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Viacom18 launches multi-format Kids app offering Fun and Learning 'Voot Kids'

This will be Viacom18's first-ever digital subscription service priced at INR 799 for a year with a 30 day free trial and 99 per month with a 7-day

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Viacom18 launches multi-format Kids app offering Fun and Learning 'Voot Kids'

Viacom18 is all set to expand its digital ecosystem with the launch of its first subscription play – Voot Kids. Leading kids’ content on broadcast, Viacom18 now extends its thought leadership with a unique digital service for kids, which creates a seamless experience for both fun and learning in a safe, parentally controlled environment. 

Certified by Early Childhood Association (ECA), Voot Kids is India’s first and only multi-format Kids app offering Fun & Learning, with its largest and most versatile collection of over 20,000 videos, e-books, stories and quizzes, aims to usher in the next evolution in the kid’s digital ecosystem.

Voot Kids will be Viacom18’s first-ever digital subscription service providing immersive content delivered through an elevated product experience and seamless gameplay. With this launch, Voot Kids will bring alive the ‘Masti Main Acchai’ brand idea through a high decibel integrated marketing plan that will reach over 50 mn households driven by a mix of print, on-air, on-ground activations and digital outreach. 

Priced at INR 799 for a year with a 30 day free trial and 99 per month with a 7-day free trial, the Voot Kids app is available to download on iOs and Android.

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Sudhanshu Vats

“Viacom18 has grown over the years by focussing on white spaces that are challenging and yet have tremendous potential. As a network, we have been the undisputed leader in kids’ entertainment content since the past 5 years. Our digital play Voot is the second largest video-on-demand platform in the country today.” said Sudhanshu Vats, Group CEO & MD, Viacom18, adding, “Voot Kids is a synergy of these two growth stories from the house of Viacom18. Marking our sharper segmented foray into the world of subscription-based VoD, Voot Kids is India’s first and only multi-format Kids app offering Fun & Learning. No other kids app offers Watch, Read, Listen & Learn all at one place”

With a mission to make screen time meaningful for Kids, the app strikes a balance between fun learning and entertainment for kids between the age of 02 to 08 years. The app will achieve this by delivering a holistic experience focussed on viewing, reading, listening and playing all in one place. The app encompasses Kids’ favourite toons, best of pre-school and learning shows, beautifully crafted picture e-books, audio stories and fun quizzes and will empower parents with relevant and superior quality engagement options for their children. Behind this impressive content line-up are partnerships with best in class brand owners and leaders like Nickelodeon, Oxford University Press, Warner Media, Green Gold, Ceebeebies, TV Asahi, Sony Music, Hasbro, Mattel, Lego and many more.

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Gourav Rakshit

Speaking about Voot’s venture into the premium subscription space, Gourav Rakshit, COO, Viacom18 Digital Ventures, said, “The foray into the subscription space with Voot Kids is the first step in our journey towards building an entire digital ecosystem under brand Voot. Voot Kids has been built on the 3 pillars of Product Experience, Content and Safety. In Voot Kids, we are bringing an offering that is child-friendly, yet parent focussed and gives them an opportunity to bond with an immersive co-consumption experience. Our brand philosophy of ‘Masti Mein Acchai’ reflects our mission to make screen time meaningful.”

Voot Kids is a key enabler that enhances the bond between parents and children through immersive co-consumption experiences.  The curated ad-free content library has parental control features that allow parents to evaluate progress, limit screen time and track content consumed which makes Voot Kids India’s safest one-stop online destination that entertains, engages and enriches kids, all under one roof.

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Saugato Bhowmik

Elaborating, Saugato Bhowmik, Business Head, Voot Kids, said, “Voot Kids is a category creating product in the space of digital fun learning that caters to needs of discerning Indian parents who seek meaningful screen-time that aids in the holistic development of the child’s mental, emotional and social faculties. The app has the largest and most versatile offerings in the space of toon videos, e-books, audio stories and fun quizzes that provides children with a parent-controlled, safe and entertaining content destination.” He further added, “We believe masti should never be served up without acchai and the same holds true the other way around. And this is our guiding philosophy at Voot Kids."

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