Sony Pictures is turning its online acquisition Grouper into a ministudio that aims to move the best user-generated content onto movie and TV screens. The initiative has users competing in ongoing ...

Sony Pictures TV thinks there’s power in remaining subscription-free. In the case of its free streaming premium video network Crackle, which clocks 22 million monthly uniques, it promises brand ...

Sony Pictures Television has found of a new home for its Crackle ad-supported streaming service: The company struck a deal with Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSS Entertainment) to launch a ...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) has not had the best few years in the streaming space. The company's live TV streaming service, PlayStation Vue, has been struggling relative to its peers. And life has not been too ...

Executive Vice President Sony Pictures Television Digital Networks and GM Crackle Eric Berger speaks onstage during Crackle Presents: Summer Premieres Event in August 2014. Credit: Getty Images for ...

As first reported by Variety, SPT formed the Crackle Plus JV with CSS Entertainment, a deal expected to close in April or May 2019. CSS Entertainment will be the majority owner of the new entity, and ...

Sony Pictures Entertainment is ready to make Crackle pop. By Andrew Wallenstein, The Associated Press Sony Pictures Entertainment is ready to make Crackle pop. The studio is shaking up its online ...

Sony wants to make you a star. The Internet has already proved that it can vault lone creators to fame and/or infamy — just ask Mahir, the Numa Numa dude, Star Wars kid, and, in a different class ...

At its best, user-generated video may be amusing, but it’s not a business, at least by the standards of a Hollywood major. Sony Pictures is relaunching today the Internet video-sharing site Grouper, ...

Sony found the partner it was looking for to give Crackle, its ad-supported streaming service, a much-needed boost: Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSS Entertainment). The partners are ...

CULVER CITY, Calif., March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Crackle, Sony Pictures Entertainment's multi-platform video entertainment network, announced a major programming expansion today; extending its full ...

In May 2019, Sony Pictures Television entered into an arrangement with Cos Cob, CT-based Chicken Soup, surrendering operational control of Crackle but retaining a minority stake. A new entity, Crackle ...