Tubi TV
 | |
| Industry | Entertainment |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founder | Farhad Massoudi |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, United States |
Area served | United States, Canada |
Key people |
Farhad Massoudi (Founder, CEO) Thomas Ahn Hicks (Co-founder, Head of Strategy & Business Development) |
| Website |
tubitv |
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 Lionsgate, among dozens more.[2]
Products
Tubi TV launched in April 2014 with more than 20,000 television and film videos, 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 MGM Studios and Lionsgate in November 2015, Tubi TV's library grew to over 40,000 film and TV episodes.[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 Lionsgate, 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
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Tubi TV Grabs $6 Million From MGM, Lionsgate And Others For Its Free, Ad-Supported Streaming Service". TechCrunch. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ↑ "AdRise Launches Tubi TV for free VOD". WSJ. 12 March 2015.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Paramount Pictures Licenses 50 More Movies to Free VOD Service Tubi TV". DigitalTrends. 12 March 2015.
- ↑ Perez, Sarah. "Tubi TV Grabs $6 Million From MGM, Lionsgate And Others For Its Free, Ad-Supported Streaming Service". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- ↑ "We are Tubi TV — the largest online library of free TV and movies. AMA! • /r/cordcutters". reddit. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- ↑ "AdRise Brings Interactive Smart TV Ad Unit to Canada". StreamDaily. 14 February 2014.
- ↑ adRise. "Devices -- Tubi TV". Tubi TV. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
- ↑ "AdRise Launch RTB-Based Connected TV Ad Platform". VideoAdNews. 15 March 2012.
- ↑ "Tubi TV Lands Paramount Flicks". Multichannel. 11 March 2015.
- ↑ "AdRise Raises $2 Million From Foundation Capital to Put Video (And Ads) On More Connected TVs". TechCrunch. 16 October 2012.
- ↑ "AdRise Launches Tubi TV for free VOD". RapidTVNews. 18 April 2014.