Voot is an Indian subscription video on-demand and over-the-top

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service, owned by

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. Launched in March 2016, it is Viacom18's advertising-led video-on-demand platform that is available as an app for iOS, KaiOS (

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) and Android users, and a website for desktop consumption. It also accessible through Amazon Fire TV, Roku (for

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and

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subscribers),

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, Android TV and Chromecast devices. Voot is available only in India, United States and United Kingdom, and hosts over 40,000 hours of video content that includes shows from channels like

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and Colors. Content is also available in multiple languages like Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Odia, Telugu and Tamil. In February 2020, Voot introduces paid subscription service called Voot Select. Voot Original series are made available only to paid subscribers. Some TV shows are being streamed a day before TV for its paid subscribers. Entertainment network announced a partnership on April 27 with Bodhi Tree Systems, the content platform of media baron James Murdoch and former Disney India chief Uday Shankar, to create a TV and streaming giant. In May 2022,

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announced that Paramount+ would launch in India from Viacom18 in 2023. It is still unclear whether it will replace Voot.

Programming

Voot has content from

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and other Viacom 18 owned television channels. It also hosts many

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films for streaming. It has produced several 'Voot Original' shows for streaming as well. In the children's segment, it is working on shows in Malayalam. In March 2021, It was announced that Voot will be the exclusive home for original series from its sister streamer Paramount+ and it is available on Voot Select.

Original programs

References

External links

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Programming

Original programs

See also

References

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