Redbox, Crackle Streaming Service Access Launching on Vizio TV Remotes in 2023 - Media Play News

Erik Gruenwedel

November 14, 2022

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Nov. 14 announced an expanded woody with Vizio that brings the Redbox and Crackle escaped streaming apps to the Irvine, Calif.-based user electronics manufacturer’s distant controls. In the 2nd fractional of 2023, consumers who acquisition Vizio TVs volition person contiguous entree to the Redbox and Crackle ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) services done dedicated buttons.

The Redbox and Crackle apps springiness users entree to a wide scope of content, from ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) titles and much than 150 escaped unrecorded TV (FAST) channels to the latest movies and TV bid disposable for acquisition oregon rental. Both services proceed to standard their contented offerings and connection tens of thousands of titles to stream.

“This comes astatine an optimal clip arsenic we turn our AVOD and FAST offering successful the coming year,” Adam Mosam, main integer serviceman of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, said successful a statement.

“As 1 of the archetypal to motorboat the Chicken Soup for the Soul app, and Crackle FAST channels successful our escaped streaming service, WatchFree+, we are pleased to connection caller VIZIO customers nonstop entree to the Crackle and Redbox streaming services from the VIZIO remote,” said Seta Goldstein, manager of contented & exertion partnerships astatine VIZIO. “Our expanded narration with Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment makes it casual for VIZIO users to observe Crackle and Redbox programming – astatine the interaction of a button.”

Crackle’s caller releases see the nuptials solemnisation series Wedding Talk, the 2nd play of Crackle Original The Wall, the pet-centric manner series Pet Caves, the award-winning BBC series Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman arsenic good arsenic play 3 of the award-winning series Going From Broke.

The Crackle and Redbox streaming services are presently distributed done implicit 140 touchpoints successful the US connected platforms including Amazon Fire TV, RokuTV, Apple TV, Smart TVs (Samsung, LG, VIZIO), gaming consoles (PS4 and Xbox One), Plex, iOS, and Android mobile devices and connected desktops at Crackle.com and Redbox.com with plans to grow to implicit 160 interaction points this year.