PT Vidio Dot Com (Vidio) is an Indonesian
over-the-top subscription
The subscription business model is a business model in which a customer must pay a recurring price at regular intervals for access to a product or service. The model was pioneered by publishers of books and periodicals in the 17th century. It ...
and
FAST streaming television
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service established on 15 October 2014. Originally owned by Mediatama Anugrah Citra, now owned by
Surya Citra Media, both are subsidiaries of
Emtek. The service's content consists of
free-to-air
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and pay TV channels, live streaming events, films and series, including Vidio original programs. In 2022, Vidio was the largest
video on demand
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service provider in Indonesia, beating
Netflix
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,
Disney+ Hotstar
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, and
Amazon Prime Video
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.
History
Founded as the Indonesian counterpart of
YouTube
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, Vidio originally consisted mostly of
user-generated content
User-generated content (UGC), alternatively known as user-created content (UCC), emerged from the rise of web services which allow a system's User (computing), users to create Content (media), content, such as images, videos, audio, text, testi ...
and TV content from Emtek's media outlets. In 2015, Vidio had about 3,000 to 4,000 monthly active users.
Emtek's total investment in Vidio as of March 2019 reached IDR 240 billion. Surya Citra Media planned to take over Vidio at a price of IDR 115 billion. After producing 3 original series in 2019, Vidio began to release more original series on Vidio Premier, their premium subscription service, dubbed as "Vidio Originals" in 2020. In the same year, Vidio had 40 million active users.
During the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, the platform saw 225% growth and recorded more than 5 million downloads in
App Store
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and
Play Store.
On 7 November 2021,
MNC noticed the removal of all MNC's
Television channels to Vidio under alleged an
carriage dispute when MNC Vision Networks owned
Vision+
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for
RCTI,
MNCTV,
GTV and
iNews
iNews, short for ''Indonesia News'', formerly named Sun TV and Sindo TV, is an Indonesian free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the approp ...
.
Vidio is exclusive digital broadcaster of
Premier League
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from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026 season. Most of the big matches were streamed exclusively on the platform with its sister network
SCTV and
Moji aired the remainders.
After
Fox Sports Asia ceased operation in October 2021,
Emtek acquired the rights to broadcast
Formula One
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for the remainder of 2021 and 2022 season. The races were broadcast in
Champions TV 4 (which included in Vidio's premium subscription)
and FTA terrestrial channel
Moji.
Vidio officially held its rights for
2022 FIFA World Cup
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broadcaster in Qatar,
2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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in Argentina,
2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup
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in Indonesia and upcoming
2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup would be broadcast.
Ownership
The following is a list of company ownership based on
Surya Citra Media's financial statements as of September 30, 2024.
References
External links
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Smart TV
Internet properties established in 2014
Indonesian entertainment websites
Subscription video on demand services
Video on demand services
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