What Voot does

Voot is an over-the-top (OTT) video streaming platform founded in 2016 and headquartered in Mumbai, India. It delivers on-demand entertainment content — including TV shows, blockbuster movies, Voot Originals, and toons — directly to consumer viewers through web and mobile applications, serving India and historically the USA. Its short positioning emphasizes free access to a broad content library.

The platform operates a direct-to-consumer, subscription-recurring revenue model typical of Indian streaming services, with a horizontal segmentation approach targeting general consumer viewers seeking on-demand digital entertainment. Distribution is fully digital, bypassing traditional broadcast intermediaries, with no public pricing disclosed. Voot is owned by The Walt Disney Company, having been part of the Viacom18/Disney India consolidation, and the voot.com domain now routes through Disney's unified privacy and cookie-consent infrastructure.

Operationally, Voot runs with 101–250 employees and has been consistently listed among the top Indian OTT platforms. However, the current state of the voot.com website — presenting a Disney-branded cookie preference center and a Disney+ / Hotstar-style error page rather than active Voot content — indicates that the standalone brand has been substantially absorbed into the parent's broader streaming stack. No fresh product launches, funding activity, leadership changes, or partnership expansions are documented in the available data.

Name

Voot

Website

https://voot.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Voot is an India-based OTT streaming platform owned by The Walt Disney Company that delivers on-demand TV shows, movies, Voot Originals, and toons directly to consumer viewers via web and mobile apps across India and the USA.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

OTT Video Streaming

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)

SIC

Cable & Other Pay Television Services (4841)

akta.pro primary industry

International/Multilingual Streaming Channels (MPABAHAI)

Keywords

• OTT streaming platform
• Video on demand
• Digital streaming service
• Online video content
• Entertainment streaming

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Streaming Services: Voot operates as an OTT (Over-The-Top) streaming platform, likely utilizing a subscription and/or advertising-based revenue model typical of Indian streaming services. The specific revenue mechanics are not detailed in the available sources.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Voot is an Over-The-Top (OTT) streaming platform that delivers on-demand video entertainment — including TV shows, blockbuster movies, Voot Originals and favourite toons — directly to consumers via web and mobile applications. The service reaches audiences in India and the USA through digital distribution without traditional broadcast intermediaries.

Product overview

Voot is a single unified OTT streaming platform that provides on-demand video content to users in India and the USA. The platform offers a range of entertainment content including TV shows, movies, and original programming through a direct-to-consumer streaming service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Voot (OTT Streaming Platform) Voot is an Over-The-Top (OTT) streaming platform that offers on-demand video entertainment — including TV shows, blockbuster movies, Voot Originals, and favourite toons — to consumers in India and the USA, accessible through web browsers and mobile applications.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Walt Disney CompanyunclearOthersThe Voot website references Disney's cookie policy and displays the Disney+ logo in cookie consent interfaces, suggesting an ownership or corporate relationship with The Walt Disney Company. The exact nature of the relationship is not explicitly stated in the available sources.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Netflix: Netflix is a global premium SVOD with a growing India-specific content slate. It competes for the same Indian paying subscribers as Voot, but operates at far larger scale across global markets.
• Hulu: Hulu is a US-focused ad-supported and subscription streaming service now majority-owned by Disney. It shares a corporate parent with Voot and operates in the same streaming category but specializes in US general-entertainment and next-day TV programming.
• Amazon Prime Video: Amazon Prime Video is a global SVOD service bundled with Prime subscriptions and a major player in the Indian OTT market. It overlaps with Voot in Indian originals and movie licensing but operates as part of a much broader global Prime ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Zee5: Zee5 is the OTT arm of Zee Entertainment, offering a large catalog of Indian-language movies, TV shows, and originals. It is one of Voot's closest direct peers in the Indian mass-market OTT segment.
• Disney+ Hotstar: Disney+ Hotstar is the flagship Disney streaming service in India, combining Disney+ originals with regional Indian entertainment and live sports. It is owned by the same parent as Voot and serves the same audience with very similar content.
• JioCinema: JioCinema is Reliance's flagship ad-supported OTT platform in India offering movies, originals, and live sports (IPL). It is the most direct competitor to Voot in the Indian streaming market and is now part of the same Disney-Reliance joint venture.
• MX Player: MX Player is an ad-supported video-on-demand service popular in India offering movies, TV shows, and originals. It targets similar price-sensitive Hindi and regional Indian audiences as Voot.
• ALTBalaji: ALTBalaji is an Indian subscription OTT focused on originals and Bollywood/regional content. It competes with Voot for Hindi-speaking streaming subscribers and ad-supported free-tier users in India.
• SonyLIV: SonyLIV is an Indian OTT platform from Sony Pictures Networks offering TV shows, originals, and live sports. It competes head-on with Voot for Hindi and regional Indian entertainment viewership and ad budgets.
• Eros Now: Eros Now is an Indian OTT platform specializing in Bollywood and regional film catalogs, with a global Indian-diaspora footprint similar to Voot's India+USA reach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/justvoot

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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