UltraViolet

What UltraViolet does

UltraViolet is described in the firmographic record as a digital rights library that enables users to stream and download licensed entertainment content across multiple devices. The company was founded in 2012, is privately held, headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and operates with a headcount in the 1–10 range. The structural premise of the business — a consumer-facing content locker interoperable across participating retailers and studios — is consistent with a consortium-style digital-rights utility rather than an independent content owner or OTT service.

No product portfolio, pricing tiers, or technical architecture details are documented in the input. The revenue model field is empty, pricing is explicitly listed as not publicly disclosed, and no go-to-market motion, customer segments, or named distribution partners are available. The contact, management-team, funding-round, M&A, and regulatory-action records are all empty, indicating either a minimal public footprint or material gaps in the source coverage.

The web property associated with the company (uvvu.com) currently hosts Thai-language online gambling and casino aggregator content unrelated to a digital-rights-locker service. This mismatch between the firmographic description and the actual scraped site content suggests the domain has been repurposed, parked, or otherwise disconnected from UltraViolet's stated business. As a result, there are no corroborating first-party signals — such as active product pages, press releases, or partnership announcements — to validate current operating status, customer base, or revenue generation.

Name

UltraViolet

Website

https://uvvu.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

UltraViolet is a private, London-based digital rights library founded in 2012 that allows users to stream and download licensed entertainment content across multiple devices, operating with a 1–10 employee headcount.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Media Streaming

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210), Libraries and Archives (51921)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Distribution (7822)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Archives, Libraries & Institutional Access Platforms (MPAJAMAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise/Creator Video Hosting & OTT SaaS Platforms (MPACAAAL), Rights Management, Content ID & Anti-Piracy Platforms (MPACABAK)

Keywords

• Digital rights management
• Video streaming service
• Entertainment content locker
• Multi-device playback
• Digital media library

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Core offering

UltraViolet is a digital rights library service that allows consumers to stream and download licensed entertainment content to multiple supported devices. The platform maintains users' registered digital entitlements in a cloud-based account so purchased movies and television titles can be accessed across participating retailers, apps, and devices.

Product overview

The source data does not contain information about a technology product or service offering for UltraViolet. The content primarily consists of aggregated online casino and sports betting platform reviews and guides hosted on uvvu.com, covering various gambling platforms such as 1xbet, Mostbet, Ramenbet, Glory Casino, and others. No structured product portfolio, platform architecture, or named technology products were identified in the provided sources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• UltraViolet Digital Rights Library A cloud-based consumer service that maintains registered digital entitlements for licensed movies and TV shows and enables streaming and download playback across supported devices for individual end users.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Movies Anywhere: Movies Anywhere is a digital movie locker that lets consumers stream and download purchased films across multiple retailers and devices. It is the direct successor to the UltraViolet digital rights library and operates the same cross-platform entitlement model.
• Fandango at Home (Vudu): Fandango at Home (formerly Vudu) is a digital movie locker and transactional streaming platform offering cloud-based access to purchased and rented films across devices. It competes directly with the UltraViolet-style model of consumer-owned digital movie rights.

Emerging players

• Plex: Plex is a personal media library and streaming platform that organizes, syncs, and plays user-owned video content across devices. It overlaps with UltraViolet on the multi-device personal library concept but focuses on user-supplied rather than licensed studio content.
• Microsoft Movies & TV: Microsoft Movies & TV was a digital movie purchase/rental service that streamed and downloaded licensed film content to multiple Windows and Xbox devices. It was a direct peer in the digital movie locker category before Microsoft discontinued the consumer offering.
• Kaleidescape: Kaleidescape provides a premium digital movie library platform focused on high-fidelity playback and persistent consumer ownership across devices. It overlaps with UltraViolet on the digital-rights-library concept but serves a much narrower, high-end niche.

Broad incumbents

• Amazon Prime Video: Amazon Prime Video streams licensed film and TV content to multiple devices and supports purchased/rented digital libraries within Amazon's broader retail ecosystem. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping licensed-content streaming and multi-device delivery.
• Apple TV (iTunes Movies): Apple TV / iTunes Movies offers purchased digital movie libraries that stream and download across Apple devices. It is a broader incumbent with overlapping digital-rights and cross-device functionality but as part of a much larger Apple ecosystem.
• Google TV (Google Play Movies): Google TV (formerly Google Play Movies & TV) offered digital movie purchase/rental libraries that streamed to multiple devices. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping digital movie locker functionality, though Google Play Movies has been wound down in favor of Google TV.

Others

• JustWatch: JustWatch is a streaming search engine and content-availability guide across services and geographies. It is an adjacent ecosystem participant that maps to the same consumer problem of finding and accessing licensed entertainment across devices.
• Reelgood: Reelgood is a content aggregation and discovery service that consolidates streaming availability across services. It is an adjacent player that benefits from the same multi-platform content access challenges UltraViolet sought to address.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/UVVU
• Facebookfacebook.com/uvvu
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/uv-services

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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