The online ticketing platform Book My Show has entered the race of the streaming platform with its new transactional video-on-demand (TVOD) service called BookMyShow Stream. Here users can rent a movie for a limited duration or buy it for unlimited access.
With over 600 movie titles and over 72,000 hours of content, BookMyShow Stream will feature movies and content from around the world as well as India, according to the platform.
The platform claims that this will not hinder the theater business as content will only be released on the streaming platform after a movie has been released in theaters. The various categories are also on the website: Premieres, Exclusive, World Cinema, Missed In Theaters, Festival Favorites and Special Bundles. The price for films ranges from Rs 40 to Rs 700.
With more than 22,000 hours of content “exclusive” to the platform at launch, BookMyShow Stream will feature multiple marquee premieres every Friday, he added.
In addition, films such as “Alone”, “Yes God Yes”, “The Peanut Butter Falcon”, “The Guilty”, “Les Miserables”, “Unhinged” and the celebrated Russian science fiction thriller “Coma” from Premium Independent Die Studios will be premiered exclusively on the platform.
BookMyShow Stream will be one of the first Indian streaming platforms to host content purchased from independent film distributors such as PictureWorks, Superfine Films, Impact Films, Kahwa Entertainment and VR Films.
“BookMyShow Stream” is a natural extension of our cinema business and respects the existing cinema windows for content. It allows users to pay only for the content they watch – a prevailing trend in other global cinema markets that has not yet been explored in India, “Ashish Saksena, chief operating officer – Cinemas, BookMyShow, said in a statement.
It can be viewed on the BookMyShow mobile app and website, as well as on Apple TV, Android TV, Firestick, Chromecast and desktop browsers. The platform allows users to use features such as downloads and offline viewing and casting.
