Tubi TV

Tubi TV
Industry Entertainment
Founded 2014 (2014)
Founder Farhad Massoudi
Headquarters San Francisco, United States
Key people

Farhad Massoudi (Founder, CEO)

Thomas Ahn Hicks (Co-founder, Head of Strategy & Business Development)
Website tubitv.com

Tubi TV is a free, ad-supported television and movie platform found on the web and online streaming devices. Launched in 2014 by Adrise as a way to increase exposure for their content providers, Tubi TV holds the largest library of free TV and movies on the web.[1] Content partners include Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), and Lions Gate Entertainment, among dozens more.[2]

Products

Tubi TV launched in April 2014 with more than 20,000 television shows and movies, the largest library of free, available media content online.[3][4] In March 2015, AdRise announced a licensing agreement with Paramount Pictures for the rights to 50 films per month on Tubi TV.[5] After bringing in investments and content partnership agreements with Paramount Pictures and Lions Gate Entertainment in November 2015, Tubi TV's library grew to over 40,000 movies and TV shows.[6] New content goes live on Tubi TV every week.[7]

Availability

Tubi TV can be found on their website, tubitv.com, Roku, Android, iOS, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, and Samsung.[8][9]

Background

The company uses a real-time bidding platform for advertisers for delivering video ads across various platforms.[10] Former Fox TV chairman, Sandy Grushow, is an advisory board member.[11] Former Vice Chairman of Lions Gate Entertainment, Mark Amin, is an investor. The company behind Tubi TV, Adrise, has raised $4 million in capital. Principal investors include Foundation Capital, Bobby Yazdani, Zod Nazem, and Streamlined Ventures.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer And Lionsgate Invest In adRise -- Parent Company Of Tubi TV -- And License Library Content To Fuel Ad-Supported, Video-On-Demand Service". StreetInsider.com. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Tubi TV Grabs $6 Million From MGM, Lionsgate And Others For Its Free, Ad-Supported Streaming Service". TechCrunch. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "AdRise Launches Tubi TV for free VOD". WSJ. 12 March 2015.
  4. ↑ TV, Tubi. "Tubi TV And Starz Digital Announce Licensing Agreement To Stream TV And Movies To Viewers For Free". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  5. ↑ "Paramount Pictures Licenses 50 More Movies to Free VOD Service Tubi TV". DigitalTrends. 12 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Perez, Sarah. "Tubi TV Grabs $6 Million From MGM, Lionsgate And Others For Its Free, Ad-Supported Streaming Service". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  7. ↑ "We are Tubi TV — the largest online library of free TV and movies. AMA! • /r/cordcutters". reddit. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  8. ↑ "AdRise Brings Interactive Smart TV Ad Unit to Canada". StreamDaily. 14 February 2014.
  9. ↑ adRise. "Devices -- Tubi TV". Tubi TV. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  10. ↑ "AdRise Launch RTB-Based Connected TV Ad Platform". VideoAdNews. 15 March 2012.
  11. ↑ "Tubi TV Lands Paramount Flicks". Multichannel. 11 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "AdRise Raises $2 Million From Foundation Capital to Put Video (And Ads) On More Connected TVs". TechCrunch. 16 October 2012.
  13. ↑ "AdRise Launches Tubi TV for free VOD". RapidTVNews. 18 April 2014.
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