Tubi, Inc.

Tubi, Inc. is an American technology company that operates an ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) streaming service. Founded in 2014 by Farhad Massoudi and Thomas Ahn Hicks, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. In 2020, Fox Corporation acquired Tubi for $440 million, and it now operates as a subsidiary within Fox's Tubi Media Group division. While a private subsidiary, reports estimated Tubi's annual revenue was between $700 million and $900 million in 2023. The service reported having over 100 million monthly active users as of mid-2025.

Tubi provides a free streaming service offering a large library of on-demand movies and television shows. Its content is licensed from major Hollywood studios and hundreds of other content partners. In addition to licensed content, Tubi began producing its own original films and series, branded as "Tubi Originals," in 2021. The service is monetized entirely through advertisements shown to viewers and is accessible on a wide range of devices, including smart TVs, mobile devices, and web browsers, without requiring a subscription.

As a patent litigant, Tubi is an operating company that has been a defendant, not an aggressor. The company's record of zero plaintiff lawsuits and one tracked defendant case supports this posture. This defensive role is typical for companies with successful commercial products that become targets for patent assertion entities.

The company's single tracked case is Multimedia Technologies Pte Ltd. v. Tubi, Inc., filed in 2023 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a common venue for patent litigation. The plaintiff in this case has also filed similar lawsuits against other major technology companies, such as LG Electronics, concerning smart TV technology. This context suggests Tubi was targeted as part of a broader patent assertion campaign against the streaming technology industry.