Jungo TV, LLC (or Jungo) is a privately-held media company that owns and operates television channels and streaming apps founded in 2016. Jungo TV is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in San Diego, Mumbai, and Manila.

History

Jungo TV was founded in 2016 by a team of four successful individuals in entertainment Nasser Kazeminy, Dr.

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International expansion

The company specializes in providing film and television content internationally through pay television providers and OTT platforms, and partnership with third-party media companies such as Ethnic Channel Groups, Cinedigm, MX Player, Bharti Airtel, GMA, and VTVCab. As of September 2020, Jungo TV reached over 2 billion views monthly and entertaining audiences globally across all devices as per the report.

Partnerships

In 2018, the company partnered with

Seoul Broadcasting System Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) () is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. The broadcaster legally became known as SBS in March 2000, changing its corporate name from Seoul Broadcasting System (서울방송). Its f ...

(SBS) to launch the digital first Kpop Asian Pop Culture network Hallypop. In September 2019, Jungo TV partnered with the media division of

Hinduja Group Hinduja Group is an Indian transnational conglomerate. The group is present in eleven sectors including automotive, oil and specialty chemicals, banking and finance, IT and ITeS, cyber security, healthcare, trading, infrastructure project d ...

to bring an international slate of Video-on-demand (VOD) services in India. Jungo TV launched their digital-first linear channels "Combat Go" and

Hallypop Hallypop is a digital entertainment channel owned by Jungo TV in partnership with Cinedigm, based in the United States. The channel airs programming content from Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) which focuses on Korean variety shows, music, dram ...

Stirr Stirr is an American ad-supported video streaming service owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The streaming service is available on the web and via apps for iOS, Android devices and various streaming TV devices, including Amazon Fire TV, Roku ...

, an American ad-supported streaming service owned by

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. In November 2019, Jungo TV partnered with

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's entertainment programming company "Art and Artistes (AAA)" to launch music platform 'Waah'. Jungo TV was partnered with

Verizon Media Verizon Communications Inc., commonly known as Verizon, is an American multinational telecommunications conglomerate and a corporate component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company is headquartered at 1095 Avenue of the Americas i ...

to power Global Ad Network. Partnered with other notable companies such as

Amazon Fire TV Amazon Fire TV (stylized as amazon fireTV) is a line of digital media players and microconsoles developed by Amazon. The devices are small network appliances that deliver digital audio and video content streamed via the Internet to a connected ...

, LG and

Apple TV+ Apple TV is a digital media player and microconsole developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is a small network appliance hardware that plays received media data such as video and audio to a television set or external display. Since its secon ...

and

MX Player MX Player is an Indian video streaming and video on demand platform developed by MX Media & Entertainment (formerly J2 Interactive). It has over 280 million users globally. The platform currently operates on an ad-supported model and has a stre ...

for broader reach. In April 2020, the company partnered with

Black Belt (magazine) ''Black Belt'' is an American magazine covering martial arts and combat sports. The magazine is based in Valencia, California, and is one of the oldest titles dedicated to martial arts in the United States. History and profile The magazine was ...

to host the world's first Virtual Global Martial arts seminar called "Fight Back". In September 2020, Jungo TV partnered with

GMA Network GMA Network (Global Media Arts or simply GMA) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network, Inc. Its first broadcast on television was on October 29, 1961. GMA Network (f ...

and launched

, Asian Pop-culture Digital Channel in the Philippines.

Milestones

2016

*Company was co-founded in 2016 by Nasser Kazeminy, Mehmet Oz, George Chung and Sandy Climan.

2018

*Launched company's first free ad supported TV channel Combat Go on Twitch and expanded distribution to include Roku Channel,

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, and

2019

*Launched Asian pop culture free ad supported TV channel Hallypop with SBS on Samsung TV Plus, Stirr, and Vizio. *Partnered with GMA Network in the Philippines. *Partnered with Art & Artistes to represent the biggest Indian music library across the world and also launched the world's first linear traditional Indian music channel Waah.

