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| Mola | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 2 June 2019; 5 years ago (2019-06-02) |
| Headquarters | , Indonesia |
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Key people | Mirwan Suwarso (CEO) [1] |
| Products | |
| Parent | Polytron |
| Website | mola |
Mola (previouslyMola TV) is an Indonesian subscriptionvideo on demand andover-the-topstreaming service. They previously founded as pay TV channels for live sports.[2] Mola is owned and operated byDjarum Group'ssubsidiary Polytron and is headquartered inJakarta.
Mola holds live and on-demand broadcasting rights for multiple sports competitions, including thePremier League in Indonesia and Timor Leste. Mola also offers on-demand streaming from a library of films and television series, including some original programming.
In October 2018, Mola acquired broadcasting rights for the Premier League in Indonesia and Timor-Leste up to 2022. The rights were previously held bybeIN Sports.[3]
Mola was officially launched on 2 August 2019. On 2 September, Mola acquired broadcasting rights for theFootball Association of Indonesia.[4] This includes rights to theIndonesian senior and youth national football team, the national round of the IndonesianLiga 3, theElite Pro Academy, theSoeratin Cup, and the Indonesian women's leagueLiga 1 Putri. On the same day, Mola also acquired a selection ofFIFA rights (including theFIFA World Cup) andUEFA rights (including theUEFA Nations League and the2020 UEFA European Football Championship).
On 13 January 2020, Mola acquired rights to theBundesliga and theUEFA Youth League, taking over from Super Soccer TV.[5][6] On March 27, 2020, Mola acquired rights to theWWE previously held byMNC Sports. This marks the return of WWE broadcasts in Indonesia after a two-year hiatus.[7] In July 2020, Mola acquired rights fromWarnerMedia Asia to carry select channels and films from HBO and Cartoon Network.[8][9] In September 2020, Mola acquired rights to theNational Football League.[10]
On 5 January 2021, Mola announced that it has brought on boardChing Ping Lee as its Chief Technology Officer.
On 16 June 2021, Mola worked withHuawei to bring the Mola app to the Huawei App Gallery.[11]
In June 2021, Mola started streaming in 4K with the European Cup matches, for the first time in Jakarta.
On 5 October 2021, Mola has officially announced their operational expansion in Europe & Southeast Asia with the same value as the Indonesian version. The streaming service would expect to go live in UK, Italy, Singapore and Malaysia starting 29 October 2021; which featured some of their original programming (including their Mola Chill Fridays concert series) along with some sporting events which Mola has been carried in Indonesia.[12] They had previously brought the license from recently closedFox Sports Asia for airing the entireUFC libraries, including the currently airedDana White's Contender Series, into the platform for Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.[13]
Mola is also the main sponsor ofComo 1907, in whichDjarum Group was the owner of both the streaming platform and the club.
Mola Sports offers live and on-demand streaming for many sports competitions. This includes live coverage, on-demand live replays, and supplementary content such as highlights.
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Mola offers a selections of movies and series consisting of both local and foreign titles. It featured titles from foreign studios such asAll3Media,Banijay,BBC Studios,Entertainment One,Fremantle,ITV Studios,Keshet International,Lionsgate (includingStarz),MGM,Paramount (includingParamount Pictures andCBS Studios, which also carriedParamount+ andShowtime titles),StudioCanal,Sony Pictures, etc. They even produce original titles such as sports docu-seriesDream Chasers: Garuda Select andComo 1907: The Real Story.
Mola offers a variety of both local and foreign lifestyle content. Most of them which was theirMola Chill Fridays concert series, which featured performance fromSimple Plan,Keane,Jorja Smith,Honne,Kodaline,Aurora,LANY,King Princess,Charlie Puth, etc; along withMola Living Live, which featured exclusive interview with some of the well-known names such asDana White,Alec Baldwin,Michael Douglas,John Travolta,Mike Tyson, etc.
Mola offers a library of children's programming. They featured content from the pre-school age to the younger kids, along with original content for family audiences, such as their interactive family musicalSofa Kuning (lit. 'Yellow Sofa').