Lionsgate India and SonyLIV Partner to Launch LIONSGATE PLAY Premium Offering

"We're excited to partner with Sony LIV to launch LIONSGATE PLAY in India," said Lionsgate India Managing Director Rohit Jain. "Our collaboration is the latest milestone in elevating our brand in India, and we're delighted to kick off our partnership with a robust portfolio of Lionsgate and Starz programming.  Sony India has a reputation for bringing cutting-edge entertainment to Indian audiences, making them the perfect choice for us to deliver some of our most successful premium English-language content. Consumption of English-language content is still at its early stages in this market and, with this collaboration, we're well positioned to fulfil that latent demand. This is a great starting point for our two companies, and we are excited about the journey ahead of us."

ABOUT SONYLIV
SonyLIV is the first premium Video on demand (VOD) service by Sony Pictures Networks' (SPN) providing multi-screen engagement for users on all devices. Launched in January 2013, it enables users to discover 20 years of rich content from the network channels of Sony Pictures Networks' Pvt. Ltd. It also provides a rich array of movies, strong line-up of events across all sports, shows, music, product reviews.With over 81.1 million app downloads so far, SonyLIV is the first amongst its competition to provide original exclusive premium content. As a true pioneer in its space, SonyLIV launched India's first-ever original show exclusively for the online platform. With #LoveBytes, it became the country's first digital video-on- demand (VOD) platform to introduce an innovation of this nature. Streaming the biggest football tournament, the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia and making SonyLIV the most preferred online destination for football fans. SonyLIV also live streamed the India tour of South Africa, India tour of England and is all geared up for the India tour of Australia in November 2018. SonyLIV has a wide array of English content with award winning shows like The Good Doctor, Mr. Mercedes, Damages, Counterpart and more.  www.sonyliv.com

ABOUT LIONSGATE
The first major new studio in decades, Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) is a global content leader whose films, television series, digital products and linear and over-the-top platforms reach next generation audiences around the world.  In addition to its filmed entertainment leadership, Lionsgate content drives a growing presence in interactive and location-based entertainment, video games, esports and other new entertainment technologies.  Lionsgate's content initiatives are backed by a nearly 17,000-title film and television library and delivered through a global sales and distribution infrastructure.  The Lionsgate brand is synonymous with original, daring and ground-breaking content created with special emphasis on the evolving patterns and diverse composition of the Company's worldwide consumer base.

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