ReelBox Media Entertainment is a wired and wireless broadband based over-the-top (OTT), video-on-demand provider with a vision to deliver a large catalog of old, new and in-theater cinema and non-cinema video content to consumers at the convenience of living room directly to TV. In addition to cinema, we envision our catalog to grow into a diverse portfolio including documentary, stage plays, short films, animation and art films.

Our vision is to deliver not just plain cinema, but highly personalized cinema to every household within and outside Indian subcontinent from all Indian languages on a pay-per-view basis and at a price that no one else can offer in the Industry. Our delivery vehicle is an extremely Portable(xtrP) HDMI Dongle that plugs into your TV with an ultra-friendly user interface.

Our browse menu is organized under five categories: (a) "New" that covers movies that are running in Theaters and Rereleases aka movies that were released within past one year that you may have missed in theaters (b) "Top Hits" - movies that are hot selling or viewed (c) "Offers"– movies that you might like and those that have been forgotten by people on discount prices(d) "Catalog" – our regional version of IMDB also called as ReelBox Movie Database (RMDB) that has the entire collection of our movie titles and (e) "For You" – movies that are recommended by our intelligent recommendation engine exclusively for you.

My ReelBox is your personal box that contains all the movies that you added to WishBox, BuyBox and movies that your received as gift and recommended by us. My ReelBox is instantly synchronized with your TV.

Personalization is done using our patent pending user focused promo and recommendation engine along with feature to remote manage your TV while our patent pending novel dynamic pricing engine rightly prices each title based on several competitive factors.

In order to ease the pain of sharing and distributing content, we provide a novel content creator social network product that brings producers, distributors and theater owners to work with each other and maximize revenue return for a given movie as opposed to hurting each other and giving it away to piracy. The social network is primarily connected to a content owner via an iPAD application called ProducerApp™ with goal to promote transparency between the players.

Narayanan is an investor and co-founder of ReelBox. He brings over 35 years of rich experience in marketing and business development and has a strong network of business partners/leads/contacts in the industry. He has worked in various management roles in multi national corporate such as Coca Cola and Nestle, post which Narayanan has been either in a leadership role or key stakeholder in Indian firms in the FMCG vertical. He has an MBA from Indian Institute of Management — Calcutta and currently consults in the area of technology marketing and entry strategies into the Indian market.

Dharmin is currently with Intel Corp. as UltraBook Marketing Manager. He is a business school graduate of UC Berkely and a MS degree holder from University of Southern California. A person of sharp acumen, he can understand the large picture quickly while paying attention to details. Over 12 years, he has been with Intel and played technical and management lead roles.

Raja is an aspiring movie director. Currently he is an engineering manager with Intel Corp. He has 15 years of experience in web platform technologies and software systems who has a B.Tech degree in Computer Science. Raja is instrumental in spearheading ReelBox in North America.

A Senior Research & Software Development Engineer with over 8+ years of demonstrated record towards developing advanced technology applications. He has hands on experience in solving technical problems, developing algorithms and building practical systems. He received his B.E degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from R.V College of Engineering, Bangalore University, Bangalore and M.S degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University.

A Strategic Leader and Intrapreneur with 17+ Years of global experience in the IT & Telecom Domain specializing in creating and managing new revenue streams from a Global Clientele. He has a successful track record across Diverse Functions spanning across Business Development, P&L Management, Sales & Marketing and Operations Management.

Currently he heads the Wireline Communications Practice at Aricent Group, a Global Innovation Services Organization focusing exclusively on the Communications Domain, responsible for creating sustained thought leadership in the Wireline Communications space for the Company. This includes strategizing and delivering the product roadmap in evolving technology segments resulting in revenue streams, strategic accounts creation, leading cross-functional business teams, go-to-market strategy and product P&L Ownership.

An entrepreneur by nature, Kathiravan always has an unique perspective on things. His ability to view and think outside the box without getting dragged down by issues makes him a good investor. Currently he is running import and export business between India, Singapore and Hong Kong. He received his B.E degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai.

ReelBox is built on a great vision by a young and dynamic team where each member is driven by passion for cinema and technology. We are well on our way to execute the vision of our founders while being supported by our investors. We are passionate about what we are doing and we are happy to eat, breathe and sleep ReelBox. We very well know that this is just a beginning and have a long way to go before we realize our vision. If you would like to join us in this journey, please write to us at info@reelbox.tv.

