Lionsgate and Fox Corp., an ad-supported free streaming service called Tubi, have signed a multi-year contract for 30 new feature films and 200 library titles on the platform.
The deal includes films not included in Lionsgate’s Pay 1 theatrical release with Starz. Among the new versions are exclusive windows on Tubi crushed, An action thriller starring John Malkovich, Frank Grillo, Cameron Monaghan and Lily Krug. It is now available for streaming.
PersecutionThe John Cusack-Emile Hirsch thriller will debut on Tubi on June 27 and is an action-based drama. the wolf dogTrevor Donavan, James Maslow and Michael Wayne Foster will premiere this fall. crushed, Persecution Y the wolf dog They all have exclusive windows in Tubi.
More Lionsgate films yet to be announced with Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson, Anna Pacquin and Martin Lawrence will also open in Tubi, the companies said.
“We are delighted to expand our multi-year partnership with Lionsgate,” said Adam Levinson, chief content officer at Tubi, adding that the agreement “will add even more value to our audience.”
Ryan Lawer, president of Lionsgate Home Television, said the agreement “reflects our ability to have multiple custom content licensing agreements with a wide range of buyers across all parts of the content ecosystem.”
Fox bought Tubi for $ 440 million in 2020. In addition to getting the free ad-supported streaming, it was on a steep upward trajectory in terms of ad revenue and viewers. In a presentation to NewFronts last month, Tubi revealed that it has 51 million monthly active users in the first quarter, up from 33 million in the same period in 2021 and 25 million in 2020. The total number of viewing hours reached 3,600 million. . Year 2021.
Source: Deadline
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