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Cinedigm
Cineverse Corp. (originally Access IT Digital Media, Inc., and later, Cinedigm) is an American entertainment company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Cineverse’s businesses encompass digital cinema, streaming channels, content marketing, and distribution. History Early years The company was founded in 2000, under the name Access IT Digital Media, Inc., through a group led by Bud Mayo. Mayo served as director 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, the company sold its physical and electronic distribution business to Technicolor. The following month, Screenvision 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 Screenvis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONtv
Midnight Pulp (formerly CONtv) is an OTT streaming service launched in March 2015 as a joint venture between Cineverse (then known as Cinedigm) and Wizard World (now known as Wizard Entertainment). The service catered towards fans of geek and nerd culture, featuring cult classic films and television series, digital comics, and behind-the-scenes content from Wizard World's Comic Cons. History In November 2017, Cinedigm had announced the launch of a 24/7 "Always On" channel on Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch. The linear service showcases acquired and original programming from CONtv's library. On February 5, 2019, Viewster was acquired by Cinedigm and, on June 13, 2020, would merge with CONtv and rebranded as CONtv Anime. The service was later rebranded as Midnight Pulp in 2023. Programming Original Programming *''Fight of the Living Dead'' - Following digital celebrities as they fight to survive a "real-world" Zombie Apocalypse. *''Last Fan Standing'', a game show h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Scott Edell
Jeffrey Scott Edell is an American entrepreneur in the entertainment, media, and tech industries. He currently serves as the CEO and Chairman of MeWe, a global social media and social networking service that utilizes Web3. Jeffrey Edell is best known for his role as a top executive at numerous entertainment and technology organizations such as: CEO and president of Soundelux Entertainment Group, Chairman of Intermix Media (former parent company of MySpace) and eLabor.com (formerly jeTECH Data Systems) CEO of Inferno Pictures, CFO of Cinedigm, president and COO of DIC Entertainment, as well as former president and CFO of WTG Entertainment Enterprises. Edell is also co-founder and Chairman of IndieU and Ohana Chem Co. LLC along with his daughter Natalie Edell. In early 2021, Edell was named CEO of MeWe. Education Edell attended Lehigh University to pursue a Pre-Medicine path and later transferred to the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce, where he graduated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment
Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment (formerly known as Vivendi Entertainment, Vivendi Visual Entertainment and Visual Entertainment) was a film, television, DVD and digital distribution company that operated in the United States and Canada. It was also a distribution partner for independent content providers.Home Media Magazine History Visual Entertainment was founded in 2004 to distribute DVDs as a division of , which in turn is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group Distribution. In 2 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris McGurk
Chris McGurk is chairman and CEO of Cineverse (NASDAQ: CNVS), a publicly traded entertainment and streaming technology company. Cineverse distributes content across all windows and platforms, from theatrical to digital to physical, and most recently released breakout hit horror film Terrifier 3. McGurk has enjoyed a long and transformative executive career in the film, TV and streaming content industries. Before joining Cineverse in 2011, McGurk was the founder and CEO of Overture Films and CEO of Anchor Bay Entertainment. Prior to that, McGurk served in several executive leadership roles including Vice Chairman and COO of MGM Studios Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, President and COO of Universal Pictures Universal Pictures and President of The Walt Disney Motion Picture Group Walt Disney Studios. Cineverse In May 2023, under the leadership of Chairman and CEO Chris McGurk, Cinedigm rebranded as Cineverse, marking the sun setting of its legacy digital cinema business and new focus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloody Disgusting
Bloody Disgusting is an American independent multi-media company, which began as a horror genre-focused news website specializing in information services that covered various horror media. The company expanded into other media including podcast networking, entertainment, and streaming media. History Bloody Disgusting was founded in 2001 by Brad Miska (under the pseudonym "Mr. Disgusting") and Tom Owen. In 2025 Brad Miska left the company, and it is currently run by Tom Owen along with Managing Directors John Squires and Meagan Navarro. By 2007, the site had 1.5 million unique visitors and 20 million page views each month. In September 2007 a minority stake was purchased by The Collective, a Beverly Hills–based management company. In 2011 Bloody Disgusting began distributing and producing films that have gone on to win awards and spawned the successful ''V/H/S'' franchise. In 2011, Bloody Disgusting partnered with The Collective and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. to cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shout! Studios
