Lionsgate set to enter OTT fray in India

Canadian-American entertainment company Lionsgate is all set to create its foothold in Indian OTT space.

Lionsgate, through a partnership with Vodafone, will be the most recent entrant in the OTT space, with more than 35 companies having launched their online streaming platforms in India.

Lionsgate, the company that created hits like The Hunger Games, Twilight and La La Land will offer customers in India, more than one thousand hours of blockbuster and feature films and unscripted content from the studio starting with Vodafone Play.

According to the partnership, Lionsgate Play will be available on Vodafone India to all mobile and broadband customers of Vodafone using their Vodafone Play service and via the Idea! website. The offering will have a line up of digital premieres of Lionsgate films coming to the service in the first year including Robin Hood, Spy Who Dumped Me, Long Shot, Anna, Simple Favor and American Assassin.