HOOT

**HOOT** is a multi-billion dollar media-service provider based in Los Angeles, California, USA, that is owned by Home of Original Television, a division of the TinyTiger Company. The company was founded in 2014 by Cooper Brandis. The company currently offers online video on demand services, but also produces and distributes movies and series under their HOOT Original brand.

The service currently has 182 million paid users worldwide, with 204 million including those currently on free trials. The service is offered worldwide, except in China, Syria, North Korea, Iran and Crimea due to local restrictions or US sanctions.

## Plans

### United States

* **Free trial**: As with most services, HOOT offers a free month trial to its users. There are no commitments and users are free to cancel anytime.
* **Singular**: The singular plan offers users ability to stream content on one screen at a time in Standard Definition. This plan costs $5.99/month and is HOOT's most basic plan after the trial.
* **Standard**: The standard plan allows streaming on four screens at a time and allows users to download on two devices at the same time in HD. The plan costs $8.99/month. Users can stream in HD or 4K Ultra HD.
* **Premium**: The premium plan is HOOT's most expensive and offers the ability for streaming on unlimited screens at once — this is tiered towards larger families and costs $15.99/month. Users can stream in HD or 4K Ultra HD.

### United Kingdom

* **Free trial**: As with its US plans, HOOT offers its UK users a free months trial, commitment free.
* **Singular**: The singular plan offers users the ability to watch on one screen at a time in Standard Definition — this includes the ability to download on one device at a time. The cost of this plan is £2.99/month.
* **Standard**: The standard plan offers users the ability to stream content in HD on four screens at a time, with the ability to download on four screens also. The cost of this plan is £5.99/month.
* **Premium**: The premium plan is HOOT's most expensive plan and its highest tier. It offers customers the ability to stream content on unlimited screens at a time in both HD and Ultra HD — they are also free to download on four devices too. This plan costs £11.99/month.

## Trivia

* HOOT operates geo-blocking software to ensure licensing laws are upheld.
	+ HOOT also operates some of the media-industries most sophisticated VPN detection software.
* Fast.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of HOOT, shows visitors the current broadband speeds they are receiving from their ISPs. The statistics show ping, upload and download speeds and other details that may be interesting.
* HOOT and the USA Network had previously shared a symbiotic relationship. USA exclusively licensed its content — such as TV Series *Mr. Robot* — to HOOT eight days following a series finale.
	+ This deal began in 2015 and was renewed in 2018, however later that year when The TinyTiger Company purchased NBCUniversal, both companies were owned by the same companies.
* In 2017, HOOT signed a deal with Google — for an undisclosed sum of money — to restrict 4K streaming to their Chrome browser.
	+ Other browsers, such as Edge or Firefox, are unable to stream HOOT in 4K. This does not affect mobile, tv or PC apps.