VHX was founded in 2011 by
Jamie Wilkinson and Casey Pugh as a
video sharing community called VHX.tv to discover and watch videos from around the web.[5] After helping
Aziz Ansari release his standup special Dangerously Delicious in 2012, VHX shifted its focus to empowering filmmakers to sell their work online.[6]
In June 2013, VHX was named to "The 2013
IndieWire Influencers List".[7]
VHX provides streaming and
DRM-free downloads of premium video content for many different artists and distributors.[9] Some titles that have used VHX for online distribution include:
Notable films
March 2012: Dangerously Delicious,
Aziz Ansari’s 2011 standup show.
June 2012:Indie Game: The Movie, a 2012 documentary film about independent game developers by James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot.
November 2012: "The Invisible Made Visible", a live episode of This American Life.
January 2014: Life Itself, a 2014 documentary film by
Steve James. VHX powered the streaming of the film from Sundance to fans who had supported the
Indiegogo campaign.
November 2014: Harmontown, a 2014 documentary about
Dan Harmon and his podcast "Harmontown" after being fired from the TV series he created,
Community.
March 2016: The Watcher Self, a 2016 British
psychological thriller film written, produced and directed by Matt Cruse.
March 2016: Winners Tape All: The Henderson Brothers Story, a mockumentary that pays homage to 1980s regional direct-to-VHS horror filmmakers and the influx of horror VHS collectors, directed by Justin Channell.
April 2016: Amityville: Vanishing Point, the continuation of the Amityville horror mythos featuring Catie Corcoran and Lloyd Kaufman.
Notable series
October 2014: Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways, a TV documentary series created for
HBO by
Dave Grohl and distributed internationally via VHX during its HBO broadcast window in the United States.