A Strategic Leader and Intrapreneur with 17+ Years of global experience in the IT & Telecom Domain specializing in creating and managing new revenue streams from a Global Clientele. He has a successful track record across Diverse Functions spanning across Business Development, P&L Management, Sales & Marketing and Operations Management.

Currently he heads the Wireline Communications Practice at Aricent Group, a Global Innovation Services Organization focusing exclusively on the Communications Domain, responsible for creating sustained thought leadership in the Wireline Communications space for the Company. This includes strategizing and delivering the product roadmap in evolving technology segments resulting in revenue streams, strategic accounts creation, leading cross-functional business teams, go-to-market strategy and product P&L Ownership.

Network/Video Streaming Programmer
Location: Chennai
Years of experience: 2 to 6 years
Education: M.S (preferred)/ B.E in Computer Science & Engineering

Job Description (development role):

• Research, develop, test and debug a novel network protocol stack for a video delivery application.
• Research, develop, test and debug a novel file system for efficient video retrieval.
• Implement protocol stack ISP and mobile network operators to deploy ReelBox protocol stack across routers/servers.

Job Description (lead & development role):

• Technically lead and set direction to a small team of engineers to develop, test and release product.
• People manage and build a strong vibrant and motivated team.
• Research, develop, test and debug a novel network protocol stack for a video delivery application.
• Research, develop, test and debug a novel file system for efficient video retrieval.
• Collaborate and positively influence ISP and mobile network operators to deploy ReelBox protocol stack across routers/servers.

Soft Skills:

• Experience in object oriented and modular programming.
• Experience in full software development cycle i.e., understand specification, write modular code, debug, test and release product.
• Team player, passion to learn, results orientation and discipline.
• Highly motivated individual, self driven and independent.
• Ability to articulate and communicate clearly.

Skills:

• Must have had extensive hands-on experience in C, Linux kernel and socket programming.
• Must have thorough understanding about the Internet architecture.
• Knowledge about cellular backbone architecture is an added advantage.
• Background in network application development. Core router/switch programming is not necessary but seen as useful skill.
• Should have experience in L2/L3 protocol stack development including MPLS, OSPF, BGP, STP, UDP, IGMP, Multicast, PIM, IPv4, IPv6 etc (experience in at least two or more).
• Knowledge in media streaming protocols including RTSP, HLS, HTTP-PD, HTTP-AS is an advantage.
• Ability to build and debug network applications is a strongly desired.

Post your resume at jobs@reelbox.tv

PHP/MySQL/Apache Developer
Location: Chennai
Years of experience: 2 to 5 years
Education: B.E /M.C.A

Job Description (development role):

• Develop back-end CMS.
• Develop login and authentication scripts.
• Data mining based analytics scripts.
• Report generation.
• XML conversions.
• Support front-end development work.

Job Description (lead & development role):

• Technically lead and set direction to a small team of engineers to develop, test and release product.
• People manage and build a strong vibrant and motivated team.
• Develop back-end CMS.
• Develop login and authentication scripts.
• Data mining based analytics scripts.
• Report generation.
• XML conversions.
• Support front-end development work.

Soft Skills:

• Experience in object oriented/modular programming.
• Full software development cycle - understanding specification, writing modular code, testing and release process.
• Team player, passion to learn, results orientation and discipline.
• Ability to articulate and communicate clearly.

Back-end Skills:

• At least 2 years development experience in PHP programming.
• Background in Java/Java Script/Servlets/ASP programming.
• Understanding of client-server architecture.
• Experience in dynamic XML creation.
• Experience in form creation, user authentication, SSL and security.
• Experience in integrating payment gateways such as PayPal and CCAvenue.
• Extensive experience in MySQL database creation, PHP-interface, administration.
• Linux experience is a must.
• Apache/Tomcat HTTP server deployment and management experience is a must.

Front-end Skills:

• Hands-on experience with HTML/DHTML/XHTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
• Good understanding of Ajax.
• Familiarity with Flex programming and Flash player.
• Front-end development including jQuery.
• Familiarity with CMS such as Joomla, Wordpress and Drupal.

Post your resume at jobs@reelbox.tv

1. Can I buy the ReelBox Dongle online?

Yes. Please create an account as a new user or login either using your Facebook login in reelbox.tv. Once you become a user, click the “Order Now” button on the website to purchase your own ReelBox xtrP HDMI dongle. ReelBox shall happily deliver the dongle at your doorstep free of shipping charges in 2-3 business days.

