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 2016
SoadiesComedy drama2016Baba Sehgal, Anju Mahendru, Raghu Ram, and Rajiv
SinskaariSex related Web-chat show18 May 2016Alok Nath
BadmanMockumentary8 July 2016Gulshan Grover, Chunky Pandey
Shaadi BoysSatirical Comedy-drama22 July 2016Aakash Ahuja
It's Not That SimpleDrama6 October 2016Swara Bhaskar, Akshay Oberoi, Karan Veer Mehra, Vivan Bhatena
UntagComedy drama1 January 2017Meiyang Chang, VJ Andy, Dipannita Sharma and Shiv Panditt
Yo Ke Hua BroComedy18 August 2017Aparshakti Khurana, Gaurav Pandey, Ridhima Pandit, Sumeet Vyas and Shamita Shetty
Stupid Man Smart PhoneTravel show20 September 2017Sumeet Vyas
Time OutDrama27 November 2017Tahir Raj Bhasin and Sarah-Jane Dias
Its Not That Simple 2Drama14 December 2018Swara Bhaskar, Akshay Oberoi, Karan Veer Mehra, Vivan Bhatena
ShortcutsAnthology Thriller8 February 2019
Fuh Se FantasyAnthology Romance5 April 2019
MarziPsychological thriller2 March 2020Rajeev Khandelwal and Aahana Kumra
AsurThriller2 March 2020Barun Sobti, Arshad Warsi, Anupriya Goenka, Ridhi Dogra, Sharib Hashmi, Amey Wagh
The Raikar CaseCrime thriller9 April 2020Ashwini Bhave, Atul Kulkarni, Kunal Karan Kapoor, Lalit Prabhakar, Neil Bhoopalam, Parul Gulati
Illegal - Justice, Out of OrderPolitical thriller12 May 2020Neha Sharma, Akshay Oberoi, Deepak Tijori, Piyush Mishra
The Gone GameCrime thriller20 August 2020Sanjay Kapoor, Shweta Tripathi, Arjun Mathur, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
CrackdownAction thriller23 September 2020Saqib Saleem, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rajesh Tailang
CandyThrillerSeptember 2021Richa Chadda, Ronit Roy, Manu Rishi, Gopal Datt
Bigg Boss OTTReality showAugust 2021Karan Johar, Divya Agarwal, Nishant Bhat, Pratik Sehajpal, Shamita Shetty
Ranjish Hi SahiDramaJanuary 2022Tahir Raj Bhasin, Amala Paul, Amrita Puri
Apharan 2 - Sabka Katega DobaraAction drama18 March 2022Arunoday Singh, Mahie Gill, Monica Chaudhary, Nidhi Singh, Varun Badola
London FilesCrime, thriller21 April 2022Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Gopal Dutt, Sapna Pabbi, Medha Rana, Warren Palmer
Baked - The Bad TripComedy2 May 2022Pranay Manchanda, Shantanu Anam, Manik Papneja, Kriti Vij
Aadha IshqRomantic, thriller12 May 2022Gaurav Arora, Aamna Sharif, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Pratibha Ranta
Code M Season 2Crime, thriller9 June 2022Jennifer Winget, Tanuj Virwani
Cyber VaarCrime, thriller10 June 2022Mohit Malik, Sanaya Irani
The Great Weddings of MunnesComedy drama4 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