JioCinema is an Indian subscription video on-demand and over-the-top

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service, owned by Viacom 18, a subsidiary of TV18. Launched on 5 September 2016, JioCinema's content library includes films, television shows, web series, music videos, documentaries and sports. After the successful merger with Viacom 18 in September 2022, Viacom18 shifted all its sporting content from Voot to JioCinema making it the digital sporting destination of the network. The mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.

History

JioCinema was launched on 5 September along with the public launch of Jio in 2016. JioCinema is one of the apps provided exclusively for Jio users along with other apps ( JioTV, JioSaavn, JioNews, JioMart, JioMeet, JioChat and JioTalks), owned by Jio Platforms. JioCinema was earlier available only on Google Play Store and

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, however, also launched a web version a year after the official launch and after that on JioPhone and TV. In September 2022, CCI approved the merger of JioCinema into Viacom 18.

Content partners

JioCinema has aggregated content from partners like ALTBalaji, Eros Now,

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, Viacom 18, Shemaroo Entertainment, Balaji Motion Pictures, Sun Nxt, Sony and others. In December 2018, JioCinema partnered with Disney India to offer Disney content in the JioCinema app. Disney has withdrawn from this deal after the introduction of

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in India. In December 2019, with Sun TV Network to host over 4,000 films. available on the Sun Nxt platform across 4 South Indian languages viz:

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, Kannada and Malayalam. In May 2020, JioCinema partnered with

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to provide Bengali content in Hindi dubbed version. In November 2022, JioCinema became the official broadcaster of

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in India. In December 2022, JioCinema became official digital streaming partner of

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as Viacom18 acquired digital streaming rights till 2027 earlier in June.

OEM partners

In August 2019, Xiaomi,

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and in November 2019, Intex announced JioCinema app integration for their smart TVs.

List of originals

List of exclusive content

List of films

Viewership

As per Statista Q2 2020 report, JioCinema has 7% market share among many competitors like Netflix and

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with 20% each market share,

has 17% market share, Zee5 with 9%, Alt Balaji and

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with 4% market share each, and other streaming(

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) platforms have 19% market share.

References

External links

* {{Reliance Industries Limited Music streaming services Reliance Industries subsidiaries Indian entertainment websites Internet television streaming services Subscription video on demand services Jio Companies based in Mumbai Indian companies established in 2016 2016 establishments in Maharashtra 2022 mergers and acquisitions