New Channels Launch on Free Streaming Service DistroTV

Cinedigm Channels Dove and CONtv Among the New Channels Appearing This Week on the Popular Free Streaming Service

DistroTV™ is a streaming over-the-top (OTT) service built to feed the insatiable curiosities, passions and pursuits of globally-minded viewers in the US, Canada and UK. Along with its broad range of entertainment, news, sports, film and TV programming in live, linear and video-on-demand formats, a new crop of channels has just launched in their Movies/Entertainment, News & Opinion, and Sports categories.

Dove Channel
A family-friendly and faith-based network featuring TV series and Movies that are safe for the entire family, consisting of a minimum of 500 individual titles or episodes.

CONtv
A pop culture, nostalgia TV and Movies channel with a minimum of 500 individual titles or episodes.

Real Vision
Real Vision examines finance, business and the global economy with videos and reports that provide real in-depth analysis from real experts.

MMA Junkie
Best MMA highlights and comentary.

Global Fashion Channel
The world's premier Fashion, Beauty, Art and Luxury Lifestyle Channel. Watch the latest runway shows, exclusive access backstage, the latest fashion films, beauty tips, fashion exhibitions, art museums, exotic cars, yachts and luxury hotels.

DistroTV has also recently added a Moods category featuring Ambiance channels from SoniCentric, featuring Fireplace Lounge, Island Escape, Relaxing Rain, Fish Tank and Tranquil Thunderstorms.

DistroTV is free to consumers and now available via Apple iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV and Roku.

Happy Streaming! -GB

The Film Detective is Bringing the Comfort of Classic Movies to These Uncertain Times with Marathons Dedicated to Charlie Chaplin, Roger Corman's 94th Birthday and April Fools' Day

The Film Detective Steps into Spring on the Lighter Side with an Entire Month Dedicated to Classic Comedy

ROCKPORT, Mass., March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Film Detective (TFD), a classic media streaming network and film archive that restores classic films for today's cord-cutters, is offering a brief escape from these challenging times with the light-hearted side of classic film and television. 

Starting on April 1, TFD is featuring a collection of classic comics on its live channel and adding over a dozen comedies to its streaming library of over 1,000 classic film and television titles. April Fools' Day will showcase Golden Age's favorite goofs, including The Three Stooges, Buster Keaton, and Abbott and Costello, for 24 hours of laughs on Sling, STIRR, and DistroTV.

It wouldn't be a month of classic comedy without Charlie Chaplin, so The Film Detective is honoring the anniversary of The Little Tramp's birthday on April 16. Favorites including The Kid (1921) and The Adventurer (1917) will be featured, as well as the tale of Chaplin's rise to fame in Chaplin's Art of Comedy (1966) from legendary independent filmmaker Sam Sherman. Chaplin's birthday will be followed by a weekend-long marathon of comedy from April 17-19. In times when everyone could use a laugh, no one fits the bill like Charlie Chaplin and his comedic peers of yesteryear.

Comedy marathons are only part of the events on The Film Detective this month. To celebrate the 94th birthday of film legend Roger Corman on April 5, TFD is featuring a Roger Cor-Marathon from 3:30 p.m. ET-midnight. A Bucket of Blood (1959), The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) and more will be featured to the delight of Corman fans. Viewers can enjoy exclusive commentary on Corman's classics from director Joe Dante and Roger Corman himself in Trailers from Hell videos, available on the TFD app. Additionally, in honor of Easter on April 12, TFD will be stocking its streaming app with religious titles from The Cathedral Films Collection and The Loyola Films Collection, courtesy of Vision Video. 

While the theaters may be closed and many confined at home, one thing that offers a bit of respite in times of overwhelming news is the nostalgia of classic film and television. For more information on The Film Detective's April schedule, visit https://www.thefilmdetective.com/.

About The Film Detective:

The Film Detective is a leading distributor of restored classic programming, including feature films, television, foreign imports, and documentaries. Launched in 2014, TFD has distributed its extensive library of 3,000+ hours of film on DVD and Blu-ray and through leading platforms including TCM, EPIX, Amazon, PBS, and more. The Film Detective has released its classic movie app on web, iOS, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Apple TV and is available live with a 24/7 channel on Sling, STIRR, and DistroTV.

