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| Developer(s) | TalkTalk Group |
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| Initial release | 2007 |
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Windows XP (x86 only) Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Mac OS X (x86 only) Xbox 360 Xbox One PS3 iOS Android |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Video on demand, TV, music streaming |
| Website | www |
TalkTalk TV Store, formerly Blinkbox, is a UK-based transactional (purchase and rental) video-on-demand (VoD) service available on Macintosh and Microsoft Windows computers, games consoles, tablet computers and Smart TVs. Content is generally streamed, with downloading currently possible on Windows PC/laptops. The Blinkbox brand had been extended to companion services offering digital music and books.
Tesco bought an 80% stake in the business in 2011 as part of a move into digital content. On 8 January 2015 the company sold Blinkbox Movies to TalkTalk Group, who stated they intended to integrate the service into its own range of services. Tesco sold Blinkbox Music to Guvera on 26 January 2015, and confirmed it would close its Blinkbox Books division at the end of February 2015. TalkTalk renamed the Blinkbox Movies service in 2016.
The company was co-founded in 2006 by Michael Comish (he was Blinkbox's chief executive officer until June 2013 when he became Tesco Group Digital Officer) and Adrian Letts, chief operating officer of the blinkbox group of services and MD of the Movies and TV service, both former senior executives of Channel 4 and Vodafone respectively. Blinkbox was launched in October 2007 with the backing of a number of venture capital firms.
On 20 April 2011, Tesco acquired an 80% stake in Blinkbox from Eden Ventures and Nordic Venture Partners, intending to use the company to boost its digital entertainment offering. The Movies and TV service has around one million users per month.
In December 2014, Tesco was reported to be in negotiations with TalkTalk Group over the sale of Blinkbox Movies, after talks with Vodafone fell through. The sale to TalkTalk was completed on 8 January 2015.
TalkTalk TV Store has content deals with over 50 of the world's leading content producers including HBO, BBC Worldwide, Disney, Warner Bros., Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 21st Century Fox, FremantleMedia, All3Media, Revolver Entertainment and Aardman Animations.
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