Tubi is an American
over-the-top content platform and ad-supported
streaming
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service owned by
Fox Corporation
Fox Corporation (stylized in all-caps as FOX Corporation) is a publicly traded American mass media company operated and controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. Incorporated ...
.
The service was launched on April 1, 2014, and is based in
Los Angeles, California
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. In January 2021, Tubi reached 33 million monthly active users. As of January 2022, Tubi has 51 million monthly active users.
History
Tubi was founded by Farhad Massoudi and Thomas Ahn Hicks of AdRise in
San Francisco
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, launching in 2014 as a free service. In May 2017, they raised US$20 million in a round of funding from Jump Capital, Danhua Capital, Cota Capital, and Foundation Capital. In June 2019, Tubi announced that it had over 20 million active monthly users, and later in September, the company reported that users had streamed 132 million hours of content.
In September 2020, the company reported 33 million monthly users.
In 2019, CEO Farhad Massoudi announced that Tubi would nearly double its 2018 spending on licensed content, close to US$100 million. In February 2019, Tubi signed a distribution deal with
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal Media, LLC is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate corporation owned by Comcast and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States.
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, which includes 400 TV episodes and films.
Tubi became available on Vizio SmartCast on September 25, 2019. On October 21, Tubi launched Tubi Kids, a dedicated hub for the streamer's children-centric content via
Roku
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The first Roku model, developed in collaboration with Netflix, was introduce ...
and supported devices.
On March 17, 2020,
Fox Corporation
Fox Corporation (stylized in all-caps as FOX Corporation) is a publicly traded American mass media company operated and controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. Incorporated ...
announced that it would acquire Tubi for $440 million, with the sale being completed on April 20; Farhad Massoudi would remain at the company, which would continue as a separate subsidiary.
In December 2021, Fox acquired
MarVista Entertainment
MarVista Entertainment is an American production company, based in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. The company mainly provides financing and some original content, mainly made-for-TV films and direct-to-SVOD titles, many of which are carried b ...
, in a move to bolster Tubi's library and leverage its production capabilities for made-for-TV movies.
In December 2022, Tubi signed a content deal with South Korean entertainment company
CJ ENM
CJ ENM (, CJ Entertainment aNd Merchandising) is a South Korean entertainment and retail company founded in 2018.
CJ ENM was established as a result of the merger of two CJ Group subsidiaries, CJ E&M and CJ O Shopping respectively, in July 20 ...
.
Investors and board members
Sandy Grushow
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He is the f ...
, former
Fox TV
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chair, is an advisory board member.
Mark Amin
Mohammed Mark Amin ( fa, محمد مارک امین) is an Iranian American motion picture producer, distributor and writer who has been working in independent and mainstream cinema for more than two decades. Some of Amin's film credits include ...
, former vice chair of
Lionsgate
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, doing business as Lionsgate, is a Canadian-American entertainment company. It was formed by Frank Giustra on July 10, 1997, domiciled in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is currently headquartered ...
, is an investor.
Adrise, the company behind Tubi, has raised $4million in capital. Principal investors include
Foundation Capital
Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm located in Silicon Valley. The firm was founded in 1995, and in 2012 managed more than $2.4 billion in investment capital.
History
Foundation Capital was founded in 1995.
The firm raised its sevent ...
,
Bobby Yazdani
Babak "Bobby" Yazdani (born 1963) is an Iranian-American entrepreneur and investor specializing in early-stage, private U.S.-based modern enterprise technology companies.
In 1997, he founded Saba Software, a provider of Human Capital Management ...
,
Zod Nazem
Farzad Nazem ( fa, فرزاد ناظم; born 1961), also known as Zod Nazem, was Yahoo!'s chief technology officer and one of its longest-serving executives. On May 30, 2007, at age 46, he announced that he would retire and leave Yahoo! in June ...
, SGH Capital, and Streamlined Ventures.
Global availability
In November 2015, Tubi and Blue Ant Media reached a deal to make Tubi available to stream in Canada.
Tubi became inaccessible throughout the European Union as a result of the
GDPR
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entering into force on May 25, 2018. It was later announced that Tubi would relaunch in the United Kingdom by early 2019. As of July 15, 2021, Tubi has yet to relaunch in the United Kingdom. According to their website, they "hope to relaunch in the UK and EU in the future." and is "working on compliance
ith GDPRand is planning to relaunch in European countries soon".
