WarnerMedia films debuting include The Astronaut’s Wife, Collateral Damage, and The Long Kiss Goodnight
Sony Pictures AVOD titles coming to Redbox include Resident Evil: Retribution, Underworld: Evolution, We Own the Night, and Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Redbox (Nasdaq: RDBX), a leading entertainment company, today announced it has signed an Ad Supported Video on Demand (AVOD) deal with WarnerMedia to bring select titles from the company’s iconic catalog to its free streaming service. In addition, Redbox announced it will add film titles from Sony Pictures Television to its AVOD streaming service including Resident Evil: Retribution, Underworld: Evolution, We Own the Night, and Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning.
The company’s content deal with WarnerMedia adds Ad Supported Video on Demand (AVOD) movies on a monthly basis, starting with The Astronaut’s Wife, Collateral Damage, and The Long Kiss Goodnight, among others. Additional Warner Bros. titles coming to Redbox’s free streaming service include Transcendence, Arthur, Contact, No Reservations, The Upside of Anger, City By The Sea, Ready to Rumble, City of Angels, Pleasantville, The Postman, Boogie Nights, Forever Young, Doc Hollywood, JFK, Joe Versus the Volcano, and Tango & Cash.
“WarnerMedia and Sony Pictures both have amazing film catalogs which our audience will enjoy for hours on end, and they will be completely free,” said Galen Smith, CEO of Redbox. “We look forward to growing the number of films offered through our AVOD streaming service from both studios in the coming months.”
Redbox has aggressively scaled its ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) streaming service to include thousands of popular films and television series in the past year while also growing to more than 120 FAST Channels available in its Free Live TV service, with plans to add more in the coming months.
About Redbox
Redbox (NASDAQ: RDBX) is a leading entertainment company that gives consumers access to a large variety of content across digital and physical media. The company operates a rapidly growing digital streaming service that provides both ad supported (AVOD) and paid movies from Hollywood studios and hundreds of content partners, as well as over 120 channels of free ad supported streaming television (FAST). The Redbox app is available on major entertainment platforms that include Roku devices, connected TVs, gaming platforms, the web as well iOS and Android devices. Redbox also operates its popular kiosks across the US at thousands of retail locations – giving consumers affordable access to the latest in entertainment. The company produces, acquires, and distributes movies through its Redbox Entertainment™ label, providing rights to talent-led films that are distributed across Redbox’s digital and physical services as well as through third-party digital services. Headquartered just outside of Chicago, Redbox has offices in Los Angeles and Seattle. For more information visit www.redbox.com.
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Peter Binazeski
Redbox
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