2020

*Partnered with

in India with over 500 hours of VOD content and linear television channels. *Partnered with Black Belt Magazine for Fight Back, world's first virtual martial arts event, for the benefit of American Red Cross’ relief efforts to support frontline responders during the COVID-19 pandemic *Launched Hallypop with GMA Network in the Philippines

2021

*Launched its direct-to-consumer app Jungo+ globally on mobile and connected TV devices.

2022

*Launched its direct-to-consumer app called Jungo Pinoy in the Philippines, United States, Canada, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain on mobile devices.

Video On Demand (VOD)

OzTube (Health and Wellness)

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Go Russia (Russian entertainment on Amazon Prime)

Go Russia features dramas, comedies, and new and classic movies from

CTC Media CTC Media is the leading Russian independent broadcasting company with headquarters in Moscow, Russia. History CTC Media (till 2004 - StoryFirst Communications) was established by a U.S. entrepreneur Peter Gerwe in 1989 in Delaware in the United ...

, TV Centre, and

Ivi.ru IVI (ivi.ru) is a Russian online video streaming service which offers licensed video content, including over 65,000 titles of movies, TV shows, cartoons and music videos. ivi.ru offers licensed content from all major content producers, includ ...

, including Petrovka, 38,

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, and ABVGDeyka.

YouTube MCN

Jungo TV in partnership with European media agency Greater Fool Media (GFM) runs a boutique YouTube Multi-Channel Network. With 400 managed and owned and operated channels, Jungo TV currently boasts of 2Bn monthly minutes viewed on the network. Jungo TV has partnered with the following major YouTube creator networks like Dr. Oz, Deepak Chopra,

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, Dr. Drew Pinsky,

Black Belt Magazine ''Black Belt'' is an American magazine covering martial arts and combat sports. The magazine is based in Valencia, California, and is one of the oldest titles dedicated to martial arts in the United States. History and profile The magazine was ...

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Anusha Dandekar Anusha Dandekar (born 9 January 1982) is an Indian-Australian MTV VJ, actress and singer, who is best known as a VJ and a host who has hosted several shows. Early life Dandekar was born in Sudan on 9 January 1982 into a Marathi family of Sh ...

among others.

Jungo+

Jungo+ was launched as a standalone global video-on-demand streaming service of Jungo TV that features the full catalog of international live channels, as well as contents consist of movies and programming seasons or episodes of programs, series and shows. Jungo Plus is available globally either as an ad-supported platform or as a premium service.

Jungo Pinoy

Jungo Pinoy is a subscription entertainment streaming mobile app catered to the Filipino diaspora featuring the largest Tagalog-dubbed movie library in the world. It also has a large free library of movies and TV shows.

Current Channels

(Asian pop culture channel) *Combat Go (Global Combat Sports Channel) *

Front Row Channel Front Row Channel is a global digital live music channel owned by Jungo TV, based in the United States. The channel specializes in broadcasts of live concerts with featured performances from the world's top musical acts. International distribut ...

(International Music Channel) *eSport 24/7 (

ESports Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, individually or as teams. Although orga ...

) *Scream Flix (Horror Movie Channel) *Toro TV (Men's TV Channel) *Black Belt TV (Martial Arts and Training) *A8 Esports (ESports) *Cinemundo Pinoy (Filipino-dubbed entertainment, movies and TV shows) *

Impact Wrestling Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...

(Professional wrestling)

Board of Directors

*Nasser Kazeminy (Co-Founder and Chairman) *William Pope * Ahmet Calik *

*Robert Priddy *

(media executive) *

John Sculley John Sculley III (born April 6, 1939) is an American businessman, entrepreneur and investor in high-tech startups. Sculley was vice-president (1970–1977) and president of PepsiCo (1977–1983), until he became chief executive officer (CEO) ...

References

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