Tubi officially launched in Australia on September 1, 2019.
In January 2020, Tubi announced an expansion to Mexico, in a partnership with
TV Azteca
TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as some local operators. It owns two national ...
.
In July 2022, Tubi announced a partnership with Shaw Communications to make the service available to all of Shaw's customers, and further expanding Tubi's reach in Canada.
In August 2022, Tubi launched in Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama.
Programming
As of December 2022, Tubi's programming includes over 40,000 films and television series from over 250 providers (American and foreign). These have included
20th Century Studios
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,
A&E Networks
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,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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,
Gaumont Film Company
The Gaumont Film Company (, ), often shortened to Gaumont, is a French film studio headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in ...
,
Paramount Pictures
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,
Magnolia Pictures
Magnolia Pictures is an American film distributor. It is a subsidiary of Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner's 2929 Entertainment.
Magnolia was formed in 2001 by Bill Banowsky and Eamonn Bowles, and specializes in both foreign and independent films. Ma ...
,
Lionsgate
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,
Skydance Media
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,
STX Entertainment
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In April 2020, STX announced that it would merg ...
,
Epic Pictures,
Oscilloscope Laboratories
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,
Sony Pictures
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,
Constantin Film
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,
Nordisk Film
Nordisk Film A/S (lit. "Nordic Film") is a Danish entertainment company established in 1906 in Copenhagen by filmmaker Ole Olsen. It is the fourth-oldest film studio in the world behind the Gaumont Film Company, Pathé, and Titanus ...
,
Rat Pack Filmproduktion Rat Pack Filmproduktion GmbH is a German film production company owned by Constantin Film.
History
Rat Pack Filmproduktion GmbH was founded by Christian Becker with Anita Schneider, Jürgen Egger, Alexander Rümelin, Catarina Raacke and Constanti ...
,
The Walt Disney Company
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,
Warner Bros.
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,
Studio 100
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,
nWave Pictures
nWave Pictures is an animation studio based in Brussels, Belgium with an office in Los Angeles, California.
History
nWave Pictures was founded on 28 October 1994 by Ben Stassen.
In September 2018, Matthieu Zeller's production group MZM acquired ...
,
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
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, Your Family Entertainment,
Shout! Factory
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,
Nelvana
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,
WildBrain
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,
MarVista Entertainment
MarVista Entertainment is an American production company, based in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. The company mainly provides financing and some original content, mainly made-for-TV films and direct-to-SVOD titles, many of which are carried b ...
,
9 Story Media Group
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,
Boat Rocker Media,
Bleecker Street
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,
FilmRise
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, Bridgestone Multimedia,
Wow Unlimited Media
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History
On O ...
,
Entertainment One
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,
Regency Enterprises
Regency Enterprises (commonly referred to as Regency onscreen and copyrighting as Regency Entertainment (USA), Inc. in the U.S. and Monarchy Enterprises S.á.r.l. overseas) is an American entertainment company formed by Arnon Milchan. It was foun ...
, Invincible Entertainment, Safier Entertainment, CJ ENM, TriCoast Worldwide,
Funimation
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,
Crunchyroll
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,
GKIDS
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,
Xilam
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,
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal Media, LLC is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate corporation owned by Comcast and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States.
NBCUniversal is primari ...
,
Viz Media
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, and
Bob Ross Inc.
Since its acquisition by Fox Corporation, Tubi also carries programming from
Fox Entertainment
Fox Entertainment is an American production company owned by Fox Corporation. The company was formed in 2019 after The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of 21st Century Fox. The programming is created for the Fox Broadcasting Company, MyNetwork ...
,
Fox Soul
FOX Soul is a digital television network and live streaming service operated by Fox Television Stations that launched on January 13, 2020. The network features original and syndicated programming targeting African-Americans. It is the first streami ...
, local news from Fox-owned stations and affiliates, and
Fox Weather
Fox Weather is a digital broadcast television network and streaming channel operated by Fox Corporation which launched on October 25, 2021 to provide weather forecasts and information for the United States. The service is available through select ...
. The service began producing its own original content in 2021, including
television film
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for ...
s and series.
Tubi uses a real-time bidding platform for advertisers that deliver video ads across various platforms.
Original programming
Upcoming original programming
Original films
Upcoming original films
References
External links
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