{"id":127500,"date":"2021-06-03T19:25:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T19:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=127500"},"modified":"2021-06-03T19:25:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T19:25:03","slug":"tubi-sets-streaming-pact-with-cohen-media-group-adding-80-films-to-free-ad-supported-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/tubi-sets-streaming-pact-with-cohen-media-group-adding-80-films-to-free-ad-supported-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Tubi Sets Streaming Pact With Cohen Media Group, Adding 80 Films To Free, Ad-Supported Service"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fox Corp. streaming service Tubi has made a deal with Cohen Media Group to put 80 of its film titles on the free, ad-supported platform.<\/p>\n
Tubi will have exclusive free streaming rights to classics like Howards End<\/em> and Daughters Of The Dust<\/i>. More recent films that are heading to the platform include Agnès Varda and JR’s documentary collaboration, Faces Places<\/i> and Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang<\/i>.<\/p>\n Cohen titles already on Tubi include Maurice<\/i> with Hugh Grant; Farewell My Queen<\/i>, starring Diane Kruger and Léa Seydoux; and François Ozon’s Double Lover<\/i> and The New Girlfriend<\/i>. The full slate will roll out throughout the month of June.<\/p>\n Fox closed its $440 million acquisition of Tubi last year and has steadily increased its programming offering. It now has 30,000 film and TV titles from more than 250 suppliers.<\/p>\n Tubi reported having 33 million monthly active users as of last fall. It has also said that streaming on its platform in 2020 increased 58% over 2019 levels, reaching 2.5 billion total hours, with half of viewers under age 35.<\/p>\n “Tubi has always been a destination for premium independent-minded content and we are proud to be the exclusive AVOD home to this beloved slate of award-winning titles,” Tubi content chief Adam Lewinson said. “Our collaboration with Cohen Media makes available some of the most compelling storytelling in contemporary and classic cinema free to our viewers.”<\/p>\n Cohen Media Group SVP Robert Aaronson said Tubi’s “recognition of the prestigious quality” of the Cohen slate is “confirmation that we are in the right hands.”<\/p>\n As the AVOD sector evolves and is seen as more viable, Tubi has made a few moves in the specialty film space. It acquired action movie Lazarus<\/em> from Samuel Goldwyn and premiered it exclusively earlier this year. Roku, in a deal with some strategic similarities, announced an agreement last week for pay-1 rights for select Saban Films titles.<\/p>\nRead More About:<\/h2>\n