOT Kids.
Viacom18 launches subscription VOD service for kids
Priced at Rs 99 per month and Rs 799 per year, the service is first subscription service from the broadcast network. Certified by Early Childhood Association (ECA), VOOT Kids will be available to download on iOS and Android Play Store.
Netflix India hires Monika Shergill as head of series for International content
Shergill moves from Viacom18 Digital Ventures, where she was head of content for the OTT service Voot.
Viacom18 taps Gourav Rakshit to head Voot
Rakshit will join as COO of Viacom18 Digital Ventures, a position that was vacated by Gaurav Gandhi last year, who joined Amazon Prime Video as country manager.
Scaling new heights with content: Viacom18 CEO Sudhanshu Vats on VOOT future
Vats said that the aim is to double VOOT's monthly user base to 100 million.
Viacom18 sets ambitious targets for Voot; to launch 30 Originals, Voot Kids this fiscal
Voot, which clocks around 40-50 million MAUs at present, is targeting 100 million MAUs by end of FY2019-20.
Viacom18 reshuffles top brass; Raj Nayak to oversee revenue for group
Manisha Sharma, who was heading programming for Colors, has been elevated to a newly created role of chief content officer, HME.
Viacom18’s Voot unveils new brand identity; gears up for regional and international play
Voot has decided to push the paddle on regionalisation, expand into international markets and launch premium service.
SonyLIV launches kids entertainment content on its platforms
The content currently includes popular nursery rhymes.
We are ready to compete with Netflix, Hotstar: Gaurav Gandhi, Chief Operating Officer, Viacom18 Digital Ventures
Are Indian content providers ready to experiment? Are we going to see more programmes that are along the lines of foreign shows?
Viacom18 picks up kids content from rival for OTT platform
Viacom is acquiring only the digital rights and the shows like 'The Powerpuff Girls', 'Ben 10', 'Roll No. 21' and 'Chhota Bheem' will be available on VOOT Kids.
nexGTv launches dedicated mobile video app for kids
The app, 'nexGTv Kids', is India’s first kids’ video and infotainment app and that it will entertain & educate young viewers across the globe.
Viacom18 looks to expand regional channels portfolio
Among regional markets, Tamil channels occupy the biggest share, 25.7%, in viewership and the Telugu market is the second largest with 24.4% viewership share.
Viacom18 launches video-on-demand platform Voot
"As more people move towards consuming content online, it is time for Viacom18 to move into the world of connected screens, hence Voot," Vats added.
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