Cinedigm and AudPop Announce “Shorts Channel,” a Streaming Channel Featuring the Best Short Films From Around the World
September 22 2020 - 2:45PM
Business Wire
Over 1,000 Hours of Content Spanning Genres
from Comedy to Social Justice to Documentary
Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM) announced today a partnership with
AudPop to launch the “Shorts Channel,” a streaming channel
featuring the best short films from around the world. The OTT
channel will be made available in North America initially, with
territory expansions planned, as a free ad-supported television
channel (FAST) and on ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) platforms
for connected TVs, digital set-top boxes, media-streaming devices,
and web-based services across Cinedigm’s global footprint of more
than 670 million devices. Cinedigm will offer the channel to more
than 60 partners globally, including distribution partners such as
Vizio, Samsung, Xumo, Tubi and more.
Offering over 1,000 hours of content from 12,000 films, the
channel provides viewers a variety of programming genres and
subject matters from comedy, animation/anime, horror & Sci-Fi,
LGBTQ, romantic comedies, documentary, made-by-women, African
American, social justice, inspirational as well as faith &
spirituality.
Title Examples: "Wednesday" by Noor Lawson featuring
Bryan Cranston "Shelter" directed by Daniel Hanna featuring Clea
DuVall "The Good Mother" by Sarah Clift "Tis of Thee" by Quentin
Robinson "She's Revolutionary" featuring Trana Burke and directed
by Brittany B. Monet
“AudPop has established itself as a leading curator of short
films from around the world,” said Tony Huidor, General Manager of
Cinedigm Networks. “We are excited to showcase the high-quality
films created by emerging, talented filmmakers by sharing more than
12,000 short films with viewers across our expanding list of
distribution partners.”
“As the success of Tik Tok, Facebook Watch and HBOMax have
shown, short-form entertainment content captures billions of
minutes consumed each month,” said Erick Opeka, President of
Digital Networks, Cinedigm. “Our partnership with AudPop will bring
12,000 titles of the world’s highest quality short-form films to
market at a time that Telcos, TV & handset manufacturers, and
others demand compelling, original shorts to entertain and retain
their customers.”
“At AudPop we believe that real stories can change the world,
which is why we are so excited to partner with Cinedigm to bring
our diverse and talented filmmakers stories to audiences
everywhere,” said AudPop Founder & CEO, Paige Williams.
Cinedigm continues to focus on bringing well-established brands
and film & television content from leading content owners into
the rapidly growing, free ad-supported television marketplace.
Consumer interest in premium content remains strong within the OTT
ad-supported space as traditional cable and satellite services
continue to lose subscribers seeking low-cost alternatives and new
options for their entertainment needs.
About Cinedigm:
For more than 20 years, Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM) has led the
digital transformation of the entertainment industry. Today,
Cinedigm entertains hundreds of millions of consumers around the
globe by providing premium content, streaming channels and
technology services to the world’s largest media, technology and
retail companies. For more information, visit Cinedigm.
About AudPop:
AudPop is a premium video entertainment platform that connects
our network of 75,000+ diverse and talented filmmakers with brands
and audiences around the world. Through creation, curation, and
promotion, our mission is to facilitate collaboration with
authentic storytelling content.
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Jill Calcaterra 310-466-5135 jcalcaterra@cinedigm.com
Talie Knutson talie@audpop.com
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