For more information, contact:

Kerry Ryan
kerry@thefilmdetective.com 

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Coronavirus Is Accelerating Pluto TV’s Already Massive Growth

If there’s one category other than cannabis and toilet paper that’s doing pretty well right now, it’s streaming. But the ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) platform was already growing at a rapid clip before the coronavirus outbreak caused streaming consumption to surge. Other networks agree. In February, Comcast bought Xumo for a reported $100 million. Last week, Fox Corporation spent $440 million on its acquisition of Tubi.

Here is a very interesting article featuring a Q&A with CEO and Co-Founder of Pluto TV, Tom Ryan.

https://www.adexchanger.com/tv-and-video/coronavirus-is-accelerating-pluto-tvs-already-massive-growth/?utm_campaign=Feed%3A%2Bad-exchange-news%2B%28AdExchanger.com%3A%2BExchanging%2BIdeas%2BOn%2BDigital%2BMedia%2BOptimization%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner

Although the article is very informative, it is important to note that the channel line up it describes is the USA region of Pluto TV. Channel selection and content will vary considerably in Canada, UK and other territories. The article is still worth the read, though.

-GB

New TV Classics Coming to Comet TV and Charge!

NEW TV CLASSICS COMING TO COMET TV AND CHARGE!

Comet TV, the digital over-the-air network in the US, is teasing a new programming line-up on Comet TV and its sister channel Charge! on Twitter this week. Here is a compilation of the ad campaign:



Looking over the daily schedule for Comet TV starting on April 6, it appears that they've reduced their movie block down to 4 hours, expanding their classic series line-up as such (all times US Eastern Time Zone):

• 10a-12p Noon: Movie
• 12p-2p: Movie
• 2p-4p: The Outer Limits (2 episodes back-to-back)
• 4p-6p: NEW! Sliders (2 episodes back-to-back)
• 6p-8p: NEW! Quantum Leap (2 episodes back-to-back)
• 8p-10p: NEW! Battlestar Galactica (2003) (2 episodes back-to-back)
• 10p-1a: Stargate: SG1 (3 episodes back-to-back)
• 1a-4a: Babylon 5 (3 episodes back-to-back)

Over at Charge!, the weekly schedule is robust with classic action TV shows. While the movie blocks seem to have been relegated to the weekends, the following shows are taking over the weekday slots (all times US Eastern Time Zone):

• 10a-1p: NEW! Magnum P.I. (3 episodes back-to-back)
• 1p-4p: NEW! Knight Rider (3 episodes back-to-back)
• 4p-7p: CHiPs (3 episodes back-to-back)
• 7p-10p: Walker, Texas Ranger (3 episodes back-to-back)*
• 10p-1a: Magnum P.I. (3 episodes back-to-back) [Repeat of the 10a-1p block]
• 1a-4a: Walker, Texas Ranger (3 episodes back-to-back)*

*NOTE: Walker, Texas Ranger is not available on CHARGE! online streaming. We apologize for the inconvenience.

I am so glad to see that there will be no overlap of the new shows-- start on Charge! at 10a for the new Magnum/KR run, then flip over to Comet at 4pm to catch the debuts of the Sliders/QL/Galactica run. Mark your calendars, the new line-up starts on April 6, 2020!

Happy Streaming! -GB

How to watch Star Trek: Picard for FREE in Canada and the USA!

Yesterday I posted that Crave TV, the streaming home of Star Trek: Picard in Canada, is offering 30 days free of their streaming service, expanding their free trial period from 7 days. This offer comes just in time for the Thursday drop of the Season 1 finale of the hit show from the US streamer, CBS All Access (which is not the same CBS All Access that we have here in Canada).

Today, via his Instagram account, Sir Patrick Stewart announced that CBS All Access in the US will also offer 30 days free of its service to allow fans to stream Picard from the beginning. Here is a snapshot of the announcement:

In the post, Stewart writes:

sirpatstew

Verified

It's felt good to bring Picard back.

