Rakuten TV

{{Short description|Video-on-demand and free ad-supported streaming television platform}}

{{About|the global electronic commerce and television service|video-on-demand streaming service of Rakuten Viki|Rakuten Viki|video news agency of Reuters|Reuters TV}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Rakuten TV

| logo = Rakuten TV logo.svg

| logo_caption = Logo used since 2010

| type = Subsidiary

| industry = Electronic commerce

| genre =

| foundation = 2010

| founders = Cédric Dufour

| dissolved =

| location_country = Japan and Spain

| location_city = Tokyo and Barcelona

| area_served = Asia: Japan
Europe: Aaland Islands, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Ukraine

| products = Video on demand films and TV series, TV channels

| revenue =

| operating_income =

| net_income =

| num_employees = 200

| parent = Rakuten

| footnotes =

| homepage = [https://www.rakuten.tv/ Rakuten TV]

}}

Rakuten TV is a video-on-demand (VOD) and free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) platform, providing movies and TV series for subscription, rental, and purchase as well as FAST channels with a mix of local and global content.{{cite web |url=https://www.rakuten.tv/ |title=Rakuten TV |website=Rakuten TV |date=April 2024 |access-date=2024-04-21}} Since 2019, the platform has provided users access to different content via TVOD, AVOD,{{cite web |title=Rakuten TV teaming up with advertisers as coproduction partners |url=https://www.c21media.net/news/rakuten-tv-teaming-up-with-advertisers-as-coproduction-partners/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=C21media |language=en-us}} SVOD,{{cite web |date=2022-06-15 |title=Rakuten TV launches channels on Plex |url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2022/06/15/rakuten-tv-launches-channels-on-plex/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Broadband TV News |language=en-GB}} and FAST.{{cite web |date=2022-04-20 |title=Rakuten TV expands FAST channel reach |url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2022/04/20/rakuten-tv-expands-fast-channel-reach/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Broadband TV News |language=en-GB}} It is owned by the Japanese company, Rakuten.

Rakuten TV's VOD catalogue includes content from studios around the world, including Warner Bros., Disney, and Sony Pictures, local distributors, and independent labels producing both locally and globally oriented content. Similarly, Rakuten TV's distribution of FAST channels includes both its own Rakuten curated channels as well as FAST channels and TV channels operated and curated by its partners around the world.{{cite web |url=https://www.rakuten.tv/live_channels |title=Live Channels - Rakuten TV |website=Rakuten TV |date=April 2024 |access-date=2024-04-21}} Rakuten TV's content can be streamed from most devices, offering a similar service to Netflix and other streaming services.{{cite web |url=https://thenextweb.com/uk/2014/05/28/wuaki-tv-now-available-stream-chromecast-uk/ |title=Wuaki.Tv Is Now Available to Stream on Chromecast in the UK |last=Woods |first=Ben |website=The Next Web|date=28 May 2014 |language=en-US |access-date=2016-04-19}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/123395-wuaki-tv-streaming-service-now-available-on-xbox-360-2-99-a-month-for-life-offer-still-on |title=Wuaki.tv streaming service now available on Xbox 360, £2.99 a month for life offer still on - Pocket-lint |website=www.pocket-lint.com |date=5 September 2013 |access-date=2016-04-19}}{{cite web |url=https://www.engadget.com/2013/08/09/wuaki-tv-video-service-gets-android-ipad-app-support-in-uk/ |title=Wuaki.tv video service gets Android, iPad app support in UK |website=Engadget |access-date=2016-04-19}}{{cite web |url=http://www.digitaltveurope.net/237461/wuaki-launches-new-4k-smart-tv-app/ |title=Wuaki launches new 4K smart TV app » Digital TV Europe |website=www.digitaltveurope.net |date=5 September 2014 |access-date=2016-04-19}}

The company is headquartered in Tokyo and Barcelona and currently operates in Japan as well as several countries around Europe; Aaland Islands, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Ukraine.{{cite web |url=https://support.rakuten.tv/hc/en-us/requests/new |title=Submit a request - Help Rakuten.TV |website=Rakuten TV Europe |date=April 2024 |access-date=2024-04-21}}

In Japan, the video streaming service Rakuten SHOWTIME changed its name to Rakuten TV on July 1, 2017 and has been operating under the new name since then.

Rakuten also operates another global video-on-demand (VOD) streaming service called Rakuten Viki which is headquartered in San Mateo, California with additional offices in Tokyo, Japan, Seoul, South Korea, and Singapore.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvTh7E_ck4Q |title=Viki Office Tour - Coolest Places in Singapore: Episode 1 (January 28) |year=2014 |access-date=December 3, 2015 |via=YouTube |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118014113/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvTh7E_ck4Q |url-status=live}} Rakuten Viki focuses on distributing content from parts of Asia to the rest of the world. This includes drama, variety shows, and animation from Japan, Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, and Thailand.{{cite web |url=https://www.viki.com/partners |title=Distribution Partners - Rakuten Viki |website=Rakuten Viki |date=April 2024 |access-date=2024-04-21}}