LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ClixTV®, multi-platform streamer on the intersection of leisure, e-commerce and expertise, launches its free streaming service on over 80 channels, net, and apps, together with Roku, Apple TV, (*80*) Fire TV, IMDb TV, Box One, LG Smart TV, and all Plex TV channels in addition to on ClixTV.com, IOS and Android. ClixTV reaches greater than 100 million on-line viewers month-to-month, and 120 million over-the-top (OTT) tv properties.
“ClixTV is reinventing the leisure expertise for customers on each display screen to simplify the seek for nice content material and tantalize viewers with compelling programming that they could by no means have recognized about,” mentioned ClixTV CEO and Founder, Ed Sullivan. “We’ve additionally created distinctive advantages for creators, distributors and advertisers caught within the vortex of technology-meets-media.”
“We imagine it’s a crucial time to make use of fast-forward tech and savvy advertising to show the ache of what-to-watch right into a enjoyable, quick and free expertise,” mentioned ClixTV Chief Marketer and co-founder, Stacy Jolna. “ClixTV believes producers, streamers, advertisers and followers ought to embrace an identical purpose: make it gratifying to observe what you need, whenever you need from the very first click on throughout each platform, on any display screen.”
What differentiates ClixTV, the brainchild of Emmy and Peabody Award profitable media veterans Sullivan, Jolna and Patricia Sullivan, is that it was designed to serve all stakeholders within the leisure world: customers, producers, streaming and broadcast media corporations, and model advertisers.
For Entertainment Consumers: Streamer ClixTV showcases 1000’s of short-form (2-4 minute) episodic sequence designed for cell followers on its ClixTV.com and app platforms that characteristic rising expertise in addition to award-winning producers and stars – all free and on-demand. ClixTV showcases authentic comedy, star health ideas from “Celebrity Sweat,” sneak peeks into one of the best streaming sequence and films, eSports highlights, excessive sports activities, world journey & journey, foodie wonders worldwide, new music, youngsters’ stuff, and rather more.
For Streaming Studios & Media Companies: ClixTV factors its followers immediately from its short-form video interviews and film trailers to one of the best of long-form movies and sequence on Disney+, HBO Max, (*80*) Prime, Discovery+, Apple TV+, Peacock, Paramount+ and the printed tv networks and studios.
For Advertisers: Entertainment customers can each watch and store for tons of of merchandise on ClixTV.com, with particular model purchasing pages that present advertisers with direct-to-consumer prolonged video info, and particular promotions in addition to a possibility to purchase with only one click on. ClixTV has partnered with prime ecommerce affiliate internet marketing platforms Rakuten, Awin, Commission Junction and Pepper Jam to introduce a myriad of merchandise for buy on ClixTV.
For Wide Screen Fans: ClixTV’s linear OTT channels showcase long-form half hour and hour-long programming from its manufacturing companions which can be obtainable throughout most main streaming companies and sensible TV’s.
“In the streaming wars ClixTV is uniquely everybody’s ally, delivering readability in a time of chaos,” mentioned former Sony Pictures Entertainment President, Man Jit Singh. “With the abundance of lengthy type leisure choices, it takes the typical particular person thirty-seven minutes to search out one thing to observe. That is a transparent drawback screaming for an answer.”
“By catering to platform-agnostic viewers who need leisure proper now, a brand new media enterprise has the chance to thrive,” mentioned main worldwide media valuations professional, Larry Gerbrandt. “The streaming trade has matriculated from its adolescence with an abundance of nice content material, but it surely’s typically exhausting to search out. The important want within the trade is that this: a streamer that may help the trade by pointing viewers to programming that may have been neglected in addition to offering a platform for rising video expertise. By aligning a number of agendas – brief consideration spans, multi-platform proclivities, and by changing into an asset to the mega streaming giants – a brand new future-thinking media enterprise can show to be an indispensable ancillary arm to the trade, to creators and advertisers looking for new methods for viewers to search out what they want to watch.“
Adds Singh: “ClixTV gives suggestions serving to customers navigate the overwhelming leisure decisions. By working with the streaming trade and highlighting their long-form programming, ClixTV has turn into a optimistic disruptor benefitting its viewers, streaming companies, prospects, and advertisers, all of whom are desirous to focus on one of the best leisure expertise.”
Production corporations have flocked to ClixTV to get pleasure from a “showcase” expertise for his or her content material with fast-growing multi-platform, any display screen distribution, and a share of promoting income to help their inventive work. ClixTV’s sharing financial system presents a singular profit to producers with out the stringent necessities of exclusivity. ClixTV has aligned with each rising expertise in addition to legacy productions and studios to advertise distinctive video leisure to new audiences.
