Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Adds Michael Jay Solomon as Senior Advisor
November 05, 2021 at 06:55 pm IST
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Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. announced that Michael Jay Solomon, a seasoned television industry veteran, has become a Senior Advisor to the Company. Mr. Solomon will assist Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment in various business functions, including program library and company acquisitions, co-production financing, as well as sales and other activities, with a focus on assisting the Company with respect to its global AVOD rollout. Mr. Solomon has been the largest distributor of American television content in the world for the last 40 years, and he has pioneered the international marketplace for the American television industry in addition to running major media companies. After eight years with United Artists and 14 years with MCA, he founded Telepictures Corporation in 1978, which went public 14 months later in January of 1980. Seven years later, Telepictures merged with Lorimar to form Lorimar Telepictures Corp., which was ultimately acquired by Warner Bros. Mr. Solomon became Lorimar?s President and served on the company?s Board of Directors. Mr. Solomon then became President of Warner Bros. International Television, heading up the company?s sales and marketing functions with a focus on television, cable and satellite companies internationally.
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. is an advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) company. The Company's three flagship AVOD streaming services include Redbox, Crackle, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. The Company operates Redbox Free Live TV, a free ad-supported streaming television service (FAST), with approximately 170 channels as well as a transaction video on demand (TVOD) service, and a network of approximately 27,800 kiosks across the United States for digital video disc (DVD) rentals. The Company creates, acquires, and distributes films and television (TV) series. The AVOD services boast approximately 40 million monthly active users and are distributed through every major distribution platform including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung, Vizio, Xbox, PlayStation and many more. The Company's Crackle is known for original and acquired content that delivers audiences of scale across a demographic spectrum.