Chicken Soup for The Soul Entertainment

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. is an advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) company. The company is headquartered in Cos Cob, Connecticut and currently employs 1,194 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2017-08-18. The firm's three flagship AVOD streaming services include Redbox, Crackle, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. The firm 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 firm 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 firm's Crackle is known for original and acquired content that delivers audiences of scale across a demographic spectrum.