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Tubi
Tubi (stylized as tubi) is an American over-the-top ad-supported streaming television service owned by Fox Corporation since 2020. The service was launched on April 1, 2014, and is based in Los Angeles, California. In 2023, Tubi, Credible Labs, and a few other Fox digital assets were placed into a new division known as the Tubi Media Group. In May 2024, it was reported to have 80 million monthly active users. As of January 2025, it is reported to have 97 million monthly active users. The service was ranked 33rd in ''Fast Company''s "The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2025". History Tubi was founded by Farhad Massoudi and Thomas Ahn Hicks of AdRise in San Francisco, launching in 2014 as a free service under the name Tubi TV. In May 2017, they raised US$20 million in a round of funding from Jump Capital, Danhua Capital, Cota Capital, and Foundation Capital. In June 2019, Tubi announced that it had over 20 million active monthly users, and later in September, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tubi Logo
Tubi (stylized as tubi) is an American Over-the-top media service, over-the-top free ad-supported streaming television, ad-supported streaming television service owned by Fox Corporation since 2020. The service was launched on April 1, 2014, and is based in Los Angeles, California. In 2023, Tubi, Credible Labs, and a few other Fox digital assets were placed into a new division known as the Tubi Media Group. In May 2024, it was reported to have 80 million monthly active users. As of January 2025, it is reported to have 97 million monthly active users. The service was ranked 33rd in ''Fast Company''s "The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2025". History Tubi was founded by Farhad Massoudi and Thomas Ahn Hicks of AdRise in San Francisco, launching in 2014 as a free service under the name Tubi TV. In May 2017, they raised US$20 million in a round of funding from Jump Capital, Danhua Capital, Cota Capital, and Foundation Capital. In June 2019, Tubi announced that it had over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Interface Interruption
''Interface Interruption'' is a 2023 advertisement for the streaming service Tubi which aired during Super Bowl LVII. The commercial was designed to deceive fans into believing they had accidentally opened the streaming service and interrupted the game as a means of spreading awareness about its existence. It drew mixed reactions. History Tubi partnered with the company Mischief to create the fifteen-second commercial with the idea of presenting a "personality" for the streaming service before presenting its title. The CEO of Mischief described that personality as "quirky, playful and a bit unexpected," wanting Tubi to be seen as "the troublemaker of the streaming world." According to Tubi CEO Nicole Parlapiano, this was an attempt at getting their name to have more recognition without having identified the meaning of the brand to viewers and to be memorable. Reflecting on the commercial and the intention behind it, Parlapiano would later say that they were simply trying to avoid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Farhad Massoudi
Farhad Massoudi is an Iranian-American entrepreneur known for his contributions to the streaming media industry. He is the founder and former CEO of Tubi, a Free ad-supported streaming television service. Early life and education Farhad Massoudi attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Career AdRise Farhad Massoudi founded AdRise, a company focused on providing advertising solutions for streaming media. Tubi In 2014 Farhad Massoudi founded Tubi, under his leadership, Tubi grew into one of the largest ad-supported video-on-demand services, offering content from major studios and networks. Tubi's innovative model and extensive content library attracted millions of users, positioning it as a key player in the streaming industry. The platform's success led to its acquisition by Fox Corporation in 2020 for $440 million. Following the acquisition, Tubi saw significant growth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fox Corporation
Fox Corporation (commonly referred to as Fox Corp or simply Fox) is an American multinational mass media company headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, with offices also in Burbank, California. Named after William Fox (producer), William Fox Delaware General Corporation Law, Incorporated in Delaware, it was formed as a spin-off of 21st Century Fox's television broadcasting, news, and sports assets on March 19, 2019. 21CF went defunct the next day. The company is controlled by the Murdoch family via a family trust with 39.6% ownership share, and by Rupert Murdoch himself to the effect of almost 40%. Rupert Murdoch is chairman emeritus, while his son Lachlan Murdoch is chairman and CEO. Fox Corp deals primarily in the television broadcast, news, and sports broadcasting industries. Its assets include the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Television Stations, Fox News, Fox Business, Fox Sports (United States), Fox Sports, Tubi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Free Ad-supported Streaming Television
Free advertising-supported streaming television (FAST) is a category of streaming television services which offer traditional linear television programming ("live TV") and studio-produced movies without a paid subscription, funded exclusively by advertising akin to free-to-air TV stations. Platforms following this model include Pluto TV, Rakuten TV (not available in the United States, but added internationally), The Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, Tubi, and Xumo. These services stand apart from platforms predominantly featuring user-generated content (like YouTube and Twitch), as well as from subscription-based services (like Amazon Prime Video and Netflix). The term was coined by Alan Wolk to differentiate the category in a December 2018 article in TVREV. Platforms The FAST ecosystem has different layers. The best-known FASTs are the aggregators, which fall into three categories. * FASTs owned by major media companies by every country: Paramount's Pluto TV, Fox's Tubi, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Anjali Sud
