Voot was an Indian subscription video-on-demand and over-the-top streaming service owned by Viacom18, a joint venture between Reliance Industries, Network18. The service was initially launched on 4 May 2016. It initially launched as an advertising-supported service, before introducing a subscription tier in 2020 under the Voot Select banner.
History Launched in March 2016, Voot initially operated as an advertising-supported service.
In February 2020, Voot introduced a paid subscription service known as Voot Select, offering exclusive original series, and early access to selected programmes before their television premiere.
In April 2022, Reliance Industries and Paramount Global announced additional financial backing from Uday Shankar and James Murdoch's Bodhi Tree Systems to expand their streaming business. This would include Reliance's competing JioCinema service being brought under Viacom18. The agreement was approved by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in September 2022.
The two services initially co-existed, but Voot began to wind down and migrate its content to JioCinema in August 2023, beginning with sports rights such as the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and upcoming rights to the Indian Premier League. New series of Voot originals began premiering on JioCinema in June 2023.
In August 2023, Voot was shut down in favour of JioCinema.
Programming Voot had content from Colors TV, MTV, Nickelodeon, and other Viacom18-owned television channels. It also hosted Bollywood films for streaming. It had produced several 'Voot Originals' shows for streaming as well. In the children's segment, it worked on shows in Malayalam.
In March 2021, it was announced that Voot Select would add original programming from U.S. parent company Paramount Global's upcoming global streaming service Paramount+, as well as selected CBS and Showtime original series.
Original series +TitleGenrePremiereCast(s)Chinese BhasadComedy1 May 2016SoadiesComedy drama2016Baba Sehgal, Anju Mahendru, Raghu Ram, and RajivSinskaariSex related Web-chat show18 May 2016Alok NathBadmanMockumentary8 July 2016Gulshan Grover, Chunky PandeyShaadi BoysSatirical Comedy-drama22 July 2016Aakash AhujaIt's Not That SimpleDrama6 October 2016Swara Bhaskar, Akshay Oberoi, Karan Veer Mehra, Vivan BhatenaUntagComedy drama1 January 2017Meiyang Chang, VJ Andy, Dipannita Sharma and Shiv PandittYo Ke Hua BroComedy18 August 2017Aparshakti Khurana, Gaurav Pandey, Ridhima Pandit, Sumeet Vyas and Shamita ShettyStupid Man Smart PhoneTravel show20 September 2017Sumeet VyasTime OutDrama27 November 2017Tahir Raj Bhasin and Sarah-Jane DiasIts Not That Simple 2Drama14 December 2018Swara Bhaskar, Akshay Oberoi, Karan Veer Mehra, Vivan BhatenaShortcutsAnthology Thriller8 February 2019Fuh Se FantasyAnthology Romance5 April 2019MarziPsychological thriller2 March 2020Rajeev Khandelwal and Aahana KumraAsurThriller2 March 2020Barun Sobti, Arshad Warsi, Anupriya Goenka, Ridhi Dogra, Sharib Hashmi, Amey WaghThe Raikar CaseCrime thriller9 April 2020Ashwini Bhave, Atul Kulkarni, Kunal Karan Kapoor, Lalit Prabhakar, Neil Bhoopalam, Parul GulatiIllegal - Justice, Out of Order Political thriller 12 May 2020 Neha Sharma, Akshay Oberoi, Deepak Tijori, Piyush MishraThe Gone GameCrime thriller20 August 2020Sanjay Kapoor, Shweta Tripathi, Arjun Mathur, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Dibyendu BhattacharyaCrackdown Action thriller23 September 2020Saqib Saleem, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rajesh TailangCandyThrillerSeptember 2021Richa Chadda, Ronit Roy, Manu Rishi, Gopal DattBigg Boss OTTReality showAugust 2021Karan Johar, Divya Agarwal, Nishant Bhat, Pratik Sehajpal, Shamita ShettyRanjish Hi Sahi Drama January 2022 Tahir Raj Bhasin, Amala Paul, Amrita Puri Apharan 2 - Sabka Katega Dobara Action drama 18 March 2022 Arunoday Singh, Mahie Gill, Monica Chaudhary, Nidhi Singh, Varun BadolaLondon Files Crime, thriller 21 April 2022 Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Gopal Dutt, Sapna Pabbi, Medha Rana, Warren PalmerBaked - The Bad TripComedy 2 May 2022 Pranay Manchanda, Shantanu Anam, Manik Papneja, Kriti VijAadha IshqRomantic, thriller12 May 2022Gaurav Arora, Aamna Sharif, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Pratibha RantaCode M Season 2Crime, thriller9 June 2022Jennifer Winget, Tanuj VirwaniCyber VaarCrime, thriller10 June 2022Mohit Malik, Sanaya IraniThe Great Weddings of Munnes Comedy drama 4 August 2022Abhishek Banerjee, Barkha Singh, Paresh Ganatra, Sunita Rajwar, Aakash Dabhade
Closing Voot was shut down in August 2023 and its content moved to JioCinema, which then merged with Disney+ Hotstar in early 2025 to form JioHotstar.
See also Paramount+ HBO Max Peacock Disney+ Disney+ Hotstar List of streaming media services Video on demand
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