Cinedigm Corp. is an American entertainment company headquartered in

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. Cinedigm's businesses encompass

digital cinema Digital cinema refers to adoption of digital technology within the film industry to distribute or project motion pictures as opposed to the historical use of reels of motion picture film, such as 35 mm film. Whereas film reels have to b ...

, streaming channels, content marketing, and distribution.

History

Early years

Cinedigm Corp was founded in 2000 under the name Access IT Digital Media, Inc., through a group led by Bud Mayo. Mayo directed Cinedigm until his retirement in 2010, and subsequently founded Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. In September 2013, the company changed its name to Cinedigm Corp. In January 2011, Chris McGurk became the new chairman and CEO. In July 2011, Cinedigm sold its physical and electronic distribution business to

Technicolor Technicolor is a series of Color motion picture film, color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades. Definitive Technicolor movies using three black and white films ...

. The following month,

Screenvision Screenvision Media is a cinema advertising and film distribution company in the United States. The Screenvision Media cinema advertising network includes over 15,000 screens, more than 2,400 theatre locations, and 335 universities in every stat ...

acquired UniqueScreen Media, Inc. (USM), the cinema advertising division of Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. The companies entered into a long-term agreement, with Cinedigm providing distribution and promotion for Screenvision. In April 2012, Cinedigm acquired distributor company

New Video New Video (stylized as NEWVIDEO) is an American entertainment distributor and collector of independent digital content. The company works with independent producers, filmmakers and television networks to curate content for many types of distrib ...

. In October 2013, the company acquired

Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment (formerly known as Vivendi Entertainment, Vivendi Visual Entertainment and Visual Entertainment) is an independent film, television, DVD and digital distribution company operating in the United States and Canada. It is ...

. In May 2014, Cinedigm established Docurama, an OTT documentary channel, focused on documentaries and film festival coverage. Later that year, Jeffrey Edell would join as CFO, and the company began trading on the

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under the ticker symbol.

Expansion into Video on Demand

In February 2015, Cinedigm and

Wizard World Wizard, the wizard, or wizards may refer to: * Wizard (fantasy), a fictional practitioner of magic * Wizard (supernatural), a practitioner of magic Art, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Wizard (Archie Comics), a comic book sup ...

launched

CONtv CONtv is an Over-the-top content, OTT streaming service launched in March 2015 as a joint venture between Cinedigm and Wizard World. The service is catered towards fans of geek and nerd culture, featuring cult classic films and television serie ...

. In June of that year, Cinedigm would acquire a minority stake in

Shout! Factory Shout! Factory is an American home video and music company founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy ...

. Finally, in September, Cinedigm partnered with

The Dove Foundation The Dove Foundation is an American non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon, that issues film reviews, ratings and endorsements of movies that it considers suitable for family audiences, and that bases said reviews on Christian values. D ...

to create

The Dove Channel Dove Channel is a direct-to-consumer, over-the-top digital streaming subscription service. Dove Channel offers a library of family-friendly and Christian-based programming. The channel is a partnership between Cinedigm and The Dove Foundation Th ...

, an online streaming service focusing on faith-based programming. In December 2017, control of Cinedigm was given to Bison Capital of Hong Kong to start one of the first China-U.S Studios. On February 5, 2019, Cinedigm acquired streaming service

Viewster Viewster was a video on demand service that was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Viewster offered a wide range of ad-supported free TV shows and movies. History Viewster AG was founded in 2007 by Kai Henniges and Jörg ...

and its Viewster

Anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

subsidiary. Viewster would eventually merge with CONtv and rebrand as CONtv Anime on June 13, 2020. In April of that year, Cinedigm licensed content from Chinese firms CCTV, China Lion, Starrise Media and Youku, in order to launch an entertainment and film service called Bambu; the service would launch on October 22, 2019. In 2020, Cinedigm acquired

The Film Detective The Film Detective is an American classic film restoration, distribution, and streaming company based in Rockport, Massachusetts, and is a division of the American entertainment company, Cinedigm. Launched in 2013, The Film Detective offers an ext ...

. In February 2021, Cinedigm acquired the horror-genre streaming service, Screambox. Later that year, on September 21, 2021, Cinedigm acquired

Bloody Disgusting Bloody Disgusting is an American multi-media company, which began as a horror genre-focused news site/website specializing in information services that covered various horror medias, including: film, television, video games, comics, and music. ...

. As part of the acquisition, Screambox would be relaunched under the curation and management of Bloody Disgusting. In August 2021, Cinedigm announced a partnership with

Robert Rodriguez Robert Anthony Rodriguez (; born June 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker, composer, and visual effects supervisor. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and in his home state of Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 ac ...

to relaunch the former cable and satellite-based

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as a streaming channel. In December 2021, Cinedigm signed a deal with SideStream, a live video streaming service. In March 2022, Cinedigm acquired streaming, advertising and distribution company, Digital Media Rights; including the ad-supported streaming services Cinehouse, AsianCrush, RetroCrush, Midnight Pulp, Cocoro, and KMTV. On September 15, 2022, Cinedigm launched Cineverse, marketed as the company's flagship streaming service, featuring programming from across its AVOD (ad-supported video on demand) and FAST (free, ad-supported, television) brands.

Television and streaming

Cinedigm owns or distributes programming from the following brands as of 2022.Networks -
/ref> *AsianCrush * Bloody Disgusting TV **Screambox *The

Bob Ross Robert Norman Ross (October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995) was an American painter, art instructor, and television host. He was the creator and host of '' The Joy of Painting'', an instructional television program that aired from 1983 to 1994 on ...

Channel *Cinehouse *Cocoro *Comedy Dynamics (The Nacelle Company) *

**CONtv Anime *

The Country Network The Country Network is an American cable, streaming and broadcast television network that specializes in broadcasting country music videos and exclusive original music-based content; its playlist of videos extends from the 1990s through the pre ...

(TCN Country, LLC) *

Docurama Docurama is an over-the-top video streaming service in May 2014 by US entertainment company Cineverse that serves documentary films to proprietary software Proprietary software is software that is deemed within the free and open-source softw ...

(

/ FactoryMade Ventures) *

Fandor Fandor is a film streaming service, dedicated to independent films, documentaries, international titles, and classics, and is a division of the American entertainment company, Cinedigm. Relaunched in 2021, Fandor offers thousands of films, rang ...

*FashionBox HD *

*Gametoon *KMTV *The Lone Star Channel *Midnight Pulp *My Time Movie Network *

Real Madrid TV Real Madrid TV is a free digital television channel, operated by Real Madrid specialising in the Spanish football club. The channel is available in Spanish and English. It is located at Ciudad Real Madrid in Valdebebas (Madrid), Real Madrid's tra ...

(

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

) *RetroCrush *So...Real

References

External links

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