| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.01.2021 | Molotov starts its international expansion with seven African countries | French startup Molotov provides an OTT TV streaming service in France with live TV, premium channels, a cloud DVR and on-demand content. While the service has managed to attract 13 million users in France, it has yet to expand to other coun... |
| 11.11.2020 | Molotov launches free ad-supported streaming service Mango | French startup Molotov provides a TV streaming service in France that replaces the traditional set-top box. You can access live TV, subscribe to premium channels, watch content after it airs and record content in the cloud. Today, the compa... |
| 16.06.2020 | Molotov will provide infrastructure service to other OTT platforms | French startup Molotov is better known for its TV streaming service in France. The company has attracted millions of users that use it to watch live TV, record movies and TV shows in the cloud, play past TV content and access on-demand chan... |
| 17.04.2020 | Molotov partners with SchoolMouv to offer video lessons | Schools have been closed for the past month in France. That’s why French startup Molotov is leveraging its over-the-top TV service to offer content for children of all ages. In particular, the company has partnered with SchoolMouv, a compan... |
| 29.01.2019 | Altice to acquire majority stake in OTT startup Molotov | Telecom company Altice is about to close a significant investment in French startup Molotov — the two companies have entered into exclusive negotiations. While terms of the deal are undisclosed, Altice is investing a large sum of money and ... |
| 11.12.2018 | Molotov creates a VR coffee shop to watch TV together | French startup Molotov is slowly becoming the leading platform to stream TV in France. With a single account, you can watch TV on your phone, tablet, computer and set-top box. The company is about to release a VR app that lets you watch TV ... |
| 04.12.2018 | Xavier Niel unveils new Freebox with Alexa, Devialet, Sigfox, Netflix | Iliad, the telecom company behind Free, just unveiled a new Freebox at a press conference in its office. This is somewhat significant news for French startups as French billionaire Xavier Niel is also a startup investor through Kima Venture... |
| 15.05.2018 | Canal+ gives up on its cable box, switches to Apple TV | French premium cable television company Canal+ is slowly moving away from building its own set top boxes. As Next INpact spotted, you can now subscribe to Canal+ and get an Apple TV 4K with Canal+’s myCanal app already preloaded.
Canal+ has... |
| 21.03.2018 | Molotov is no longer geoblocked in Europe | French startup Molotov has built the best TV streaming service in its home country. Unfortunately, if you tried using the service in other European countries, Molotov would simply stop working. The startup now lets you stream your content w... |
| 19.11.2017 | Media startup Cheddar launches its TV channel in Europe with Molotov | Business news network Cheddar has been partnering with social media platforms and OTT services in the U.S. And Cheddar is now looking at international markets. The media company is partnering with French startup Molotov so that French viewe... |
| 05.07.2017 | Molotov adds OCS and HBO content just in time for ‘Game of Thrones’ new season | This deal is a bit convoluted, but the bottom line is that you’ll be able to watch the season 7 of Game of Thrones live or on demand on TV streaming app Molotov. The French startup just signed a deal with OCS, a premium TV package focused o... |
| 03.04.2017 | TV streaming app Molotov now has 1 million users | French startup Molotov is trying to define the future of TV. It’s a promising start as there are now one million registered users on the platform — the service is only available in France.
On average, users spend 80 minutes per day on the p... |
| 09.12.2016 | Term Sheet — Friday, December 9 | Layoff Watch and Founder-Friendly Boards
It’s the kind of thing that stinks to be right about. Earlier this week I predicted that many startups would go through end-of-year layoffs. Some are trimming headcount after over-expanding relative ... |
| 09.12.2016 | While the world waits on Apple, Molotov brings the future of TV to France and raises $24 million | Paris-based startup Molotov has raised $24 million and launched a service that is poised to revolutionize the way we watch live TV, doing what Apple has tried but thus far failed to do.
“The main problem we see is people sitting on their co... |
| 08.12.2016 | Французский видеосервис Molotov привлёк $22 млн от Михаила Фридмана и других инвесторов Статьи редакции | Французский видеосервис Molotov привлёк $22 млн от группы инвесторов, в которую также вошёл российский бизнесмен Михаил Фридман. Об этом пишет Variety.
Помимо Фридмана в раунде приняли участие британская медиакомпания Sky, французский телек... |
| 08.12.2016 | Molotov activates the cloud DVR feature and raises $23.3 million | French startup Molotov launched five months ago, but a key feature had yet to go live. Molotov users can now bookmark TV shows and movies in the cloud so that they can watch them later. That’s not all, the startup has also raised $23.3 mill... |
| 02.09.2016 | Molotov raises $4.5 million from Sky as part of a bigger round | British media company Sky just disclosed an investment of $4.5 million (€4 million) in French startup Molotov. From what we’ve heard and according to Sky’s statement, this is just a fraction of a bigger round that is going to be announced a... |
| 01.09.2016 | TV streaming app Molotov is now available on the iPhone | French startup Molotov has been available in France for a couple of months already, and it is rolling out new platforms. After launching on the iPad, the Apple TV and computers, the company is launching its iPhone app. Android devices and r... |
| 11.07.2016 | Molotov is now available in France with a freemium model | French startup Molotov has been working on redefining the way we watch video content for a few years now. But after a long period in stealth, it’s time to open the service once and for all.
I’m not going to write another product review. I’v... |
| 15.04.2016 | Molotov is defining the future of TV | For the smartphone generation, the idea that you have to sit in front of the TV at a very specific time to watch something is archaic and unconceivable.
And yet, I’ve been using Molotov for three months, and I can clearly say that the start... |
| 17.12.2015 | Molotov Signs Deals With LG And Samsung To Come To Your Smart TV | French startup Molotov wants to revolutionize your TV experience and it has partnered with most French networks. But software and content are nothing without a good distribution plan.
That’s why the company is partnering with smart TV maker... |
| 19.10.2015 | Molotov Signs Deals With French TV Networks, Launches Beta In November | Molotov has been quite secretive over the past two years. The French startup wants to revolutionize your TV experience and partners with existing French networks. This is no small feat as you need to negotiate with many different companies ... |
| 18.06.2015 | How A Team Of Accomplished Entrepreneurs Plan To Revolutionize Your Television Experience | The company’s logo on the doorbell was so tiny that I wasn’t sure I was at the right door. After 18 months of hard work, I was the first journalist to see Molotov in action, a brand new way to watch TV. Behind the scene, AlloCiné co-founder... |
| - | FuboTV acquires French OTT TV streaming platform Molotov for €165 million in cash, stock | FuboTV, the US-based live TV streaming platform provider focused primarily on sports, has agreed to acquire French TV streaming and video-on-demand advertising company Molotov for approximately $190 million (roughly €165 million) in a combi... |
