SOUTH BEND, Ind.—FMC (Family Movie Classics) has launched on the virtual provider VIDGO. 

The new distribution deal boosts FMC distribution to five virtual providers, with VIDGO joining DIRECTV Stream, Frndly, Philo, and Freecast.

"VIDGO has been a great partner and we're delighted to extend the partnership to include FMC," said Cara Conte, senior vice president of affiliate sales of FETV and FMC. "FMC now joins our sister network FETV on the VIDGO lineup and provides us with the opportunity to deliver our beloved content to an even broader audience."

Within two years of initial launch, FMC is now available in 25 million homes.

SALT LAKE CITY—Sony and Vidgo have announced a new deal bringing Vidgo’s premiere streaming service to millions of Sony smart TV viewers in the U.S.

The agreement will make the Vidgo vMVPD streaming app available on Sony connected TVs and provide new and existing Sony TV owners with a free 30-day trial.

“We couldn't be more excited to partner with Sony, a global leader and innovator, to include Vidgo prominently on their Sony smart TV homepage, making it easier than ever to access Vidgo’s 40,000 titles live, linear and on-demand,” said Derek Mattsson, CEO of Vidgo.

Vidgo is offering all new and existing Sony TV users across the country a free 30-day trial to its Vidgo Premium package – a value of $79.95 per month – with no obligation for a contract. With this 30-day free trial, Sony smart TV customers can access Vidgo’s extensive lineup of more than 150 television networks featuring live sports, news and entertainment, along with an expansive library of on-demand content including over 40,000 shows, movies and documentaries.

SALT LAKE CITY—Vidgo has announced a new carriage agreement with Tennis Channel, which will provide subscribers of the vMVPD service with exclusive, live coverage of more than 93% of the events in professional tennis each year. 

This includes the upcoming, highly anticipated BNP Paribas Open (March 8-19) and Miami Open (March 21-April 2) tournaments.

“Vidgo’s streaming platform is a favorite for dyed-in-the-wool live sports fans,” said Derek Mattsson, CEO of Vidgo. “Tennis Channel is one of our most important additions to expand our lineup of live sports because it features some of the world’s best athletes, entertaining and thrilling fans for hours in what I believe it one of the most exciting spectator sports around. Tennis Channel is the perfect complement extensive sports lineup, and I can proudly say we are now the best sports streaming service with the best value overall.”

“We’re pleased to work with Vidgo to make Tennis Channel available to their growing subscriber base,” said Lee Schlazer, senior vice president, distribution, Sinclair Broadcast Group. “As streaming options continue to rise in popularity, our goal remains the same – to bring Tennis Channel’s unrivaled coverage to people wherever they want to experience it. With two of the biggest tournaments in professional tennis taking place here in the United States in March, this couldn’t have happened at a better time for Vidgo customers.”

Vidgo’s partnership with Tennis Channel comes on the eve of one of the busiest, most prestigious months on the annual tennis calendar. The network will show more than 550 live and encore hours from March 8-April 2, essentially becoming a 24-hour channel devoted to each event as it takes place. 

SALT LAKE CITY—Cinedigm Corp. has announced a new integration with Vidgo that will add more than 10,000 new films and television series to Vidgo's expansive library of on-demand content.

Vidgo's extensive programming lineup includes more than 150 television networks featuring live sports, news and entertainment, along with an expansive library of on-demand content – which now includes over 40,000 shows, movies and documentaries – all accessible through the Vidgo streaming app, the service reported. 

"Our focus is to deliver an unbeatable value to our customers, while providing the content that excites audiences the most – whether it's a major sporting event or the next Blockbuster hit," said Derek Mattson, CEO of Vidgo. "Cinedigm is an ideal partner to help us achieve this goal. With more than 10,000 new titles, Vidgo can now offer even more of the programming our audiences love and crave, for the best value in the streaming industry. With more than 10,000 new titles, Vidgo can continue to deliver even more of the content our audiences love at the best value in the streaming industry."

The new programming from Cinedigm span across a plethora of popular genres, including animation, westerns, and documentaries, and are sourced from Cinedigm's vast library of premium content. 

Vidgo comes in four "flavors," all of which offer Vidgo's entire on-demand library of 40,000 titles and more. 

• Vidgo Mas ($39.95 per month) features 42 live and on-demand Spanish-language channels, including content from Univision and UniMás local broadcast stations and Fox Deportes, Discovery Familias and many all-around entertainment options. 
• Vidgo Plus ($64.95 per month) features over 110 channels and more college sports than any other streaming service. 
• Vidgo Premium ($79.95 per month) offers unlimited access to more than 150 television networks. 
• Vidgo Ultimate ($99.95 per month) provides the industry's best bilingual streaming package with 195 live-streaming, on-demand and DVR viewing of English, Spanish and bilingual channels. This includes 35 sports networks, the championship games for NFL, MLB and international soccer, games from 20 college sports conferences, and access to 90 Univision and UniMás local channels based on the viewer's location.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—The virtual MVPD sports and entertainment streaming service Vidgo has launched a new look, a new logo and a streamlined user experience for the service.   

“We have reimagined what easy access to an affordable streaming service should look like,” said Derek Mattsson, Vidgo CEO. “With Vidgo’s app available on the most popular connected TV and streaming devices – including Roku, VIZIO, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, as well as Android and iOS mobile devices – our subscribers now have unlimited access to their favorite shows, sports and news at home and on the go.”

The company explained that Vidgo’s "new red, white and blue logo pays homage to the great U.S.A. while keeping its promise to offer subscribers the Freedom to be Entertained."

Vidgo's new user experience and recently updated UI with enhanced tile navigation offers a consistent viewing experience across every device and screen, the company added. The improved discovery feature provides intuitive access to favorite content, trending titles and new programming. Vidgo’s advanced search and filter capabilities also enable users to view live and on-demand content by genre, title, popularity, language, geography and more.

Vidgo also announced that it has become the first virtual MVPD to distribute Cinedigm’s content library. The partnership will bring Vidgo subscribers’ access to Fandor, Screambox, RetroCrush, The Bob Ross Channel, Dove, AsianCrush, El Rey Network, Bloody Disgusting, Comedy Dynamics and other services. 

SAN JOSE, Calif.—A new live TV streaming service from Vidgo that offers more than 100 channels, including ABC, Comedy Central, ESPN, Fox and the NFL Network, is brought to consumers with the support of Harmonic’s VOS360 Live Streaming Platform, the company announced.

The Harmonic VOS360 platform is tasked with handling the complete end-to-end media processing and delivery workflow for Vidgo, helping to simplify live streaming from source to screen, speed up time to market for new channels and enable rapid service scaling.

Operating in a cloud-native environment, VOS360’s media processing functionalities includes live and file transcoding, packaging and origin, dynamic real-time CDN selection, targeted advertising, VOD, SVOD, time-shift viewing and network DVR. The Harmonic DevOps team also provides support and monitoring services.

For more information, visit Harmonic’s website.