Jungo TV
Type | Private (Joint venture) |
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Industry | Entertainment, cable and satellite television, Over-the-top media service |
Founded | 2016 |
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Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Website | jungotv jungoplus jungopinoy |
Jungo TV, LLC (or Jungo) is a privately-held media company that owns and operates television channels and streaming apps founded in 2016. Jungo TV is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in San Diego, Mumbai, and Manila.
History
Jungo TV was founded in 2016 by a team of four successful individuals in entertainment Nasser Kazeminy, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Sandy Climan and George Chung.
International expansion
The company specializes in providing film and television content internationally through pay television providers and OTT platforms, and partnership with third-party media companies such as Ethnic Channel Groups and companies like Cinedigm.
As of September 2020, Jungo TV reached over 2 billion views monthly and entertaining audiences globally across all devices as per the report.
Partnerships
In 2018, the company partnered with Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) to launch the digital first Kpop Asian Pop Culture network Hallypop.
In September 2019, Jungo TV partnered with the media division of Hinduja Group to bring an international slate of Video-on-demand (VOD) services in India.
Jungo TV launched their digital-first linear channels "Combat Go" and Hallypop on Stirr, an American ad-supported streaming service owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
In November 2019, Jungo TV partnered with Durga Jasraj's entertainment programming company "Art and Artistes (AAA)" to launch music platform 'Waah'.
Jungo TV was partnered with Verizon Media to power Global Ad Network.
Partnered with other notable companies such as Amazon Fire TV, LG and Apple TV+ and MX Player for broader reach.
In April 2020, the company partnered with Black Belt (magazine) to host the world's first Virtual Global Martial arts seminar called "Fight Back".
In September 2020, Jungo TV partnered with GMA Network and launched Hallypop, Asian Pop-culture Digital Channel in the Philippines.
In September 5 2022, iWantTFC launched four Jungo TV channels on their live channel streaming line-up: A8 ESports, Black Belt TV, Scream Flix and Toro TV.
Milestones
2016
- Company was co-founded in 2016 by Nasser Kazeminy, Mehmet Oz, George Chung and Sandy Climan.
2018
- Launched company's first free ad supported TV channel Combat Go on Twitch and expanded distribution to include Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Xumo, and Stirr.
2019
- Launched Asian pop culture free ad supported TV channel Hallypop with SBS on Samsung TV Plus, Stirr, and Vizio.
- Partnered with GMA Network in the Philippines.
- Partnered with Art & Artistes to represent the biggest Indian music library across the world and also launched the world's first linear traditional Indian music channel Waah.
2020
- Partnered with MX Player in India with over 500 hours of VOD content and linear television channels.
- Partnered with Black Belt Magazine for Fight Back, world's first virtual martial arts event, for the benefit of American Red Cross’ relief efforts to support frontline responders during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Launched Hallypop with GMA Network in the Philippines
2021
- Launched its direct-to-consumer app Jungo+ globally on mobile and connected TV devices.
Video On Demand (VOD)
OzTube (Health and Wellness)
OzTube.com is the digital video platform spinoff of The Dr. Oz Show. Programming is curated to expand Dr. Oz's audience demographic who seek information on medical, diet, beauty, fitness, meditation and wellness topics.
Go Russia (Russian entertainment on Amazon Prime)
Go Russia features dramas, comedies, and new and classic movies from CTC Media, TV Centre, and Ivi.ru, including Petrovka, 38, Kitchen, and ABVGDeyka.
YouTube MCN
Jungo TV in partnership with European media agency Greater Fool Media (GFM) runs a boutique YouTube Multi-Channel Network. With 400 managed and owned and operated channels, Jungo TV currently boasts of 2Bn monthly minutes viewed on the network.
Jungo TV has partnered with the following major YouTube creator networks like Dr. Oz, Deepak Chopra, Jordan Peterson, World of Dance, Brooke Burke, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Black Belt Magazine, Radio Caracas Televisión, Anusha Dandekar among others.
Jungo+
Jungo+ was launched as a standalone global video-on-demand streaming service of Jungo TV that features the full catalog of international live channels, as well as contents consist of movies and programming seasons or episodes of programs, series and shows. Jungo Plus is available globally either as an ad-supported platform or as a premium service.
Current Channels
- Hallypop (Asian pop culture channel)
- Combat Go (Global Combat Sports Channel)
- Front Row Channel (International Music Channel)
- eSport 24/7 (ESports)
- Scream Flix (Horror Movie Channel)
- Toro TV (Men's TV Channel)
- Black Belt TV (Martial Arts and Training)
- A8 Esports (ESports)
- Cinemundo Pinoy (Filipino-dubbed entertainment, movies and TV shows)
- Impact Wrestling (Professional wrestling)
Board of Directors
- Nasser Kazeminy (Co-Founder and Chairman)
- William Pope
- Ahmet Calik
- Sandy Climan
- Robert Priddy
- George Chung (media executive)
- John Sculley