Big_Star_Movies

VOD Type
SVOD, AVOD

Availability
iOS • Android • Fire TV • Roku • Chromecast

Content
Narrative, Documentary, Drama, Horror, Sports, Comedy

D.I.Y. via Aggregator or Direct?
N/A

If Aggregator, is Pitch required?
N/A

Non-Exclusive possible?
N/A

Territories
United States

BIGSTAR owns and operates 17 different OTT brands including BIGSTAR Movies, Black World Cinema, LGBT Cinema and 247 Horror. Some films are free to watch via AVOD, others require a premium subscription.

If you visit their website and scroll to the bottom, you will find a selection of niche categories with unique URLS, such as Queer Cinema or Black World Cinema.

2022 update: the Big Star website seems to be down—perhaps this is merely a Roku Channnel now?

Press Release

BIGSTAR “Movies You Demand” App Now on Vizio, Samsung and PopBox Devices

Movie Streaming App Goes Live on PopBox, Vizio and Samsung Internet TVs

March 29, 2011

Today, BIGSTAR (www.bigstar.tv), the social video on demand™ platform, announced the launch of "Movies You Demand," a premium application designed to stream movies from the BIGSTAR library, on Vizio and Samsung TV sets, as well as PopBox devices. The BIGSTAR "Movies You Demand" App is also featured on iPhone, iPad, Android-powered devices, and Roku Players.

Expanding upon the experience of watching movies on the BIGSTAR website, "Movies You Demand" is free to install, plays movies instantly with no downloads required, and features the ability to browse movie titles by genre, rating and spotlight, where BIGSTAR identifies some of their most popular movies.

"Launching 'Movies You Demand' on PopBox, and on Vizio and Samsung TVs through Yahoo! Widgets has been exciting for BIGSTAR," said BIGSTAR Chief Technology Officer, Erik Marum. "This expansion now brings the BIGSTAR experience directly to millions of TV screens around the world."

"Movies You Demand" can be found on Vizio and Samsung TVs in the Yahoo! Widgets Gallery and also in the PopBox Apps TV Movies section. With new, hard-to-get independent, foreign and documentary movies added daily, BIGSTAR offers a continually fresh selection for worldwide movie fans. Unlimited movie viewing is available for $4.99 a month with a BIGSTAR membership following a 30-day free trial. Members are granted instant access to stream thousands of movies from any of their Internet-connected devices, including: iPhone, iPad, MAC, PC, Linux, Android, Palm Web OS, Roku Players and more.

About BIGSTAR

BIGSTAR, the social video on demand™ platform, provides an outlet for global audiences to get personalized movie recommendations from friends and watch titles instantly through a variety of Internet-connected devices. BIGSTAR fans discover new releases, hard-to-find festival favorites, and foreign movies by selecting titles they like. The BIGSTAR social engine recommends other movies for VOD consumption, while allowing undiscovered titles to be demanded. Fans have a proactive demand "queue" for movies -- driving movie demand that spreads virally over the social networks fed by BIGSTAR's fans. BIGSTAR offers movies across iPad, iPhone, Yahoo! Widgets, Google Android, Roku Players, Palm WebOS, Vizio TVs, Samsung TVs, PopBox players and many more. 


Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments:
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