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ElectricNOW’s FAST channel on Samsung TV Plus

Electric Entertainment, the LA-based production, distribution and post-production company, has partnered with Samsung to deliver ElectricNOW’s FAST channel on all US Samsung Smart TV’s and select mobile devices. Dean Devlin, CEO of Electric Entertainment, commented: “Our live linear channel will now be reaching the enormous Samsung TV Plus audience. This is extremely exciting for us […]

February 16, 2022

VlogBox creates A to Z Movie Box for Echelon Studios

Echelon Studios, a film distribution and licensing company, creates its second channel “A to Z Movie Box” on popular OTT platforms. This decision has been driven by Echelon’s ambition to make its diverse movie and music library available across platforms like Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. Echelon Studio’s library includes over 15,000 classic […]

February 7, 2022

Brat TV launches AVoD channel with Future Today

Future Today, has announced a partnership with one of YouTube’s most viewed content creators, Brat TV, to launch a dedicated streaming channel featuring Brat TV’s popular video series and content geared towards teenage audiences. The new AVoD channel is available for free on Roku and Fire TV. The channel offers more than 85 hours of original […]

January 21, 2022

WBC LIVE channel on Kapang

View TV Group has signed a channel carriage deal on their Kapang CTV platform for broadcast in the UK and North America with combat-themed linear channel, WBC LIVE, powered by VIVE. VIVE Network has been working in unison with the World Boxing Council (WBC), to create the 24/7 professional boxing channel WBC LIVE. The curated […]

January 10, 2022

Stingray CTV distribution deal with Kapang TV

Stingray, the music, media, and technology company, has signed a channel carriage deal for North America and the UK with View TV Group for broadcast on their Kapang CTV platform. The carriage deal makes Stingray’s premium music themed channels available on the Kapang CTV platform. The offering includes 12 professionally curated Stingray Music audio channels, […]

December 1, 2021

Icon Film Channel launching as standalone app

Icon Film Distribution will launch its new standalone edition of the Icon Film Channel (IFC) on major app stores in December. After the success of the streaming service’s exclusive launch earlier this year on Amazon Prime Video Channels, Icon Film Distribution says that launching its offering as a standalone IFC app will provide yet more […]

November 25, 2021

India’s aha 2.0 powered by Firstlight Media

The aha streaming service is using Firstlight Media’s industry-first end-to-end cloud-native OTT platform as the technology foundation to power its next phases of growth in India and beyond. aha has launched a first-to-market “glocal” strategy that harnesses a 100% cloud-based infrastructure to deliver localized services in discrete markets, all powered by a single, common backend. […]

November 16, 2021

Report: Global streaming market still growing

Despite predictions of a pandemic peak, streaming adoption continues to gain ground in almost every single region quarter after quarter, according to the Q3 2021 State of Streaming report from Conviva. Streaming viewing time grew 21 per cent worldwide in Q3 2021 as compared to the same quarter in 2020, led by Africa, Oceania and […]

November 5, 2021

IMDb TV launches 15 channels on Fire TV UK

IMDb TV, Amazon’s premium free streaming service, has announced that 15 live linear channels have been added to the service, including hit comedy series and reality TV, true crime, design, pop culture, and more. Additionally, the IMDb TV standalone app on Fire TV is now available in the UK. The 15 recently added live linear […]

November 2, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Kapang adds WildEarth and more

View TV Group has signed a channel carriage deal on their Kapang CTV platform for broadcast in North America and the UK with the premier African safari themed channel WildEarth. “WildEarth is such an amazing idea. To have the ability to be in the centre of an African safari with the sights, sounds and expert […]

October 13, 2021