AMC FAST Channels include The Walking Dead
Universe, Portlandia, and MSG SportsZone
Redbox Free Live TV offers nearly 180 FAST
channels
Combined streaming services have over 60
million monthly active users (MAU)
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (NASDAQ: CSSE) today
announced it has signed a deal with AMC Networks (Nasdaq: AMCX) to
add 12 Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) channels.
These new channels include the post-apocalyptic horror drama The
Walking Dead Universe, the sketch comedy series Portlandia, and
sports fan-focused MSG SportsZone. The channels will soon be
available and can be accessed through the Redbox app on Roku,
Samsung TVs, and many other devices.
The Redbox Free Live TV service will soon surpass 180 FAST
channels and expects to eclipse 200 by early summer. The company
recently announced adding channels from Fremantle Media, including
The Jamie Oliver Channel and Supermarket Sweep.
“The Walking Dead and Portlandia are some of AMC Networks’ most
iconic series, and the ability for our consumers to watch them 24
hours a day will be an immediate hit,” said Laura Florence, senior
vice president and general manager of digital for Chicken Soup for
the Soul Entertainment. “Our Redbox Free Live TV app continues to
scale with brands and series our viewers know and love. We should
quickly reach 200 channels by summer and have plans to scale even
further later this year.”
“Making our popular and high-quality content available to
viewers whenever and wherever they might want to watch it on
ad-supported platforms with our show and network brands clearly
present is central to our distribution philosophy,” said Evan
Adlman, EVP of commercial sales and revenue operations for AMC
Networks. “We are thrilled to expand the reach of our FAST channels
and shows on Redbox Free Live TV through this exciting
partnership.”
The AMC channels coming to Redbox Live TV are:
- The Walking Dead Universe – Join Daryl, Michonne, the
Clarks and more from the world of the Walking Dead. Enjoy 24-hour
programming on The Walking Dead Universe channel, including cast
interviews, behind-the-scenes moments, and more
- Portlandia – Put a Bird on It! All your favorite
episodes and characters from the Emmy- nominated and Peabody
Award-winning hit series starring Fred Armisen and Carrie
Brownstein, all the time
- Stories by AMC – Dive into the bold and inventive AMC
shows you’ve come to love with Stories by AMC. Get access to fan
favorites and discover new gems you may have missed
- AMC Thrillers – Get your adrenaline pumping with AMC
Thrillers – a collection of heart-pounding action/thrillers that
will have you on the edge of your seat
- Slightly Off IFC – Slightly Off IFC is the home of the
unexpected—from cult favorite sketch series to the offbeat comedic
masterworks of the biggest names in comedy
- IFC Films Picks – Star-studded dramas. Chilling
thrillers. Groundbreaking documentaries. The best independent films
from IFC Films & IFC Midnight
- All Reality WE tv – Real moments. Real stories.
Real drama. If you love reality, you need All Reality WE tv
- All Weddings WE tv – Brides. Bling. Drama! If you love
weddings, then say “I Do” to All Weddings WE tv
- AMC en Español – AMC en Español is the home of your
favorite stories and characters. Catch up on and discover
critically acclaimed shows, 100% in Spanish
- ALLBLK Gems – Entertainment that’s inclusively but
unapologetically Black. Enjoy the best of ALLBLK, all the time
- MSG SportsZone – Take a deeper dive into the players,
personalities, teams, and sports you love. MSG SportsZone is the
home for the sports super fan
- Anime X HIDIVE – Love anime? Check out HIDIVE’s
action-packed assortment on Anime X HIDIVE! From classic series to
hot hits fresh from Japan, we’ve got anime fans like you
covered
The Redbox streaming app can be accessed through Roku, Samsung
TVs, VIZIO TVs, and many others. The app also features a robust
Ad-Supported Video-on-Demand (AVOD) streaming platform with
thousands of free movies and TV series, access to thousands of
movies and TV series to rent or purchase, and nearly 180 FAST
channels.
About Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Chicken
Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq: CSSE) provides premium
content to value-conscious consumers. The company is one of the
largest advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) companies in
the US, with three flagship AVOD streaming services: Redbox,
Crackle, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. In addition, the company
operates Redbox Free Live TV, a free ad-supported streaming
television service (FAST), with nearly 180 FAST channels as well as
a transaction video on demand (TVOD) service, and a network of
approximately 32,000 kiosks across the US for DVD rentals. To
provide original and exclusive content to its viewers, the company
creates, acquires, and distributes films and TV series through its
Screen Media and Chicken Soup for the Soul TV Group subsidiaries.
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is a subsidiary of Chicken
Soup for the Soul, LLC, which publishes the famous book series and
produces super-premium pet food under the Chicken Soup for the Soul
brand name.
About AMC Networks AMC Networks (Nasdaq: AMCX) is a global
entertainment company known for its popular and critically
acclaimed content. Its brands include targeted streaming services
AMC+, Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now, ALLBLK, and the newest
addition to its targeted streaming portfolio, the anime-focused
HIDIVE streaming service, in addition to AMC, BBC AMERICA (operated
through a joint venture with BBC Studios), IFC, SundanceTV, WE tv
and IFC Films. AMC Studios, the Company’s in-house studio,
production and distribution operation, is behind some of the
biggest titles and brands known to a global audience, including The
Walking Dead, the Anne Rice catalog and the Agatha Christie
library. The Company also operates AMC Networks International, its
international programming business, and 25/7 Media, its production
services business.
Forward-Looking Statements and Available Information This
press release includes forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements
are statements that are not historical facts. These statements are
based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this
press release, and on the current expectations of management and
are not predictions of actual performance. Such assumptions involve
a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including
but not limited to risks relating to our core strategy, operating
income and margin, seasonality, liquidity, including cash flows
from operations, available funds, and access to financing sources,
free cash flows, revenues, net income, profitability, stock price
volatility, future regulatory changes, price changes, ability to
achieve and sustain market acceptance of our content streaming
services and other content offerings, ability to recruit and retain
officers, key employees, or directors, ability to protect our
intellectual property, ability to complete and integrate into our
existing operations future strategic acquisitions, ability to
manage growth, ability to pay dividends and our debt obligations,
as well as evolving regulatory or other operational risks, and
risks presented by changing general market conditions impacting
demand for our services. For a more complete description of these
and other risks and uncertainties, please refer to Item 1A (Risk
Factors) in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023. If
any of these risks materialize or our assumptions prove incorrect,
actual results could differ materially from the results implied by
the forward-looking statements contained in this press release.
Information regarding the acquisition of Redbox and related
transactions is qualified by reference to the Company’s Current
Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 11, 2022 as amended
May 12, 2022, June 6, 2022, August 12, 2022, November 14, 2022 and
thereafter from time to time, and all exhibits filed with respect
to such reports. The forward-looking statements contained in this
press release speak only as of the date hereof and the Company
expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release
publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements
contained herein to reflect any change in the Company’s
expectations with respect thereto or any change in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.
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Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (PRESS) Peter Binazeski
pbinazeski@chickensoupforthesoul.com
(INVESTOR RELATIONS) Zaia Lawandow
zlawandow@chickensoupforthesoul.com
AMC Networks Jim Maiella jim.maiella@amcnetworks.com
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