JustWatchis awebsitethat provides information on the availability offilmsandTV showson variousstreaming platformssuch asNetflix,Max,Disney+,Hulu,Peacock,Fandango at Home,Apple TV,andAmazon Prime Video,among others.[1]It is also available as amobile applicationandsmart TVapplication.
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| Developer(s) | JustWatch GmbH |
|---|---|
| Initial release | February 5, 2015 |
| Platform | |
| Available in | 36 languages |
List of languages Arabic, Azerbaijani, Belorussian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovakian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu | |
| Type | Entertainment |
| License | Proprietary software,Freemium |
| Website | www |
JustWatch provides asearch enginethat allows users to discover which digital platforms host a particular movie or TV series. As of November 2023, JustWatch was available to users in 139 countries.[2]
Features
editJustWatch functions as a search engine by aggregating information about the online availability of films and TV series fromvideo-on-demandstreaming services. It aggregates information from more than 100 video content libraries, as well providing information about video resolution quality, pricing, and purchase or rental options.[3]The website includes various filters for searching, including genre, price, release date, rating, and popularity. Users are also able to create lists of shows and movies and to share these lists with other users.[4]
History
editJustWatch GmbH is an internationaldatabasecompanythat isprivately heldandheadquarteredinBerlin, Germany.The company specializes in the online availability of movies and TV series. In addition to its user-facing website, the company also has an advertising-focused arm, JustWatch Media, that works with corporate clients, using data about what people watch that it gleans from user behavior to help entertainment companies tailor their marketing strategies.[5][6]Its clients includeUniversal Pictures,Paramount Pictures,andSony Pictures,among others.[7]
Development of the website began in 2014, and it was launched in the U.S. and Germany in February 2015.[6]
In 2018, the company received funding to improve databases within theEuropean Union.[8]
In December 2019, the company acquired a rival streaming aggregation service, GoWatchIt, from Plexus Entertainment.[9]JustWatch also used the acquisition to open its first New York office.[10]
In 2019, JustWatch had over 10 million users across 38 countries.[9]By 2020, the company's streaming aggregation service was available in over 45 countries.[11]By November 2023, it was available in 139 countries, and had over 40 million monthly users.[2]
Founding
editJustWatch was co-founded in 2014 by David Croyé, Cristoph Hoyer, Kevin Hiller, Dominik Raute, Ingke Weimert, and Michael Wilken.[12]
In a companyblog postfrom February 2017, Croyé described the group of co-founders as all having previously "worked in leading roles at successful international tech-startups in Berlin."[13]Croyé, who currently holds the title ofCEOat JustWatch GmbH, had previously worked as thechief marketing officeratkaufDA,a European location-based mobile coupon and promotion service, and the background of other co-founders included time at the adtech company Trademob and the streaming site MyVideo.[6]
Startup capitalfor the website initially came from the founders themselves.[6]Croyé in particular was able to reinvest funds he had obtained from the sale of kaufDA[6]toAxel Springer,a European media company, in March 2011.[14]Since 2015, the company has had at least one additional round ofseed funding,with investors including venture capital groups CG Partners and STS Ventures.[12]
References
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