Tribeca and Lionsgate to Launch “Tribeca Short List” SVOD Platform

In a move to offer premium content to a growing online audience, Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) and Tribeca Enterprises, a global media company which owns and operates the Tribeca Film Festival, have partnered to launch a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, the two companies announced Monday.

The service, called Tribeca Short List, will encompass a selection of Lionsgate and Tribeca titles as well as critically acclaimed films drawn from around the world.

The films will be curated by Tribeca and leading voices in contemporary culture and refreshed on a weekly basis. The service is slated to launch in the first half of calendar 2015.

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The new service will be based in New York and will be led by a general manager and a Board of Directors comprised of Lionsgate and Tribeca executives as well as an Advisory Board that encompasses some of the leading names in American entertainment and culture.

Tribeca Enterprises is a diversified global media company based in New York City. Established in 2003 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, the company currently operates a network of branded entertainment businesses including the Tribeca Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival International, Tribeca Cinemas, Tribeca Digital Studios, and Tribeca Film, a distribution label.

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