Benzinga | Aug 12, 2020 04:39PM EDT

Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment Announces New Programming License Deals And Expanded Distribution For Crackle Plus

License Deals with Millennium Media, Whistle Sports, and More



New Distribution on Philo for Crackle and Popcornflix Networks

COS COB, Conn., Aug. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc.(NASDAQ:CSSE), one of the largest operators of streaming advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) networks, today announced new programming license deals and new distribution expansion on Philo for Crackle Plus.

Crackle Plus obtained the right to exhibit new content from various license deals through sister company Screen Media. The new license deals include 20 hours of content from Millennium Media including Belly of the Beast, Today You Die, and Derailed, 30 hours of content from Whistle Sports including The Stem10, 49 hours of content from Signature Entertainment Limited including TV series The Doctors and hundreds of additional content hours from other licensors including Lone Star Media, Hoplite Entertainment, Inc., All Channel Films, and Nent Studios UK Ltd.

The above titles, alongside existing library titles, bring total Crackle Plus content to approximately 77,000 hours. This includes original and exclusive programming such as Crown Vic, The Clearing, On Point, Going From Broke, '85: The Greatest Team in Football History, Road to Race Day and Cleanin' Up the Town.

In addition to increasing its content, Crackle Plus has signed a new distribution deal with Philo for the Crackle and Popcornflix networks.

"Crackle has elevated its unique position among AVOD streaming networks with its unparalleled access to original and exclusive content, and today's deals with Millennium, Whistle and Signature continue the momentum," said Philippe Guelton, president of Crackle Plus. "With a growing tailwind of fresh content we're continuing to execute on our focus of offering programming that audiences want and making it even easier for them to find us through our new deal with Philo."

With the recent addition of Plex, Xfinity Flex, and FuboTV, and Philo, Crackle is available in the U.S. on over 25 devices and services including Amazon FireTV, RokuTV, Apple TV, Smart TVs (Samsung, LG, Vizio), gaming consoles (PS4 and XBoxOne), on iOS and Android mobile devices and on desktops at Crackle.com. Crackle is also available in approximately 500,000 hotel rooms in the Marriott Bonvoy chain.