PictureBox is a
video on demand film service offering a selection of films and TV series carried within monthly SVOD
subscriptions
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. It launched in 2006 and has been available as a separate subscription through several Digital TV service providers in selected countries such as
United Kingdom,
Russia,
Romania and Central and Latin America (
Mexico,
Colombia
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and
Brazil). PictureBox was the first only wholly owned
SVOD
SVOD may refer to:
* Subscription video on demand (SVoD)
* Streaming video on demand (sVoD)
* Stacked Volumetric Optical Disc (SVOD)
* RSBN-2S ''Svod'' (avionics), a short range navigation system found on the ''Ilyushin Il-18
The Ilyushin I ...
(subscription video on demand service) operated by
NBCUniversal.
PictureBox currently operates in
Russia and
CIS
Cis or cis- may refer to:
Places
* Cis, Trentino, in Italy
* In Poland:
** Cis, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central
** Cis, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, north
Math, science and biology
* cis (mathematics) (cis(''θ'')), a trigonome ...
.
Business model
PictureBox differentiates itself from other subscription video on demand services by offering subscribers a 'hand-picked' selection of films and TV series, which are rotated each month. Users do not pay per film or series; for a monthly subscription they have access to any available films and TV series and can watch these titles as many times as they choose.
PictureBox digital TV service
Russia & CIS
In
Russia, PictureBox is available through the providers
Rostelecom,
IVI,
KION and Okko. In
Ukraine, PictureBox is available through the providers
Sweet TV and
MEGOGO.
References
External links
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{{UK Based TV on demand
NBCUniversal
Video on demand services