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Afrostream

AFROSTREAM is Netflix for African-American and African content…

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About

Afrostream brings you the best black shows, films, web series and more, streaming online anytime, anywhere. The site boasts an international library of 1,000+ hours of premium content, subtitled or dubbed according to the local market. Afrostream has licensing deals in place with Warner Brothers, Sony, Viacom, Lionsgate, and Sky Vision among others.

The company has signed distribution deals with TF1, Orange and Bouygues telecom and debuted in the summer of 2016 on set-top boxes in over 12 million households in Europe. Afrostream was previously incubated by Silicon Valley’s prestigious Y Combinator and has secured investments from Orange, Cross Culture Ventures, and ACE & Company. Afrostream is accessible on Smart TVs, on the web, iPad, iPhone, and Android devices in 28 countries in Europe and Africa.

Afrostream targets the 15M people of African descent in Europe and 936M Africans in sub-Saharan Africa.

Topics

VideoConsumerContent
Location
Paris, France
Team size
11 employees
YC batch
Summer 2015
Status
Shut down
Stage
Early stage

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Questions and answers

What does Afrostream do?

AFROSTREAM is Netflix for African-American and African content…

Where is Afrostream based?

Paris, France

How many people work at Afrostream?

11 employees, according to the company profile.

Has Afrostream raised money?

There are no funding rounds for Afrostream in our data.

What are the alternatives to Afrostream?

Similar startups: Bitmovin, Mux, and Tavus.