JustWatch
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| Developer(s) | JustWatch GmbH |
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| Initial release | February 5, 2015 |
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| 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 is a website, mobile application, and smart TV application that provides information on the availability of films and TV shows on various legal streaming platforms such as: Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Apple TV, Disney+, among others.[1]
JustWatch users can find out which digital platforms host a desired movie, series, or documentary. The application provides various filters for searching such as: by genre, type, release date, or popularity. There is also the option to create lists where users can add these contents. As of 2023, the site or app is available in 120 countries and 36 different languages.[2]
History
JustWatch GmbH is an international database company headquartered in Berlin. The company specializes in the online availability of series and movies and functions as a search engine.[3]
JustWatch was founded in 2014 by a group who provided the initial capital from their own funds.[citation needed] They began development on the application in 2014 but was not launched until February 2015.[4] In 2018, the company received funding to improve databases within the European Union.[5]
Founder and Co-founders
The founder of JustWatch, David Croyé, had been the CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) of Bonial before resigning with the aim of creating his own company based on multimedia content.[6]
The Co-founders are Cristoph Hoyer (CMO), Kevin Hiller (Head of Product), Dominik Raute (CTO), Ingke Weimert (CRO), and Michael Wilken (COO). Croyé expressed that all the founders had previously "worked in leading roles at successful international tech-startups" and now "We all felt like we had played for top teams in the German Bundesliga, even playing an instrumental role in winning the season, but we were now ready to advance to the Champions League."[7]
External links
References
- ^ Roettgers, Janko (2019-12-18). "Streaming Guide JustWatch Launches Apps for Apple TV, Fire TV and Android TV". Variety. Archived from the original on 2020-05-07. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ Fitch, Maddison (2022-10-04). "JustWatch is available in 120 countries". JustWatch. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ Brücken, Timo (2017-12-29). "JustWatch: Dieses Start-up weiß, was Filmfans sehen wollen". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 2023-03-20.
- ^ Perez, Sarah (2015-02-05). "JustWatch Debuts A New Search Engine For Cord Cutters". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
- ^ Schuster, Barbara (2018-09-10). "Creative Europe unterstützt Online Promotion für EU-Content". Blickpunkt:Film (in German). Retrieved 2023-03-20.
- ^ "David Croye - JustWatch | Video Exchange Streaming Speaker". Video Exchange Streaming. 2021. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ Croyé, David. "Building JustWatch, Part 1: A company culture that really works". JustWatch. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
Category:Databases Category:Companies established in 2014 Category:Mobile applications