GawkBox

Name

GawkBox

Legal name

Socolive TV

Website

https://gawkbox.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advertising-based revenue: The platform appears to generate revenue through advertising. While the site emphasizes minimal ad disruption during viewing, third-party betting site links (VSBET) are present on the site, suggesting affiliate or advertising partnerships.
2. Affiliate/Referral: Site contains links to betting platforms (VSBET), indicating affiliate revenue partnerships

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GawkBox is a software platform that enables content creators to build and engage a community with their audience. It provides tools for creators to interact with, monetize, and grow their viewer base, serving the creator economy space.

Product overview

Socolive TV is a single, unified live football streaming platform that provides free HD broadcasts of major international and domestic football competitions to Vietnamese audiences. The platform offers a comprehensive content portfolio covering Premier League, Champions League, Europa League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, V-League, national team competitions (AFF Cup, Asian Cup, SEA Games, World Cup qualifiers), and youth/women's football, with features including multiple video quality modes (480p–1080p), Vietnamese-language commentary, live chat, match highlights, schedules, standings, and match analysis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GawkBox Platform A community-building platform for content creators that helps them engage and grow their audience. Targeted at content creators seeking to interact with viewers and build a dedicated community.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• VSBETminorOthersVSBET is a betting platform with affiliate links present on the Socolive website. Users are redirected to VSBET through promotional links. This appears to be a revenue-generating affiliate partnership rather than a product integration.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Cakhia TV: Vietnamese live football streaming website offering free, no-registration HD streams of Premier League, Champions League, and V-League. Socolive's own website uses cakhiatv theme assets, suggesting close ecosystem overlap; operates the same freemium, ad/affiliate model targeting Vietnamese football fans.
• Mitom TV: Vietnamese-language live sports streaming platform with similar feature set — multi-server infrastructure, adaptive quality, and free access. Directly comparable target audience and content coverage.
• 90Phut TV: Another Vietnamese live football streaming site offering free HD streams of major European leagues and V-League. Competes head-to-head with Socolive for the same daily match-day audience in Vietnam.
• Xoilac TV: Direct competitor in Vietnamese free football streaming with comparable multi-league coverage, adaptive quality, and Vietnamese-language commentary. Targets the same Vietnamese football fan segment with a similar ad-supported business model.

Others

• Bongdalu: Vietnamese football statistics, live scores, and odds-comparison platform. Shares the same target demographic and integrates data/affiliate monetization; comparable as an ecosystem participant rather than a direct streaming competitor.
• Thethao247: Leading Vietnamese sports news and live-score portal. Comparable audience (Vietnamese football fans) and complementary content (schedules, results, analysis) that Socolive also embeds — making it both a potential partner and a competitive content destination.

Broad incumbents

• DAZN: Global sports streaming subscription service operating in multiple markets. Relevant as a licensed, scale player demonstrating what a professionalized live-sports streaming business model looks like — and the threat it poses to ad-funded free streamers as it expands in Asia.
• K+ Vietnam: Premium pay-TV sports service in Vietnam with exclusive rights to Premier League and Champions League. The licensed premium benchmark against which free pirate-streaming competitors like Socolive are measured.
• VTV Go: Official streaming platform of Vietnam National Television (VTV), offering licensed broadcast of V-League, national team matches, and some international football. Represents the licensed incumbent that Socolive competes against on reliability and content breadth.
• FPT Play: One of Vietnam's largest licensed OTT streaming platforms, with a dedicated sports tier carrying Premier League, Champions League, La Liga, and Serie A. Licensed incumbent that defines the addressable monetization ceiling for Socolive's audience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mygawkbox
• Facebookfacebook.com/GawkBox

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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