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France Channel joins Prime Video Channels in the US

France Channel, the French SVoD platform dedicated to the promotion of French films and TV works in the US, has joined pay-offering Prime Video Channels. As a result, the service created in 2021 and run by Julien Verley, is planning to launch a new multi-million fundraising campaign within the next six to twelve months to […]

July 14, 2023From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

France Channel on Struum

France Channel content is now available on Struum, the streaming service created by senior-level Disney and Discovery executives, and backed by investments from former Disney CEO Michael Eisner through his Tornante Company, Canadian-based media and content company Corus Entertainment, and Gaingels. France Channel has gathered thousands of hours of French content, including: French romantic comedies, […]

February 9, 2022

Love Nature launches on Struum

Love Nature, a wildlife and nature brand with linear and streaming channels available in over 127 countries, has announced its launch on Struum, a new US-based streaming platform which allows subscribers to access series and movies from a roster of niche streaming services. Love Nature’s nature and wildlife series and documentaries will now be available […]

January 27, 2022

Magnolia Selects on Struum

Magnolia Pictures, an independent theatrical and home entertainment distributors in the US, has announced that its digital streaming service, Magnolia Selects, and four genre-specific viewing channels have launched on Struum. Offering a library of independent films, Magnolia Selects, alongside each of the standalone channels – Warriors & Gangsters, DOX, Crack Me Up and Monsters & […]

November 12, 2021

Struum finalises Series A financing

Struum, the SVoD service created by senior-level Disney and Discovery executives, and backed by an initial multi-million-dollar investment from former Disney CEO Michael Eisner through his Tornante Company, has finalised its Series A funding round led by Canadian-based media and content company Corus Entertainment. The $7 million (€6.4m) round also includes Gaingels, the leading investment […]

November 10, 2021

Struum live preview on Firstlight Media platform

Firstlight Media’s cloud-native platform has broken new ground with its support for the simultaneous launch on Struum of the first wave of more than 50 content providers and the first implementation of a credits-based subscription model in the OTT industry. The Firstlight Media platform, built on Gen5 architecture, harnesses an array of cloud-native technologies that […]

May 26, 2021

SPI brings premium titles to US with Struum

SPI/FilmBox, which owns and operates multiple linear channels and digital services across the globe, has teamed up with Struum, the new breed of streaming service created by senior-level Disney and Discovery executives, and backed by a multi-million-dollar investment from former Disney CEO Michael Eisner through his Tornante Company. The deal will initially render 280 premium […]

May 26, 2021

Alchimie channels on Struum

Alchimie US, the OTT service provider announces an exciting new partnership with Struum, the Michael Eisner and Tornante Company backed streaming service. Struum’s credit-based US platform launches its service this week with thirteen of Alchimie’s popular themed SVoD channels, introducing them to a US wide audience. The new partnership is Alchimie’s debut US distribution deal […]

May 19, 2021

Eisner-backed Struum targets spring launch

Former senior-level Disney and Discovery streaming, television, and technology executives have teamed up to develop a new streaming service, backed by a multi-million dollar investment from former Disney CEO Michael Eisner through his Tornante Company. As the brainchild of founders Lauren DeVillier, former Head of Product for Discovery Ventures, Eugene Liew, former Vice President of […]

January 7, 2021

Firstlight Media’s OTT platform to support Struum

Firstlight Media is collaborating with one of the television industry’s newest OTT service, Struum, to deploy their new cloud-native streaming platform that is built on revolutionary Gen 5 architecture. As part of a longstanding development relationship, Firstlight Media will leverage Microsoft Azure’s hyperscale cloud platform and its own microservices-based architecture to create for Struum an […]

January 7, 2021