Jaman

Jaman is a video-on-demand web company focusing on distributing international movies. It was named after an Indian fruit and founded by Gaurav Dhillon in 2005, when he came back to the USA after his year off in Argentina.

Jaman's concept is based on the observation that international movies are hard to find online as American blockbusters tend to seize the place. "Everyone is focusing on that one square mile are in Hollywood," says Dhillon — when there is a whole wide world whose content is in demand but is never distributed in the US. From French films to Bollywood potboilers, to the Kung Fu flicks from Hong Kong, the only place to buy (or rent) this content was ethnic grocery stores or small specialist video rental shops.

The Jaman's catalog contains over 1,000 films, many available to rent free for a five-day period (during the test phase) or to purchase for $4.99 a pop. The site also provides free movies (grouped in the Open Cine category) which mostly consists of short movies.

Direct link

: jaman.com

Appeal

: It's always good to see independent and international movies.

Interface

: Sleek and clean.

Sharing

: Only for videos of the Open Cine category.

Streaming speed

: Good to very good.

Image quality

: Great.

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