BritBox LLC

BritBox LLC is a digital streaming service headquartered in New York, N.Y. The service first launched in the U.S. in March 2017. Originally a joint venture between the UK's BBC and ITV, the international service (including the U.S. entity) became a wholly-owned subsidiary of BBC Studios in a deal completed in February 2024. BritBox is a private company. While precise figures are not public, its employee count is estimated to be between 50 and 200, and one source estimated its annual revenue at $16.6 million. As of April 2024, the service had over 3.75 million global subscribers.

BritBox operates as a subscription-based, over-the-top (OTT) video-on-demand service specializing in British television content for audiences in North America and other regions outside the UK. The platform offers a large collection of current and classic British TV series and films, including dramas, comedies, mysteries, and documentaries sourced from major UK broadcasters like the BBC and ITV. It provides new episodes of some popular series within hours of their UK broadcast and has an extensive library of older programming. The service also invests in exclusive original content.

As a patent litigant, BritBox LLC is an operating company defending its technology. The company has been named as a defendant in one tracked patent case and has not been a plaintiff. This defensive posture is typical for a technology-based operating company. The single suit filed against it is in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The company's only tracked litigation is DISH Technologies L.L.C. et al. v. BritBox LLC, filed in October 2023. The lawsuit, brought by DISH Network and its subsidiary Sling TV, alleges that BritBox's streaming service infringes on patents related to adaptive bitrate streaming technology, which adjusts video quality based on a user's network conditions. DISH has filed similar patent infringement lawsuits against several other streaming and media companies.