# IMVBox
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{{Short description|It is a digital service platform to purchase Iranian films with English subtitles}}
{{Orphan|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox dot-com company
| name = IMVBox
| logo = imvbox_logo.png
| logo_alt = The logo of IMVBox.
| website_type = [Streaming video](/source/Streaming_video)
| founded = 2013
| location = [London](/source/London), [California](/source/California) and [Tehran](/source/Tehran)
| url = {{URL|https://www.IMVbox.com}}
| industry = [Entertainment](/source/Entertainment)
| products = {{flatlist|
*[Streaming media](/source/Streaming_media)
*[Video on demand](/source/Video_on_demand)
}}
| registration = Free & Subscription
| current_status = Active
}}
'''IMVBox''' is an online distribution platform established in September 2013 to support [cinema of Iran](/source/cinema_of_Iran). It was initially set up by an office in the [UK](/source/United_Kingdom) but it has since opened offices in [Tehran](/source/Tehran) and the [US](/source/United_States). It offers legal English-subtitled Iranian movies.[{{cite web|url=http://www.Tabnak.ir/fa/news/418101/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AF |title=فیلمها را قانونی اینجا دانلود کنید - سایت خبری تحلیلی تابناك |publisher=Tabnak.ir |date=2014-07-21 |accessdate=2014-08-05}}][{{cite web|author=مهدیس امیری روزنامهنگار |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/arts/2014/08/140803_l51_copright_cinema_piracy |title=فرهنگ و هنر - BBC فارسی - مبارزه با قاچاق فیلم؛ نیازمند همت دولت و مردم |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=1970-01-01 |access-date=2014-08-05}}] Its [YouTube](/source/YouTube) channel was launched in May 2014, providing content to [Persian](/source/Persian_language) speakers, free of charge. The company aims to fight [online piracy and copyright infringement](/source/online_piracy_and_copyright_infringement). A campaign was rolled out on [Facebook](/source/Facebook) in July 2014 to promote IMVBox's work.[{{cite web|url=https://www.Facebook.com/events/484328931670890/ |title=Support Iranian Cinema |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2014-08-05}}]
IMVBox's profile was heightened over the summer of 2014, when it won appraisal from the Iranian film industry. In early May the [Iranian Students News Agency](/source/Iranian_Students_News_Agency) carried a piece that described IMVBox's work in combating online piracy.[{{cite web | url=http://www.Isna.ir/fa/news/93030502151/جلوگیری-از-یک-عمل-سودجویانه-و-خلاف-در-سینما | title=جلوگیری از یک عمل سودجویانه و خلاف در سینما | date=26 May 2014 }}] On 20 July Iranian filmmakers including [Mojtaba Mirtahmasb](/source/Mojtaba_Mirtahmasb) and [Rakhshan Bani-Etemad](/source/Rakhshan_Bani-Etemad) released a statement in which they called on viewers of Iranian films to avoid engaging in online piracy.[{{cite web|url=http://isna.ir/en/news/93042916408/Iranian-filmmakers-warn-of-fims-free-download |title=ایسنا - Iranian filmmakers warn of films free download across world |publisher=Isna.ir |date=2014-07-20 |accessdate=2014-08-05}}] In the statement Mirtahmasb and Bani-Etemad encouraged their viewers and supporters to go to IMVBox, seeing it as a fair and legal option.[{{cite web |url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/arts-and-culture/117132-iranian-cineastes-urge-internet-users-to-avoid-illegal-downloads- |title=Iranian cineastes urge Internet users to avoid illegal downloads |publisher=Tehran Times |date= |accessdate=2014-08-05 |archive-date=2014-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809004529/http://www.tehrantimes.com/arts-and-culture/117132-iranian-cineastes-urge-internet-users-to-avoid-illegal-downloads- |url-status=dead }}][{{cite web | url=http://isna.ir/fa/news/93042916307/سینماگران-هشدار-دادند | title=سینماگران هشدار دادند | date=20 July 2014 }}] Among the 200 signatories to the statement were filmmaker [Jafar Panahi](/source/Jafar_Panahi), actress [Leila Hatami](/source/Leila_Hatami), and actor [Ali Mosaffa](/source/Ali_Mosaffa).[{{Cite web | url=https://www.khanehcinema.ir/fa/news/36/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86 | title=نامه سینماگران ایرانی به مخاطبان اینترنتی آثار سینمای ایران | language=fa | trans-title=Letter from Iranian filmmakers to the online audience of Iranian cinema works | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220031759/http://www.khanehcinema.ir/fa/news/36/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86 | archive-date=2014-12-20}}][{{cite web | url=http://cinemapress.ir/news/53119/نامه-۲%DB%B0۲-سینماگر-ایرانی-به-مخاطبان-اینترنتی-سند-کپی-رایت-را | title=نامه ۲۰۲ سینماگر ایرانی به مخاطبان اینترنتی: سند کپیرایت را در محکمه وجدان خود امضا کنید | date=20 July 2014 }}]
==References==
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==External links==
* http://www.IMVbox.com/
Category:Cinema of Iran
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