Anjali Sud (born August 13, 1983) is an American businesswoman and technology and media executive. She is the CEO of Tubi, the entertainment platform and Free ad-supported streaming television service owned by Fox Corporation. Sud was previously CEO of Vimeo for six years, until August 2023. She was appointed to the position in July 2017 and took the company public in May 2021. Sud sits on the boards of SiriusXM, Dolby Laboratories and Change.org, is a designated Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, and was listed as one of Fortune's 40 Under 40 rising business leaders in 2018. Early life Sud was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Punjabi immigrants from India. She grew up in Flint, Michigan. In 1997, at age 14, Sud left Flint to study at Phillips Andover Academy, a selective private school in Andover, Massachusetts. Sud graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005, with a B.Sc. in Finance and Management. In 2011, she received her MBA from Harvar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Super Bowl LVII
Super Bowl LVII was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2022 season. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion Kansas City Chiefs defeated the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles, 38–35. The game was played on February 12, 2023, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. It was the fourth Super Bowl hosted by the Phoenix metropolitan area, and the third at this venue, after Super Bowls XLII in 2008 and XLIX in 2015 when it was known as University of Phoenix Stadium. Both teams finished the regular season with a league-best 14–3 record. This was the Eagles' fourth Super Bowl appearance, having previously won Super Bowl LII and lost Super Bowls XV and XXXIX. This was the Chiefs' fifth Super Bowl appearance overall and third in the last four seasons, having previously won Super Bowls IV and LIV and lost Super Bowls I and LV. The Chiefs won the game 38–35 on a ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Over-the-top Media Service
An over-the-top media service (also known as over-the-top television, or simply OTT) is a digital distribution service of video and audio delivered Direct-to-consumer, directly to viewers via the public Internet, rather than through an Terrestrial television, over-the-air, Cable television, cable, Satellite television, satellite, or IPTV provider. The term is synonymous with "streaming platform". OTT services may be subscription-based or free, and are typically accessed via television sets with integrated Smart TV platforms, streaming devices such as Amazon Fire TV and Roku, video game consoles, websites on personal computers, and mobile app, apps on smartphones and tablet computer, tablets. OTT bypasses broadcast television, broadcast, cable, and satellite transmissions—the system through which companies have traditionally acted as controllers or distributors of television content. This content may include shows and movies for which the OTT acquired licensed rights from the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
OTT Platform
An over-the-top media service (also known as over-the-top television, or simply OTT) is a digital distribution service of video and audio delivered directly to viewers via the public Internet, rather than through an over-the-air, cable, satellite, or IPTV provider. The term is synonymous with "streaming platform". OTT services may be subscription-based or free, and are typically accessed via television sets with integrated Smart TV platforms, streaming devices such as Amazon Fire TV and Roku, video game consoles, websites on personal computers, and apps on smartphones and tablets. OTT bypasses broadcast, cable, and satellite transmissions—the system through which companies have traditionally acted as controllers or distributors of television content. This content may include shows and movies for which the OTT acquired licensed rights from the content owner. Programming may also include original content produced by the service or specifically for it. OTT services includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
MarVista Entertainment
MarVista Entertainment, LLC is an American production company, based in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. The company mainly provides financing and some original content, mainly made-for-TV films and direct-to-SVOD titles, many of which are carried by networks such as Lifetime (such as the Will Ferrell/ Kristen Wiig Lifetime Movie trope parody film '' A Deadly Adoption''), along with Netflix, Ion Television, Hulu, Crackle, Disney Channel, and Hallmark Channel. History MarVista was founded in 2003 by Fernando Joseph Szew and Michael Jacobs as a commission-based distributor of third party programming. , MarVista had expanded its library of 250 hours of licensed programming to over 2,500 hours of programming to television broadcasters and other global distribution channels in its 125 territories, including video on demand (VOD), subscription video on demand (SVOD), and broadband platforms through MarVista Digital Entertainment (MVDE). MVDE was launched in 2014 to handle dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Credible Labs
Credible is a financial technology company headquartered in San Francisco and incorporated under the name Credible Labs Inc. The company also does business through its subsidiary Credible Operations, Inc. Its online marketplace offers consumers the ability to compare and refinance loans, mortgages, and other financial products from lenders. Credible became a subsidiary of Fox Corporation in 2019. In December 2021, Credible acquired digital insurance platform Young Alfred, adding various kinds of insurance including home, auto, and pet to its platform. Products and services The Credible marketplace allows consumers to compare financial products from multiple providers side by side. The company itself is not a lender, a bank, or a credit card issuer. Instead, its integrations with lenders and credit bureaus allow the company to provide pre-qualified rates based on a consumer's credit history, a capability that distinguished the company from comparison sites that only provide gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
CJ ENM
CJ ENM Co., Ltd (, CJ Entertainment aNd Merchandising) is a South Korean entertainment and retail company founded in 1994. CJ ENM was established as a result of the merger of two CJ Group subsidiaries, CJ ENM Entertainment Division, CJ E&M and CJ ENM Commerce Division, CJ O Shopping respectively, on July 1, 2018. In 2020, the company established a first look deal with Warner Horizon. In early December 2021, CJ ENM has partnered with Paramount Global, ViacomCBS (now Paramount) for bringing Paramount+ into TVING along with co-production in future projects. In January 2022, CJ ENM bought a majority stake of Endeavor (company), Endeavor Content and changed the name to Fifth Season (company), Fifth Season in September 2022. In December 2023, Toho, through its subsidiary Toho International, announced its intent to acquire 25% of Fifth Season for $225 million. Divisions * CJ ENM Entertainment Division operates as an entertainment and media company, forming groups through survival sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
