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JioTV
Type of businessDigital distribution
Type of site
Streaming television
Available in
Successor(s)Please transfer Wikipedia Jio TV to JioTV
HeadquartersMumbai, India
Area servedIndia
OwnerJio Platforms
Founder(s)Mukesh Ambani
Industry
Products
ServicesLive TV
URLJio TV
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired
Launched4 May 2016; 8 years ago (2016-05-04)
Current statusActive

JioTV is an Indian streaming television service owned by Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries. JioTV offers more than 1000 live channels with 7 days of catch up content, as per the website.[1][2][3] [4] [unreliable source?]

History

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JioTV was launched in 2016, from the digital arm of LYF (Jio), LYF Digital Convergence Limited. JioTV, an streaming television service offering LIVE TV and Catch Up Content to end consumers on their mobile phones, tablets, laptops, desktops, entertainment boxes and connected TVs.

JioTV web version was launched in December 2017[5] but it was taken down after two days because of some technical litigation issues.[6]

As per the FAQs page on website, Jio TV on web allows for content discovery only and the streaming is available only on mobile devices through the app.

Content partners

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JioTV has partnered with different broadcasting companies such as ABP Group, Culver Max, NDTV, Sun Network, The Times Group, Living Media, Viacom18, Warner Bros. Discovery India and Zee.[7] to provide content in different categories such as Business, Devotional, Education, Entertainment, Infotainment, Kids, News and Sports. JioTV has 17 'Jio Darshan' channels which telecast proceedings from a few Indian temples[8][9][10]

32 government education channels on JioTV[11] are hosted by the Ministry of Human Resources Development under Swayam Prabha.[12]

In June 2020, JioTV tied up with the Assam government to host educational channel "Gyan Brikshya".[13] In July 2020, JioTV has partnered with Manipur, Maharashtra,[14][15] Haryana[16] and Telangana[17] state governments to telecast education channels for e-classes.

In December 2022, JioTV introduced Games and Music as part of its super-app experience. It also provides multi-audio and subtitle support across its live sports events.

In February 2023, KC Global Media launched Animax channel on JioTV.

Strategic partnerships

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Nov 2020 - Partnered with Rewind Network to distribute HITS content through JioTV platform [18][19]

Viewership

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JioTV recorded a 84 million unique visitors in March 2020, an increase from 74 million unique visitors in March of the previous year. The company is owned by Jio Platforms, the digital service business of Reliance Industries.[20]

According to a Kalagato report on OTT space, in 2018, JioTV saw around 18% of active users after Disney+ Hotstar which has 40% active users. In terms of national reach, Hotstar and JioTV both had 30% and 24% respectively market share.[21]

JioTV recorded 74.5 million unique visitors in March 2019, which was an increase from 31.2 million unique visitors in March of the previous year.[22]

Jio has over 100+ Channels List[23] that users can watch and enjoy.

See also

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  • JioCinema – paid streaming service and android application
  • JioSaavn – Music streaming service mobile application

References

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  2. ^ "Jio tv | Latest News on Jio-tv | Breaking Stories and Opinion Articles". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. ^ "BBC News Gujarati partners with Jio TV app for around-the-clock streaming - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  4. ^ Updates, Daily (29 November 2021). "Jio Tv Channels List - 820 channels On JioTv app". Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Reliance Jio Silently Introduces Web Version of JioTV". Telecom Talk. 17 December 2017. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Reliance JioTV Web Version Pulled Down Due to 'Technical Litigation' Issues". Telecom Talk. 19 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Zee channels back on JioTV". EconomicsTimes. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  8. ^ "गोविंद देवजी मंदिर के आयोजनों का सीधा प्रसारण जियो टीवी एप पर" (in Hindi). Live Hindustan. 24 August 2019. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  9. ^ "पटना के महावीर मंदिर का आज से कीजिए लाइव दर्शन, पूर्वी भारत का होगा पहला एेसा मंदिर Patna News" (in Hindi). Jagran. 17 January 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Now live Darshan of Lord Hanuman of Mahavir Temple, Patna on Jio TV". United News of India. 17 January 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Jio TV to Broadcast 32 Government Education Channels". College Dekho. 10 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Education channels to be available on Reliance Jio mobile app,JioTV". IndiaToday. 10 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Assam's Educational Channel 'Gyan Brikshya' Available On Jio Tv". Pratidin Time. 7 June 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Maharashtra launches 3 channels on JioTV for X, XII online learning". Times Of India. 16 July 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Jio TV, Sahyadri channel for online classes". Hindustan Times. 23 June 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Haryana govt, Reliance Jio TV enter agreement to educate 52 lakh students". LiveMint. 24 June 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  17. ^ "T-SAT now available on Jio TV". telanganatoday. 22 July 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  18. ^ "POPULAR TV SERVICE 'HITS' DEBUTS ON JIO ALL JIO USERS TO GET MORE ICONIC ENGLISH SHOWS ON JIOTV & JIOTV+ WITH 'HITS'". hitstv. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  19. ^ "Jio partners HITS for offering Hollywood content to JioTV users". EconomicsTimes. 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  20. ^ "India: unique visitors Jio TV 2020". Statista. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  21. ^ "With 40% active users Hotstar rules OTT space in India, Jio TV grabs #2 slot: Kalagato". Kalagato. 21 November 2018. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  22. ^ "Number of unique visitors on Jio TV in India 2017-2019". Statista. 16 October 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  23. ^ Shil, S (23 October 2024). "100+ Jio TV Channels List, Availability, Price, And Other Details! - Briefly Today". Briefly Today. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
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