How Ambani Crushed Disney’s $8 Billion Bet in India
Ambani turned JioCinema into India’s #1 streaming platform with over 100 million users and 300,000 hours of content.
A few years ago, Disney was running the show in India’s streaming world: millions of users, the IPL, Marvel, Game of Thrones… they had it all.
Then Mukesh Ambani stepped in.
He streamed IPL for free, tapped into 450+ million Jio users, and signed an exclusive deal with Warner Bros.
The result? Disney lost 21 million users, and JioCinema took over the entire game.
In this video, we dive into how Ambani turned JioCinema into India’s #1 streaming platform with over 100 million users and 300,000 hours of content, and what it means for the future of entertainment in India and across the world.
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