Overview
- Rohit Jain, who built the service over eight years as president of Lionsgate Play Asia, will leave Lionsgate to own and run the platform.
- Lionsgate keeps its regional theatrical distribution and television production businesses while licensing the Lionsgate Play name and studio content to the service.
- Operations continue across India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal and the Maldives using a B2B2C model with telecom partners and aggregators such as JioHotstar, Airtel Xstream and Prime Video Channels.
- The 2026 slate targets 100 premieres, including 25 new regional-language titles in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
- Financial terms were not disclosed, and the transaction follows pressure from outside investors who have taken stakes in Lionsgate and called for asset reviews.