Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment’s chairman and chief executive officer, William J. Rouhana, has announced the formation of a new senior leadership team drawn from both Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment and Redbox. As previously announced, entertainment and streaming industry veterans Galen C. Smith, executive vice chairman, and Jonathan Katz, president, will lead […]

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has completed the acquisition of Redbox Entertainment – a deal first reported in May – creating a content and distribution offering targeting value-conscious consumers in the US. The combined companies now offer AVoD services, over 145 free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels, TVoD, and a network of over 36,000 […]

Crackle Plus, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company and an operator of AVoD services, has renewed its relationship with iSpot.tv through 2023. This is the third consecutive year the real-time cross-platform TV measurement company and streaming service have been in business together. Helping advertisers better measure the reach of Crackle Plus’s footprint across […]

Crackle Plus, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, company and operator of AVoD streaming services, has announced an updated Crackle app on Roku devices. The improvements to the Crackle app environment on Roku devices include an all-new design throughout the application that aims to provide a more intuitive browsing experience for the audience. Some […]

Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has announced a Connected TV (CTV) ad inventory agreement with leading streaming platform and content owner Crackle Plus, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company, and one of the largest operators of streaming advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVoD) streaming services. Amagi’s ADS PLUS […]

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, an operator of AVoD streaming services, and Redbox, the US entertainment company, have entered into a definitive agreement under which Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment will acquire Redbox. In a joint statement, Chicken Soup for the Soul and Redbox said they aim to “create a leading independent, integrated […]

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, an operator of AVoD networks, has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Locomotive Global, a production company based in India. Locomotive Global is currently producing and developing a number of original productions including an original series in development with Amazon Prime Video, as well as Indian local language […]