Ukrainian OTT platforms MEGOGO and Kyivstar TV, which are among the three largest in the market, have signed a one-year co-exclusive agreement with the international media service Paramount+ with the potential for extension up to three years, which provides for the expansion of the library of Paramount+ movies, series, animation and premiere titles on both platforms.
“We are talking about more than 200 films, 1250 hours of animation and dozens of popular TV series – all with Ukrainian language tracks. This is one of the largest localizations of global content for the Ukrainian market in recent times,” the company said in a press release on Wednesday.
According to the press release, Kyivstar TV and MEGOGO are investing equally in voice acting to ensure high-quality and timely dubbing. 1+1 Production, MEGOGO Voice, Sunnysiders and 15KZ studios are working on the adaptation. Most of the main titles will be dubbed at the launch, while the rest will appear gradually.
On Kyivstar TV, Paramount+ content will be available in Premium HD and Family packages, as well as in a special themed Paramount+ Kids playlist.
On MEGOGO, it will be available as part of the Maximum and Optimal subscriptions, as well as MEGOPACK XL.
According to the announcement, starting July 1, the platforms will offer such titles as Dexter, Elementary, Yellowstone, all 8 seasons of Charmed, Billions, and within a month, Halo, The King of Tulsa, 1923, and the new series The Agency will also open. In addition to movies and TV series, viewers will have access to an extensive library of animated episodes, from SpongeBob to Puppy Patrol to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
MEGOGO is an international media service founded in 2011 in Kyiv. It is a leader among OTT platforms in Ukraine, operates in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the South Caucasus, and a significant part of its catalog is available worldwide (except for Russia and Belarus).
Kyivstar TV is a joint project of Kyivstar and 1+1 media, founded on December 11, 2019. At the end of last year, the project announced that it had become the second largest streaming platform in Ukraine and maintained its leadership ambitions.
The cinema hall of the SWEET.TV national online cinema is supplemented with more than 100 films from Disney, Paramount and Sony. The service has direct contracts with film studios and regularly updates the film library with novelties, exclusive and extremely popular movies.
At the beginning of October, the SWEET.TV cinema was supplemented with more than 100 films. Among them are comedies, action films, thrillers, horror movies, those based on real events, and, of course, cartoons for children of all ages and the whole family.
Among the additions: “Mulan” (2020), the full trilogy “Cars”, “Jurassic World”, “Watchmen”, “Allied”, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2”, “John Carter:”, “The Green Mile”, “Shrek”, “10 Cloverfield Lane”, “Tron: Legacy.”
The full list of movies can be found at the link.
It should be noted that the SWEET.TV cinema hall has a complete trilogy of the cartoon “Cars”. Ukrainian dubbing for the cartoon is considered extremely popular. It became the first film to be released in Ukrainian cinemas with Ukrainian dubbing.
In the “Cars” cartoon, Ukrainians also for the first time heard an example of successful adaptation of dubbing to the Ukrainian identity. The most striking example is a combine harvester named Valera. For the dubbing team, the localization of names was a controversial issue, but “Valera” still appeared in the final version and became popular.
In total, the service has another 10,000+ movies and 260+ TV channels, including HD and 4K, including 29 movies, where movies of various genres are broadcast 24/7.
It will be recalled that SWEET.TV creates exclusive Ukrainian-language dubbing and voice acting for Hollywood films, cartoons and TV series that were not previously featured in the Hollywood Ukraine project. During the year of the project’s existence, 180+ films and 850+ trailers received a new audio track.
Recently, the first two films “Spider-Man” starring Tobey Maguire received a Ukrainian sound.
For new subscribers, the national online cinema provides free access for 7 days. More details – at the link.
