Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BoxTV.com

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The result was delete. Only significant comment since the relist was to refute the reliability of the sources provided prior to the relist —SpacemanSpiff 02:34, 18 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

BoxTV.com

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Fails WP:NCORP and/or WP:NWEB.That, this was launched by Times Group, it automatically discounts any coverage of the website in the newspapers/media-sources (Times of India, Economic Times et al) owned by them as non-independent.

Barring that no significant non-trivial coverage in reliable sources is located.Typical mergers, funding et al. ∯WBG^converse 15:03, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: does not meet WP:NCORP; just an advertorial. K.e.coffman (talk) 02:21, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I saw a tech crunch ref in there [1] which as far as I know isn't primary. Szzuk (talk) 20:12, 30 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 22:44, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep A merge would be best, but The Times Group isn't a good target. Article is promotional; I suspect there may be coverage in non-English sources independent of the group. I'm a bit uncomfortable voting keep based on the sourcing, but don't see a delete here. power~enwiki (π, ν) 21:02, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete not all products/subsidiaries of notable organizations meet the notability standards of the guidelines. Here the lack of reliable independent sources means that it fails WP:CORPDEPTH as well as the WP:GNG. Some Indian topics do have more coverage in Hindi, Malayalam or Telugu sources, but that is much less likely to be true of media topics. I just don't buy into power~enwiki's argument. --Bejnar (talk) 00:36, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- The reason I'm sympathetic here with a weak case of notability is that normally I would check the Times of India in this situation, and I can't here. A link to a Hindi/Tamil/etc. search for this product that shows no significant independent coverage would assuage my concerns; I can't manage to get results in those languages with a "boxtv" search. power~enwiki (π, ν) 00:50, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep clears CORP good coverage in reliable newspapers
Times Internet's BoxTV.com reaches 50 million views
Sony LIV ties up with BoxTV for content sharing
BoxTV Adds Bhojpuri Content To Its Catalogue
BoxTV Aims To Be The ‘Netflix Of India’ And A Bollywood Discovery Platform For Overseas Audiences among others.122.164.113.164 (talk) 14:17, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just four examples of rehashed news releases, containing extensive quotes from BoxTV execs, and "we are going to do this" material. --Bejnar (talk) 17:49, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Useful things to discuss over the next week would be evaluation of the sources presented by 122.164.113.164, and finding a suitable merge target (should this end up going that way).
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 12:57, 11 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Further *BoxTV integrates mobile payments; Introduces new subscription packs

Times Internet's online video service BoxTV opens to a rush in India, UK and US

BoxTV now showcases content from National Geographic 171.78.182.16 (talk) 11:07, 12 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

All non-independent rehashes of news releases. All of these were published by the media group that owns BoxTV. Don't you understand the requirement for independent coverage? See WP:NCORP. --Bejnar (talk) 16:48, 12 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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