Spuul

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Spuul
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Available in English
Headquarters Singapore and Mumbai
Area served India, Singapore, UAE, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Australia and United States
Founder(s) Sudesh Iyer, S Mohan, Subin Subaiah
Chairman Sudesh Iyer
CEO Subin Subaiah
Key people Sudesh Iyer, S Mohan, Subin Subaiah
Industry Streaming
Services On-demand video streaming
Employees 11-50
Website Spuul
Alexa rank 10,895 (August 2014)[1]
Launched 2012
Current status Online

Spuul offers an over-the-top (OTT) service across Web, mobile/tablets (iOS, Android), smart TVs, and Chromecast to stream and download feature-length movies, short films, and TV shows in Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and other Indian regional languages. The service is available worldwide.

As of early 2014, Spuul had a catalogue of over 1,000 films and TV shows,[2] as well as partnerships across several production companies such as Yash Raj Films, Balaji Telefilms, Shemaroo Entertainment, Viacom 18, Reliance Entertainment, Phantom Films, and UTV Motion Pictures.

Content is available across three pricing tiers: 1) free, ad-supported, 2) unlimited monthly subscription, and 3) pay per movie.[3] This model echoes both Netflix and Hulu.[4]

Spuul is headquartered in Singapore, with an office in Mumbai.

History[edit]

Spuul was founded in 2012 by Sudesh Iyer, S. Mohan, and Subin Subaiah.[5] Sudesh Iyer founded Sony Entertainment TV in India and serves as Spuul Chairman, S. Mohan founded Accellion, buUuk and other tech companies and is currently COO. Subin Subaiah has worked in banking across several companies such as Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered, and currently serves as Spuul CEO.

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