Haystack News, an ad-supported streaming service that connects US viewers with hyper-relevant local, national and world TV news, has announced the service now offers content from more than 400 providers on its Haystack News streaming AVoD platform, and will surpass more than 50 live news channels this January. Haystack News launched live news as a […]
Cinedigm, the independent streaming company, has announced today that Comedy Dynamics, the comedic streaming channel, has launched on Samsung TV Plus in the UK, Samsung’s free content streaming platform. Offering hundreds of stand-up specials, films and television series, Comedy Dynamics features all-star talent including Jim Gaffigan, Mike Birbiglia, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Smith (pictured), Whitney Cummings and more. Comedy […]
DistroTV, the independent, free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) platform, has lauched DistroTV Español. The new free-to-stream channel bundle features 20+ Spanish-speaking channels and will be available to Spanish speakers in the US, as well as Spanish speakers in Latin America. This comes on the heels of the streaming platform’s push to expand its global audience […]
Amy DeGregorio and Andrew Tew have been promoted to expanded sales, marketing and distribution roles at Hearst Media Production Group, formed in September 2021 to advance Hearst Television’s original programme production and distribution. DeGregorio has been named senior vice president, managing director of sales for educational/informational (E/I) programming. She previously served as senior vice president, […]
FilmRise, the New York-based film and television studio and streaming network, and Thunderbird Entertainment, the Canadian-based production company, have entered into an agreement granting FilmRise multi-territory FAST ad-supported digital linear rights to the Canadian comedy series “Kim’s Convenience.” Specifically, the deal gives FilmRise exclusive FAST rights to all five seasons of the series, which it […]
WildEarth has announced that its FAST channel WildEarth TV will launch on the ZEASN platform in Europe and South America. This new partnership makes WildEarth’s linear channel available on certain models from Philips, AOC and Whale OS powered connected TVs in the territories. Whale OS is ZEASN’s operating system with independent intellectual property rights that […]
Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has announced that Video Solutions AG has partnered with it to launch, distribute and monetize two Advertising Video-On-Demand (AVoD) channels – one in Germany and one in UK – on Samsung TV Plus, LG, Phillips, TCL, and Xiaomi. Headquartered in Switzerland, Video […]
WildEarth TV, the live and interactive wildlife TV channel, has announced its launch on Samsung TV Plus in Italy, Spain, Netherlands and Sweden. The WildEarth TV channel is a 24/7 mix of interactive wildlife content, featuring 8 hours of live programming a day including twice-daily live safaris direct from locations including South Africa’s Djuma Game […]
Sky Cinema 4K, the first channel in Italy entirely dedicated to movies in 4K HDR, will launch on January 28th. Sky Cinema 4K will be available on channel 313, adding to the 11 Sky Cinema branded channels, and will be available at no additional cost to all Sky Cinema customers with Sky Q via satellite […]
Streaming services specialist Cinedigm has reached an agreement to acquire Digital Media Rights (DMR), a streaming, advertising, and content distribution company. Founded more than a decade ago by media industry veterans Michael Hong and David Chu, DMR focuses on four key streaming businesses. First, the company is a leading global distributor of feature films and […]