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SummaryCompaniesBillionaire Mukesh Ambani bets on streaming children's showsAmbani's JioCinema rivalry with Disney, Netflix heating upJioCinema to see 3,000 hours of kids content added-sourceApp to add Pokemon, Cartoon Network, DreamWorks content-sources..
NEW DELHI, Nov 16 (Reuters) - The entertainment unit of India's Reliance (RELI.NS) has signed a deal with The Pokemon Company to show children's shows and movies on its platform, two people with knowledge of the deal said, its latest bid to boost content amid a domestic rivalry with the Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) and other streaming services...
The deal, signed this month, will make JioCinema's streaming app the "exclusive" India platform partner for more than 1,000 episodes and around 20 movies of the Japanese anime series, one of the sources said, without disclosing any financial details...
In total, JioCinema will add around 3,000 hours of children's content, including movies and shows from Entertainment One, Animaccord, Cartoon Network Studios and DreamWorks, the sources said...
Some Pokemon content was earlier on Voot, but the new JioCinema deal is a "much larger partnership", one of the sources said.. NBCUniversal told Reuters that "kids and family programming", including DreamWorks content, was part of a multi-year partnership with JioCinema announced in May..
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