MX Player

MX Player
Type of businessPublic
Type of site
Available in11 languages
HeadquartersMumbai, India
Area servedAs Video Player: Worldwide
As OTT: Only in India
Owner
Created byMX Media & Entertainment
Key people
URLwww.mxplayer.in
LaunchedAs video player: 18 July 2011
As OTT: 20 February 2019

Amazon MX Player is an Indian video streaming and video on demand platform, developed by MX Media & Entertainment. The platform currently operates on an ad-supported model.

In 2018, Times Internet acquired a majority stake in MX Player for $140 million.[1]

In October 2019, MX Player raised $110.8 million in an investment led by Chinese conglomerate Tencent.[2][3]

In September 2024, Amazon rebranded its free ad-supported streaming service Amazon miniTV as Amazon MX Player, following its acquisition of certain assets from rival streaming platform MX Player.[4]

  1. ^ "India's Times Internet buys popular video app MX Player for $140M to get into streaming". TechCrunch. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Tencent leads $111M investment in India's video streaming service MX Player". TechCrunch. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Deal Street: Tencent Enters India's Video Streaming Space With $110-Million Investment". BloombergQuint. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  4. ^ bureau, afaqs! news (18 September 2024). "Amazon rebrands miniTV streaming service as Amazon MX Player: Reports". afaqs!. Retrieved 20 September 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)