Exclusively, Reliance JioCinema has inked a deal with The Pokemon Company to show Pokemon shows and anime movies on the platform to the kids. After this deal, Reliance JioCinema has become the exclusive Indian streaming platform that partnered for over 1000 episodes and 20 movies of the Japanese anime series Pokemon. This amazing deal between Reliance JioCinema and The Pokemon Company was closed this month. People familiar with the development claimed that the latest bid of Reliance JioCinema to boost consent amid an ongoing rivalry with the Walt Disney Co. and other leading streaming platforms, Reliance JioCinema signed a deal with The Pokemon Company-owned by video game company Nintendo. You should stick with this page and go through this article till the end for more details.
After this deal, Jiocinema became the exclusive streaming platform in India that has more than 1000 episodes and 20 movies of the Japanese anime series in its entertainment section for kids. However, the financial figures of the deal have not been revealed yet. Reportedly, all the episodes and anime movies that are currently in Japanese language will be dubbed into three Indian languages. For the unversed, Pokemon has already spawned an international multi-billion dollar media franchise spanning trading cards, TV shows, movies, and games. Continue reading this article for more details.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s entertainment joint-venture Viacom18 which runs JioCinema, and video game company Nintendo and affiliates that own The Pokemon Company, have not responded to a request for comment on the financial deal. Adding child-focused content is JioCimena’s latest push to expand in the Indian streaming market which Media Partners Asia, a research firm, estimated will be worth $7 billion by 2027. Ambani’s JioCinema’s rival streaming platforms Netflix and Amazon are among JioCinema’s competitors, but Jio recently took on Disney’s Hotstar app, with both offering free streaming of cricket matches. Swipe down the page and read more details.
After this deal with Nintendo, JioCinema is expected to add around 3,000 additional hours of children’s content, including shows and movies from Entertainment One, Cartoon Network Studios, Animaccord, and DreamWorks. Those additions will come through the existing content deals of Viacom18, or integration with its other streaming app, Voot Kids, which has shut down. Earlier, little Pokemon content was on Voot, but the new JioCinema deal is a “much larger partnership”. Stay tuned to this website for more details and updates.