The  deal  signed this  month  will make JioCinema’s streaming app the “exclusive”  partner of the Indian  platform  with  more than 1,000 episodes and  about  20 movies of the  animated  series,  a source said. Japan,  without disclosing any financial details. 

  Indian company Reliance’s  entertainment unit  has signed a deal with The Pokemon Company to  stream children’s  shows and movies on its platform, two people  familiar  with  the deal  said. Its  latest  effort is aimed at beefing up  content amid  national competition  with  Walt Disney Co and other streaming services. 

  The  deal  signed this  month  will make  JioCinema’s  streaming app the  “exclusive” partner of the Indian  platform  with  more than 1,000 episodes and  about  20 movies of the  animated  series,  a source said. Japan,  without disclosing any financial details. 

  The  source added that  shows and movies will be dubbed into three Indian languages  ​​to increase appeal. Pokémon  has  created  a  multi-billion dollar  global  media franchise  that includes  trading cards, games,  television  shows and movies.

  Viacom18,  the entertainment venture of  Indian billionaire Mukesh  Ambani  that runs JioCinema, and The Pokemon Company, owned by video game company Nintendo and  its  affiliates, did not respond to  requests  for comment. 

  The addition of children-oriented  content is  Ambani’s  latest  move  to expand  into  the Indian streaming  market,  which research firm Media Partners Asia estimates will be worth $7 billion by 2027. 

  Netflix and Amazon are  JioCinema’s  competitors, but Ambani  recently  adopted Disney’s  Hotstar app,  both  of which offer  free streaming of cricket matches. 

  In total, JioCinema will add  about  3,000 hours of  content for kids,  including movies and shows from Entertainment One, Animaccord, Cartoon Network Studios and DreamWorks,  sources said. 

  These  additions will come  from Viacom18’s  existing content  deals  or integration with its other streaming app, Voot Kids, which  is now discontinued,  they added.  One of the sources said some Pokémon  content was  previously available  on Voot, but the new  deal with  JioCinema  is a  “much broader partnership.”  

 NBCUniversal told Reuters that  “kids  and family  programming,”  including DreamWorks content,  is  part of a  multiyear  partnership with JioCinema announced in May. Entertainment One,  Animaccord and  Cartoon Network Studios did not respond to  a request  for comment.  

 In April, Viacom18  signed an agreement  with Warner Bros Discovery Inc. to  bring  more Hollywood and international content  to  JioCinema, including hit series “Succession” and “Game of Thrones”.  

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