{"id":5514,"date":"2019-08-20T09:42:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T13:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/lionsgate-play-launch-india\/"},"modified":"2019-08-20T12:03:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T16:03:03","slug":"lionsgate-play-to-launch-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/lionsgate-play-to-launch-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate Play to Launch in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vodafone Idea has struck a deal to bring Lionsgate\u2019s premium service Lionsgate Play to India.<\/p>\n<p>Lionsgate Play will be available to Vodafone Play and Idea Movies &amp; TV subscribers. The offering includes the blockbuster franchises <em>The Hunger Games<\/em> and <em>The Twilight Saga<\/em>, multiple Academy Award winner <em>La La Land<\/em> and the international breakout\u00a0<em>Wonder<\/em>, with much of it available in four local languages.<\/p>\n<p>Avneesh Khosla, operations director for marketing at Vodafone Idea, said, \u201cAt VIL we strive to bring world-class partnerships to our consumers with the singular focus to enrich their experience. With Lionsgate Play, we are extremely excited at the prospect of offering premium world-class English content to our consumers to enable them to enjoy the best that Hollywood has to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rohit Jain, managing director of Lionsgate South Asia, added: \u201cThe partnership with Vodafone India creates an exciting opportunity to expand the Lionsgate Play offering as a premium service that delivers a vast library of compelling films and a great user experience to all of our shared customers. We are delighted to bring this premium service to India with a leading global platform like Vodafone, which has such enormous reach and tremendous distribution expertise. 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