“Delighting and shocking leisure followers is ClixTV’s prime precedence,” mentioned ClixTV Founder and Chief Content Officer, Patricia Sullivan. “Our North Star is ‘Expect the Unexpected’ on ClixTV like offbeat comedies resembling “The Mom List” and “Mr. Wrong” to eSports gaming ideas & tips from “Inside the Game” to world journey “Shandor The Lion Prince,” or the true story of the $100 cup of espresso on “Expensive Tastes.” And certainly one of our prime fan favorites, “Celebrity Sweat,” presents up the fierce area competitors of Tampa Bay Buccaneers star Rob Gronkowski and his 4 brothers, and world champion Tyron Woodley’s secrets and techniques on find out how to knock out an opponent, or coaching celebrity Billy Blanks figuring out with the highest names in music, films, TV, and professional sports activities.”
“Our branded programming has discovered a powerful new house at ClixTV, with exponential will increase in viewership and repeat engagement,” mentioned Lisa Levine, CEO of multi-platform media and occasions firm Celebrity Sweat. The firm focuses on celeb health content material, motivation, and inspiration. Celebrity Sweat’s featured stars vary from martial arts champion fighter Tyron Woodley, who not too long ago fought social media boxer Jake Paul to NFL celebrity Gronkowski, and even navy celeb health coach Sergeant Slaughter educating viewers the newest in U.S. Army health coaching. Adds Levine: “ClixTV’s workforce matches our enterprise targets to develop our model, enhance our viewers in addition to our income throughout each display screen by intelligent advertising, digital promoting and on-service promotion.”
ClixTV Leadership Team
Edward M. Sullivan is ClixTV founder and CEO. He is a recipient of a number of Emmy Awards and Telly’s for his leisure trade advertising and branding as head of Pittard-Sullivan, which launched and re-launched over 200 channels worldwide, together with CBS, ABC, Fox, HBO, Discovery Communications, and DirecTV. Sullivan was a catalyst in driving viewers to particular packages and networks for distributors, studios, content material creators, and advertisers. His firm additionally labored carefully with Jolna on growing the model and network-like interface for private video recorder firm TiVo and Microsoft’s WebTV.
Stacy Jolna, founder and Chief Marketing Officer, is the recipient of a number of News & Documentary Emmy Awards, the Cannes Lion and the Peabody Award. He has stood on the crossroads of media and expertise for 3 a long time. As a founding govt workforce member of TiVo, one other profitable trade disrupter, Jolna helped propel the corporate from idea to profitable IPO and billion greenback market capitalization. He served as Chief Marketing Officer constructing the long-lasting TiVo model and operating level on investments by practically each main media firm. He served as SVP and General Manager of News Corp/TV Guide’s Digital TV Group. A profitable broadcast journalism govt previous to going digital, at Time Warner/CNN he was Senior V.P. and Senior Executive Producer for Special Reports and launched award-winning “CNN Presents”.
Patricia Sullivan, founder and Chief Creative Officer, is an award-winning leisure trade entrepreneur who constructed a number of manufacturing and post-production corporations from idea to multi-million greenback exits. A veteran Hollywood producer, her revolutionary productions helped launch networks and TV reveals globally. Patricia has created film trailers driving opening weekend field workplace revenues past the $100 million mark for studios resembling Disney. Patricia’s work has been honored with prime awards together with ATAS (Emmy), NY Film Festival, Monitor, Belding, BDA, Houston Film Festival, Gracie and Telly.
Bill Bradham, founder and Chief Business Development Officer, is a veteran enterprise advisor and strategist, efficiently counseling over 250 small, medium and huge corporations. Counseling Protron Electronics, the Company drove revenues of $800 million in worldwide gross sales in its first fiscal 12 months. Proficient in data of find out how to develop an organization’s enterprise through efficient market analysis, advertising, branding and gross sales packages, Bill builds groups, negotiates and raises funds. Bradham has negotiated over $13 billion in enterprise contracts, raised over $600 million for varied enterprise ventures, and over $130 million for varied nationwide charitable causes.
About ClixTV®
ClixTV is a multi-platform streaming firm on the crossroads of leisure, e-commerce and expertise. It is free and obtainable on each display screen, together with over 80 PLEX channels. It reaches 100 million on-line viewers month-to-month, 120 million properties through over-the-top (OTT) and thousands and thousands of viewers on ClixTV.com in addition to thousands and thousands of customers on its apps on Android and IOS. ClixTV excels in short-form, bite-sized video episodes that includes social media influencers, celeb athletes, cooks, comedians, eSports commentators, adventurers, and extra. It’s vary of content material spans Hot Trends, Extreme Sports, Fashion & Lifestyle, Travel & Adventure, Funny, Food & Wellness, Fitness, Kids Stuff, and extra. ClixTV can also be a promotional champion of prime sequence and films on main streaming platforms, making it less complicated for viewers to search out what they need to watch and subscribe to main streaming companies. ClixTV is an immersive, direct-to-consumer model expertise the place viewers can watch, store and earn ClixTV money rewards redeemable for model merchandise or for charities they help.
