# Voot

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

| Title | Genre | Premiere | Cast(s) |
| Chinese Bhasad | Comedy | 1 May 2016 | |
| Soadies | Comedy drama | 2016 | Baba Sehgal, Anju Mahendru, Raghu Ram, and Rajiv |
| Sinskaari | Sex related web-chat Show | 18 May 2016 | Alok Nath |
| Badman | Mockumentary | 8 July 2016 | Gulshan Grover, Chunky Pandey |
| Shaadi Boys | Satirical comedy-drama | 22 July 2016 | Aakash Ahuja |
| It's Not That Simple | Drama | 6 October 2016 | Swara Bhaskar, Akshay Oberoi, Karan Veer Mehra, Vivan Bhatena |
| Untag | Comedy drama | 1 January 2017 | Meiyang Chang, VJ Andy, Dipannita Sharma and Shiv Panditt |
| Yo Ke Hua Bro | Comedy | 18 August 2017 | Aparshakti Khurana, Gaurav Pandey, Ridhima Pandit, Sumeet Vyas and Shamita Shetty |
| Stupid Man Smart Phone | Travel show | 20 September 2017 | Sumeet Vyas |
| Time Out | Drama | 27 November 2017 | Tahir Raj Bhasin and Sarah-Jane Dias |
| Its Not That Simple 2 | Drama | 14 December 2018 | Swara Bhaskar, Akshay Oberoi, Karan Veer Mehra, Vivan Bhatena |
| Shortcuts | Anthology Thriller | 8 February 2019 | |
| Fuh Se Fantasy | Anthology Romance | 5 April 2019 | |
| Marzi | Psychological thriller | 2 March 2020 | Rajeev Khandelwal and Aahana Kumra |
| Asur | Thriller | 2 March 2020 | Barun Sobti, Arshad Warsi, Anupriya Goenka, Ridhi Dogra, Sharib Hashmi, Amey Wagh |
| The Raikar Case | Crime Thriller | 9 April 2020 | Ashwini Bhave, Atul Kulkarni, Kunal Karan Kapoor, Lalit Prabhakar, Neil Bhoopalam, Parul Gulati |
| Illegal - Justice, Out of Order | Political Thriller | 12 May 2020 | Neha Sharma, Akshay Oberoi, Deepak Tijori, Piyush Mishra |
| The Gone Game | Crime Thriller | 20 August 2020 | Sanjay Kapoor, Shweta Tripathi, Arjun Mathur, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Dibyendu Bhattacharya |
| Crackdown | Action Thriller | 23 September 2020 | Saqib Saleem, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rajesh Tailang |
| Candy | Thriller | September 2021 | Richa Chadda, Ronit Roy, Manu Rishi, Gopal Datt |
| Bigg Boss OTT | Reality Show | August 2021 | Karan Johar, Divya Agarwal, Nishant Bhat, Pratik Sehajpal, Shamita Shetty |
| Ranjish 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 Badola |
| London Files | Crime, Thriller | 21 April 2022 | Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Gopal Dutt, Sapna Pabbi, Medha Rana, Warren Palmer |
| Baked - The Bad Trip | Comedy | 2 May 2022 | Pranay Manchanda, Shantanu Anam, Manik Papneja, Kriti Vij |
| Aadha Ishq | Romantic, Thriller | 12 May 2022 | Gaurav Arora, Aamna Sharif, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Pratibha Ranta |
| Code M Season 2 | Crime, Thriller | 9 June 2022 | Jennifer Winget, Tanuj Virwani |
| Cyber Vaar | Crime, Thriller | 10 June 2022 | Mohit Malik, Sanaya Irani |
| The Great Weddings of Munnes | Comedy Drama | 4 August 2022 | Abhishek Banerjee, Barkha Singh, Paresh Ganatra, Sunita Rajwar, Aakash Dabhade |