2. I would like to see a demo of the ReelBox Dongle before buying one, is that possible?

Yes, it is possible in selected cities. Currently we have launched in Portland and San Jose. In Portland, we have trained sales people who shall show you demos, answer your questions, allow you to test the product and also assist you with purchase, registration of ReelBox account and activation of the dongle. You can also catch us at any of the exhibitions we participate.

ReelBox KIOSKS are present in select retail stores in a few cities like Portland and San Jose in North America. You may visit any one of these cities for an up close and personal shopping experience with ReelBox.

3. Do you accept returns? Is there a trial period?

ReelBox offers a 30-day trial period from the date of delivery both for online purchase and kiosk purchase. We accept returns within this period. You may send to us the ReelBox dongle by snail mail in the original package or drop it off at the nearest ReelBox Kiosk and the entire value shall be refunded, subject to there being no physical damage to the ReelBox dongle. Please check our terms of service for detailed description of our refund policy.

4. After 30-day trial period, will refund be given for unused pre-charge?

Sorry, pre-charge money can never be refunded. However any re-charge money shall be refunded. Please check our terms of service for detailed description of our refund policy.

5. Do you have different Dongle plan options to purchase?

ReelBox does not sell device seperately. ReelBox provides two packages - $39.99 and $49.99. Dongle is included in both the packages for free.

6. Which TVs are ReelBox dongle compatible with?

ReelBox xtrP HDMI Dongle can be connected to any TV which has HDMI port. ReelBox dongle comes with its own remote and charger, USB port to plug to any TV which may be required for a one-time setup and activation step.

7. How does the ReelBox TV dongle connect to the Internet? What are the minimum requirements?

ReelBox xtrP HDMI Dongle uses your home Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) network to connect to the internet. To have proper visual experience, you need at least 4 Mbbps bandwidth with your internet service provider.

8. Is there customer support after purchase? How does it work?

ReelBox offers customer support via email and toll free# 1-877-792-5935. We recommend to contact us via email and we assure you that we will get back to you promptly. You can reach us at support@reelbox.tv.

9. How does ReelBox work?

First, customers need to create an online account. Second, they can login and order a ReelBox xtrP HDMI Dongle (or from our representatives). Third, via browser on your PC or iPAD, browse our extensive collection of titles, select and add to My ReelBox. Fourth, on your TV, simply lean back and enjoy the movies from My ReelBox. Note that you can purchase movies either from PC or from your TV.

1. Can I really buy movie or just rent?

ReelBox only rents and does not sell movies. We do not have rights to sell the movie titles. Throughout ReelBox, buy means renting.

2. What kind of content is offered by ReelBox?

ReelBox currently offers movies in Kannada and Tamil languages. In future, we plan to add documentaries, short-films, art films and stage plays in many Indian languages including Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. ReelBox offers highest digital quality consuming the lowest bandwidth to stream content directly to your TV via the ReelBox xtrP HDMI Dongle.

3. How do I recharge my account?

After registration each consumer gets a free ReelBox account. ReelBox account can be recharged using one of the supported online payment modes such as credit or debit cards. Money precharged is held in the user's account and account balance is displayed on the right upper corner all the times.

4. How do I buy movie titles?

Customers can login into reelbox.tv, browse, choose movie and add to their WishBox or purchase and add to their BuyBox. Using the available credit balance from ReelBox account, users can purchase movies for pay-per-view. One year validity applies for all purchased movies.

5. What if my card account is declined / lapsed due to internet delay?

Customers may choose from a variety of option & multiple modes / gateways of payments. We request you to try with another gateway or different cards.

6. For any charge, under what name will be displayed in my statement / account?

All Credit / Debit or Online banking transfers will reflect in the customer's statement as ReelBox Media Inc.

7. Can I see the movie multiple times?

Each movie can be viewed only once. You can watch the same movie by paying again.

8. Can I pause and play a movie?

Yes. Customers can pause and play movies. However for certain programs the rights of viewing may be restricted owing to special circumstances.

9. What will happen if I pause a movie and forget to complete watching the movie?

When you power on the device again, you can continue to watch from where you left. ReelBox stores your view state and recollects providing you a good viewing experience.