JioCinema and NBCUniversal team up for streaming deal in India.
TL;DR
JioCinema, the affordable on-demand video streaming service in India, has signed a "multi-year" partnership with NBCUniversal to bring "thousands of hours" of NBCU movies and TV shows to India, including popular series like The Office and blockbuster franchises such as Jurassic and Bourne. The partnership ensures that "almost all content" is exclusive to JioCinema in India, making it a strong competitor to global giants like Netflix and Disney's Hotstar. JioCinema offers the most affordable streaming service among mainstream firms, and the NBC titles will be exclusively available to paying subscribers.
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- ‘The Office��, ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Downton Abbey’, and more to stream on JioCinema as part of multi-year partnership with NBCUniversal The Hindu
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