BoxTV.com

BoxTV.com
Headquarters New Delhi, Delhi, India
Area served India, Singapore, UAE, United Kingdom and United States
Owner Times Internet Ltd.
CEO Satyan Gajwani
Industry Streaming
Services On-demand video streaming
Parent The Times Group
Website BoxTV.com
Alexa rank Increase 14,852 (October 2016)[1]
Registration Required
Launched 22 February 2013
Current status Online

BoxTV.com, also referred to simply as BoxTV, is a website and over-the-top (OTT) subscription service offering on-demand video streaming. The service is available in India, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States and is aimed at Indian users and the Indian diaspora in those countries.[2] The service is operated by Times BoxTV Media Pte Ltd.,[3] which is owned by Times Internet Ltd. (TIL), a subsidiary of The Times Group.[4] The Times of India, which is also owned by The Times Group, described the service as "conceptually similar to Hulu and Netflix that are available in the US".[5]

BoxTV offers some free content supported by advertising, and the remainder is offered via monthly subscription.[6][7][8] Monthly subscription charges are currently ₹199 (US$2.80) in India, £4.99 in the United Kingdom and $4.99 in the United States.[9][10] The service is accessible via web browsers, iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices, Kindle Fire, and TV-connected platforms such as EvoTV, Roku and Woxi SmartPod.[2][5]

History

An invite-register page was posted online in February 2012 by BoxTV, with invitations available via a request on Facebook.[6] An invite-only alpha preview of the website was launched in August 2012. According to Times Internet, the service accrued more than 50,000 invite requests by August 2012.[11] The service was made available to the public on 22 February 2013.[12] At the time of launch, BoxTV had 12 content partners, including Lehren, Rajshri Productions, Sony Pictures Television, Shemaroo Entertainment, UTV Motion Pictures, and Zoom.[13]

Content

The company announced agreements with Celestial Entertainment, Disney UTV and Sony Pictures Television to provide Hollywood content; and Everymedia Technologies, Shemaroo Entertainment, Rajshri Productions and UTV Motion Pictures to provide India-focused programming.[7][8][10][14] BoxTV offered live streaming of the 2013 Indian Premier League.[15]

Users must register on BoxTV to watch any content. Unregistered user can browse the website, but are required to sign in to play back any content.[16] Newly released movies are typically not available on BoxTV for a few months.[16]

Video can be viewed as normal, wide and fullscreen.[6] An auto-bandwidth optimiser attempts to allow the video to run smoothly on low or inconsistent bandwidths.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BoxTV.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 Catherine Shu (21 February 2013). "BoxTV Aims To Be The 'Netflix of India' And A Bollywood Discovery Platform For Overseas Audiences". TechCrunch. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Terms of Use". BoxTV.com. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Sonam Gulati (28 March 2012). "Times Internet Will Focus on Box TV & The Video Ad Platform This Year: CEO Rishi Khiani". Techcircle.vccircle.com. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Times Internet Limited launches BoxTV.com". The Times of India. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 Digit NewsDesk (11 September 2012). "Times Internet announces the launch of BoxTV.com premium video service". Thinkdigit.com. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Times Internet's invite only service BoxTV goes public". India Digital Review. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Times Internet's BoxTV opens up". Afaqs.com. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  9. ↑ Anupam Saxena (11 September 2012). "Indiatimes Launches Online Video Content Service BoxTV". MediaNama. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  10. 1 2 "Box TV Live For Public; Inks Partnership With Sony And Disney UTV". Wits Zen. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  11. 1 2 "Times Internet launches BoxTV, a premium online video service". Afaqs.com. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  12. ↑ Wauters, Robin (22 February 2013). "Indian Video Content Site BoxTV Launches". Thenextweb.com. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  13. ↑ "Box TV: Times Internet launches new online streaming video service". Future Tech News. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  14. ↑ "About Us". Timesinternet.in. 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  15. ↑ "Times Internet launches Box TV video streaming services in India". 91mobiles.com. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  16. 1 2 "FAQ". BoxTV.com. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
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