Ready the popcorn and set up a Watch Party with family and friends! A console running alongside the video player allows fans to chat with one another, as well as adjust their individual subtitle preferences. The video of choice plays synced for all users in the party: The host can even control video playback on every device.
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Users need only to log in to their Viki account, select a movie or drama episode and share the unique link. FansĬan now pick their own favorite shows and watch simultaneously with family andįriends - even if they find themselves on opposite sides of the country. Took this new feature a step further, enabling private Watch Parties for their users in the United States.
It turned out to be a great product feature to bring our community together during this difficult period.” Host your very own private Watch Party Watch Parties are our way to help users interact with each other in real-time and watch great content together. “Viki has a thriving community of users who love interacting with each other and sharing the joy of this content on our service. “It was planned before the pandemic,” he reveals. Viki CEO Sam Wu says that the initiative was part of a longer-term plan. Watching together, apart: Rakuten Viki’s “Watch Party” feature allows viewers to chat in real-time while their favorite shows play. To help bring users together during these challenging times, Viki began hosting public Watch Parties earlier this year in May to allow fans to watch and chat together in real time - an initiative that has proven extremely popular.
Closing the social distance gapĪs people around the world are socially distancing themselves and avoiding unnecessary travel, this feeling of community is something many users are craving more than ever before. User-curated collections, reviews, fan forums, timed comments and crowdsourced subtitles all contribute to the site’s strong sense of community - something users say keeps them coming back. In the first half of 2020, Viki enjoyed growth of over 50% in its subscription business, surpassing 15 million monthly active users among more than 32 million registered. World, helping drive the Asian entertainment wave of recent years. Vast library of foreign language content available to audiences around the The platform’s innovative community subtitling feature has made a Korea, Japan, mainland China, Taiwan and Thailand, Rakuten Viki is known as the online destination for Asian dramasĪnd movies. fans of Asian entertainment can now enjoy their favorite movies and shows together - even if they’re hundreds of miles apart - thanks to Rakuten Viki’s new virtual Watch Parties feature.