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JioCinema

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


streaming service, owned by Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Reliance
Industries Limited. Launched on 5 September 2016, JioCinema's
content library includes films, television shows, web series, music
videos, and documentaries. 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 & JioTalks), owned by Jio Platforms.

JioCinema was earlier available only on Google Play Store and iOS App
Store,

however, also launched a web version a year after the official launch
and after that on JioPhone and TV.

Content Partners
JioCinema has aggregated content from partners like ALTBalaji, Eros
Now, Paramount Pictures, Zee Entertainment, 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 Disney has withdrawn from this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 Disney+ Hotstar in India. In December
2019, with Sun TV Network to host over 4,000 films.[citation needed]
available on the Sun Nxt platform across 4 South Indian languages viz:
Tamil, Telugu, Kannada & Malayalam.

In May 2020, JioCinema partnered with Hoichoi to provide Bengali


content in Hindi dubbed version.

OEM Partners
In August 2019, Xiaomi, TCL and in November 2019, Intex announced
JioCinema app integration for their smart TVs.
Viewership
As per Statista Q2 2020 report, JioCinema has 7% market share
among many competitors like Netflix & Amazon Prime Video
with 20% each market share, Disney+Hotstar has 17% market
share, Zee5 with 9%, Alt Balaji & Sony Liv with 4% market share
each, and other streaming(OTT) platforms have 19% market
share.
See also
List of OTT Media Service in India

References

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