Lionsgate Sells Lionsgate Play Streaming Service In India & Southeast Asia To Founder Rohit Jain
Rohit Jain gains full control of Lionsgate Play in India and Southeast Asia under a licensing deal with Lionsgate, aiming to grow the platform in a booming digital market.
- On Tuesday, Lionsgate disclosed it sold Lionsgate Play in India and Southeast Asia to Rohit Jain, without revealing financial terms.
- After joining Lionsgate in 2017, Rohit Jain built and scaled Lionsgate Play Asia over eight years, as activist investors including Anson Funds and Point72 pushed Lionsgate toward asset sales.
- The platform uses a B2B2C model, integrating with Indian aggregators like JioHotstar, Airtel Xstream, and Amazon Prime Video Channels.
- Jain will transition fully to managing Lionsgate Play and exit Lionsgate, while the studio retains theatrical distribution and television production operations in India and Southeast Asia.
- Jain secured a multi-year licensing deal, granting rights to the Lionsgate Play brand and catalog for a 2026 slate including 100 premieres and 25 regional Indian titles.
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