Our #StarTrekPicard season finale is Thursday, and starting today until 4/23, you can watch for free on @CBSAllAccess in the US with the code: GIFT. Link in bio to sign up.

If you are in the USA and you want to sign up for the free trial, use the promo code GIFT. The code will work for both versions of CBS All Access, with limited commercials (normally $5.99 per month), and commercial free (normally $9.99 per month).

Canadians please note: The promo code will not work with CBS All Access in Canada as it is operated completely differently from its American counterpart. Should you choose to subscribe to CBS All Access (Canada), you will not find Star Trek: Picard there (and several other familiar CBS titles) due to it's licensing agreement with Bell Media, parent company of Crave TV.

Happy Streaming! -GB.

You can now listen to hundreds of Audible audiobooks for free. No accounts or passwords needed.

Original Press Release: Website

While schools are closed, Stories.Audible.com will be open so children, and anyone, anywhere (including Canada), can listen for free. Here is the press release from Audible:

Stories entertain. They teach. They keep young minds engaged. And they bring us together.

That’s why, for as long as schools are closed, we will be open. Keeping to our founding belief that the spoken word can be inspiring and transporting in deeply intimate ways, we have created Stories.Audible.com—a place where anyone, in any country, can enjoy unlimited streaming of hundreds of titles for kids and families for free.

The stories were hand-picked by our Audible editors and offer a mix of education, entertainment, and general-interest titles, from the classic to the contemporary, with a focus on stories that are suitable for children. The collection includes favorites like Winnie the Pooh, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Aladdin, Jane Eyre and The Call of the Wild.

Listeners can access the site from their computers, tablets and smartphones and enjoy selections in six languages – English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Japanese. There’s no log in and no need to be an Audible member. Just visit Stories.Audible.com and start listening!

We hope that Audible Stories will offer children—and everyone—some respite during these unsettling times.

With our heartfelt wishes for good health for all.

Happy Streaming! -GB

Crave Offers 30 Days Free to Canadians

Original Press Release: Website

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Crave 

Mar 23, 2020, 11:13 ET

– New direct-to-consumer subscribers can sample the Crave package of their choice, including Movies + HBO, STARZ, and/or SUPER ÉCRAN –

Tags: @CraveCanada, @Crave_PR

TORONTO, March 23, 2020 /CNW/ - Bell Media's Crave announced today that it's providing one month free for any new subscribers with access to the internet, expanding from seven to 30 days the trial period that Canadians can sample the service. Available through April 30, the one-time-only offer is for first-time, direct-to-consumer subscribers, and can be accessed now on the Crave app or Crave.ca.

Crave recently began announcing weekly programming updates, including several new Crave Collections that assist viewers in curating viewing, such as:

• the Comfort TV Collection with SEINFELD, FRASIER, and THE BIG BANG THEORY;
• the Bingeworthy Collection with THE WIRE, VEEP, and NEW EDEN;
• the Trending Collection, with STAR TREK: PICARD, HIGH FIDELITY, and RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE, among others;

Other Crave Collections include:

• Current HBO hits including the new season of WESTWORLD, as well as SUCCESSION, THE OUTSIDER, and CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM; 
• Hollywood movies such as X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX, YESTERDAY, and BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, plus upcoming blockbuster hits like FAST AND FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW (March 20) and ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOD (March 27)
• The Family Friendly Collection, with SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, THE KARATE KID (both the classic 1984 film, and the 2010 reboot), and MASTERCHEF.
• the Kids Collection featuring movies and series such as THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2, DETECTIVE PIKACHU, BARBIE DREAMTOPIA, PEPPA PIG, PAW PATROL, and more;
• and a vastSports Collection featuring BALLERS, DARK SIDE OF THE RING, and THE SHOP: UNINTERRUPTED.

For the full release, click HERE.

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CONTACT: Nicolle Stranges, Nicolle.stranges@bellmedia.ca

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