BlackBoxTV
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BlackBoxTV | |
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| YouTube information | |
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| Years active | 2010-present |
| Genre | Horror |
| Subscribers | 1.13 million |
| Views | 224.57 million |
| Last updated: 19 December 2025 | |
BlackBoxTV is a commercial YouTube channel and production studio founded by director Tony E. Valenzuela.[1] It was launched on August 17, 2010[2] and relaunched on April 13, 2012[3] as part of YouTube's $150 million original channel initiative.[4] The channel, which has collaborated with Wes Craven,[5] Guillermo del Toro[6] and Anthony E. Zuiker,[7] is home to BlackBoxTV Presents, which Variety called "the longest-running scripted drama online" in March 2016.[8]
The channel originally launched in August 2010 with one scripted series - BlackBoxTV Presents, a horror anthology featuring a cast of YouTube creators including Philip DeFranco, Justine Ezarik and Shane Dawson.[9]
In October 2011, it was announced[10] that BlackBoxTV was among 100 entities YouTube had partnered with as part of a $150 million investment in television-style programming.[11] The channel relaunched on April 13, 2012, with four new series: Silverwood, Black Friday, True Stories and Anthony E. Zuiker Presents, produced in collaboration with CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker and Collective Digital Studio.[12]
In 2014, Legendary Entertainment partnered with the channel to produce Versions of Elloise for the “YouTube Space House of Horrors: A Legendary Halloween short film contest.”[13] The film was selected among ten finalists by Guillermo del Toro.[14] Also in 2014, Alpine Labs (formerly Ketchum Labs)[15] partnered with BlackBoxTV to distribute the reality competition series Fight of the Living Dead.[16]
