Cinedigm to launch its AVOD service Cineverse in August

Streaming company Cinedigm will launch Cineverse, the company's all-in-one flagship AVOD streaming channel, in August. It will be showcasing its massive 46,000 title film & television episode catalog as well as more than two dozen owned & operated streaming brands. 

It will be the first streaming service to be powered by Matchpoint Blueprint 2.0. Officially launching in late August, Cineverse will initially be a one-stop AVOD service that features a broad lineup of more than 15 free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels - both company-owned and from third-party partners - with the best films and series curated from the entire Cinedigm universe available for free on an ad-supported basis.

The service will include the entire VOD content catalogue and selection of FAST channels spanning various genres that are currently part of Cinehouse, a streaming service acquired with Digital Media Rights (DMR) earlier this year.

Cineverse will initially launch on iOS, Android, Roku, Samsung and desktop web, with plans to be released on Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, LG, webOS and HTML-5 by the end of year. 

It will be a premium subscription option that offers access to additional content as well as with no ads will be available in the Fall.

Cineverse will feature new major Hollywood releases available on a transactional (TVOD) rental basis, details to be announced. 

Cineverse will include a channel lineup of over a dozen FAST linear channels with integrated electronic program guide (EPG), offering the ability to browse the catalog on a channel basis. 

Through a partnership with audience engagement platform LiveLike, Cineverse will include elements of gamification such as the ability for viewers to earn loyalty points that will be redeemable for digital prizes and exclusive NFTs. 

As an enhancement to the Company's proprietary collaborative filtering content recommendations, Cineverse will provide more accurate content recommendations and relevant content shelves as well as advanced search capabilities based on intrinsic characteristics of a film such as tone, theme, storyline, mood and hundreds of other dimensions intrinsic to a film. 

Additionally, Cinedigm's tightly integrated content delivery platform, Matchpoint Dispatch - also part of the Matchpoint™ Platform- will enable Cineverse to easily launch with more than 15,000 feature films and television shows spanning all the Company's channels with thousands of additional titles to follow. Given Cinedigm's massive content library, Matchpoint Dispatch's advanced level of automation, in conjunction with the innovative use of AI/ML, streamlines what has historically been very time-consuming, repetitive content preparation and delivery tasks. Additionally, AI/ML are being specifically used for frame-accurate automated ad break creation, audiovisual content compliance, speech-to-text conversions, video quality control, user-specific content recommendations, genre-based previews & trailer creation and much more.

Matchpoint Blueprint

Matchpoint Blueprint 2.0 will power Cinedigm's OTT App Portfolio and enable content partners to easily launch new channels.

The company announced its plans to roll out a major update of their Matchpoint™ Platform Suitethat will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to improve the streaming experience.