Shout! Factory, LLC, doing business as Shout! Studios (formerly doing business as Shout! Factory, its current legal name), is an American home video and music distributor founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases, issued in DVD or Blu-ray format, include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy specials. Considered a boutique Blu-ray label, Shout! Studios, in addition to its mainline home video releases, also releases films under the sublabels Scream (for horror film releases), Shout! Select, and Shout! Kids. Shout! Studios owns and operates Westchester Films, Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records, and Video Time Machine. Their releases are currently distributed by Studio Distribution Services, a joint venture between Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, via a distribution deal with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dove Channel
Dove Channel is a direct-to-consumer, over-the-top digital streaming subscription service. Dove Channel is available on Amazon for $4.99 per month after a 7-day free trial. Dove Channel is also available on Roku. Dove Channel offers a library of family-friendly and Christian-based programming. The channel is a partnership between Cineverse (then known as Cinedigm) and The Dove Foundation. Collectively, Dove Channel features more than 900 hours of new and original content, as well as classics from television and film. The first exclusive offering on Dove Channel is the first season of ''Austentatious'', a modern take on the works of Jane Austen Jane Austen ( ; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for #List of works, her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century .... All content on the Dove Channel is sortable and searchable using the Dove Rating System ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Cineverse. Launched in 2013, The Film Detective offers an extensive library of over 3,000+ hours of classic films and television series, with a focus on both renowned classics and B-movies across genres including comedy, drama, film noir, horror, musical, mystery, science fiction, and silent. Services offered by The Film Detective include a classic film and television app on web, iOS, Android (operating system), Android, Roku, Amazon Fire, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV; a 24/7 linear channel offered across multiple leading OTT platforms including Sling TV, Plex (company), Plex, Stirr, STIRR, DistroTV, Local Now, and Rakuten TV; and exclusive, limited-run Blu-ray and DVD releases. History The Film Detective was launched in 2013 by founder Philip Elliott Hopkins, Phil Hopkins, film archivist and produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Docurama
Docurama is a video streaming service since May 2014 by US entertainment company Cineverse that serves documentary films to proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software, software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient from freely sharing t ... clients. In 2013, Docurama had a library of about 1,200 programs, including feature-length films, short films, television programs, interviews, and film festival coverage. References External links * {{Official website, http://www.docurama.com Internet television channels Video on demand services 2014 establishments in New York (state) Cineverse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Video
New Video ( stylized as NEWVIDEO) is an American independent 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 distribution platforms, including digital, cable, video on demand, Blu-ray, DVD, and theatrical releases. Until 2012, New Video marketed and distributed television series and films for A&E Home Entertainment, which included A&E, History Channel, and Lifetime. New Video's library includes Major League Baseball games, films from Tribeca Film and storybook content from Scholastic and Weston Woods. New Video also previously distributed films for Arthouse Films and Plexifilm. History In 2011, New Video partnered with China Lion to distribute Chinese-language films across North America via various platforms. New Video was named as the exclusive aggregation partner to digital platforms for the Sundance Institute's Artist Services I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SD Entertainment
SD Entertainment, Inc. (more commonly known as Sabella-Dern Entertainment) is a dormant American animation studio specializing in entertainment for children. The "SD" in the initials of the company name stand for Sabella Dern, the respective last names of its founders: former MGM Animation employees Paul Sabella and Jonathan Dern. The company is based in Woodland Hills, California. It owned two subsidiaries, Kidtoon Films and The Bigger Picture, that deal with the distribution of SD's productions in digital venues across the United States. They were eventually acquired by Cinedigm (now Cineverse) in the early 2010s. As of 2023, the company, despite still existing, has been dormant since 2011. List of works TV series * '' Transformers: Armada'' (English dub) (2002–2003) * '' Make Way for Noddy'' (2002–2003) * ''My Little Pony ''My Little Pony'' (''MLP'') is a toy line and media franchise developed by American toy company Hasbro. The first toys were developed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Distribution
Film distribution, also called film exhibition or film distribution and exhibition, is the process of making a film available for viewing to an audience. This is normally the task of a professional film distributor, who would determine the marketing and release strategy for the film, the media by which a film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing and other matters. The film may be exhibited directly to the public either through a movie theater or television, or personal home viewing (including physical media, video-on-demand, download, television programs through broadcast syndication). For commercial projects, film distribution is usually accompanied by film promotion. History Initially, all mass-marketed feature films were made to be shown in movie theaters. The identity of the first theater designed specifically for cinema is a matter of debate; candidates include Tally's Electric Theatre, established 1902 in Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh's Nickelodeon, established 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
