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Sales round-up: Viasat World snags ITVS, All3 dramas; BritBox, TVNZ land ‘Screw’; ‘Fresh Meat’ served via AVOD
Viasat World snags ITVS, All3 dramas Viasat World has struck deals with companies including All3Media…
Orders round-up: Crackle readies BIPOC interview series; ABC to remake ‘Pooch Perfect’; Amazon seeks NHL ‘All Or Nothing’
Crackle readies BIPOC interview series US streamer Crackle has ordered a new original series highlighting…
My5 to host UK premieres of Stan, Crackle originals
Viacom-backed VOD service My5 will host the UK premieres of two dramas from Sony Pictures…
Sony looks to sell stake in Crackle
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is looking to sell a piece of its streaming service, Crackle,…
Crackle chief upped to Sony networks digital boss
Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) has promoted the boss of its on-demand service, Crackle, to…
BT/AMC snatch Rupert Grint crime caper for UK
The Rupert Grint television remake of crime caper Snatch is headed exclusively for BT-distributed network…
Jerry Seinfeld leaves Crackle for Netflix
US streamer Netflix has pulled off a big-money coup by signing comedian and writer Jerry…
Sony’s Crackle preps Charlie Sheen original
Sony’s OTT service Crackle has greenlit Mad Families, a comedy film featuring troubled star Charlie…
Comcast on-demand platform adds Sony’s Crackle
Comcast’s Xfinity On Demand is adding Sony Pictures Television’s streaming platform Crackle to its cable…
Tech crime drama for on-demand net Crackle
An original drama from the newly-established Critical Content is headed to Sony-owned on-demand platform Crackle….
News brief: Shomi takes Sony’s Art of More
Canadian streaming service Shomi has acquired Dennis Quaid and Kate Bosworth drama series The Art…
Dead Rising sequel piped through Legendary
The sequel to Crackle’s online film Dead Rising: Watchtower will go out through producer Legendary….
Legendary status
Former Sony TV sales boss Michael Grindon tells Jesse Whittock how Legendary Television’s emerging international…
Crackle unveils web originals
Sony Pictures Television-owned VoD site Crackle has announced a lineup of original programming for the…
Content bags Legendary’s Dead Rising
Content Media Corp. has acquired international sales rights to a feature film based on the…
Crackle signs AVOD deal with NBCU
Sony Pictures Television’s on-demand service Crackle has signed a multi-year licensing deal with NBCUniversal Television…
Sony closing Crackle streaming service in the UK
Sony Pictures Television is closing its online channel Crackle in the UK at the end…
More Jerry Seinfeld and original series for Crackle
Crackle has ordered another season of its signature show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee as…
Sony’s Crackle Aims High with Warner Bros. series
Sony’s online channel Crackle has picked up Warner Bros.’ digital series Aim High. Crackle will…
Sony rolling out full seasons of The Shield on Crackle
All episodes and seasons of cop drama The Shield will be carried, for free, on…
New launches for Crackle
Sony has inked deals with several smart TV manufacturers and its online TV channel Crackle…
Crackle orders more eps of Seinfeld web series
Sony’s online channel Crackle has ordered 24 more episodes of web comedy series Comedians in…
Crackle launches The Chosen with Heroes’ Ventimiglia
Sony’s Crackle is launching its latest original series Chosen, starring Heroes‘ Milo Ventimiglia. This comes…