COS COB, Conn., Aug. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. (“CSS Entertainment”) (Nasdaq: CSSE), a growing media company building online video on-demand (“VOD”) networks that provide positive and entertaining video content for all screens, today announced it has closed its acquisition of Pivotshare Inc, a global subscription-based video-on-demand service (“SVOD”) offering channels online across a variety of categories including music, sports, religion, arts and culture, lifestyle and family.
Pivotshare is comprised of a series of subscription-based VOD channels online with 28,000 hours of programming. The network generates approximately $2.5 million in annual revenue and has approximately 25,000 paid subscriptions with an average monthly revenue of $9 per subscription. The accretive acquisition launches CSS Entertainment into the subscription VOD space, significantly accelerating its business plan. The multi-channel online network comes with pre-existing content, much of which fits with the Chicken Soup for the Soul brand.
The company primarily used perpetual preferred stock to complete this acquisition. Pivotshare shareholders agreed to accept $3.35 million of the $4.35 million purchase price (excluding closing costs) in the form of the company’s perpetual preferred stock (Nasdaq: CSSEP). The balance of the purchase price was $257,000 in cash and 74,235 shares of CSS Entertainment common.
Pivotshare is expected to generate approximately $1 million per year in cost savings for CSS Entertainment, which is a 23% return on investment annually.
ABOUT CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL ENTERTAINMENT
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. is a growing media company with online video on-demand (“VOD”) networks that provide positive and entertaining video content for all screens. The company also curates, produces and distributes long- and short-form video content that brings out the best of the human spirit, and distributes the online content of its affiliate, A Plus. The company’s subsidiary, Screen Media, is a leading global independent television and film distribution company that owns one of the largest independently owned television and film libraries. The company also owns Popcornflix®, a popular online advertiser-supported VOD (“AVOD”) network, and four additional AVOD networks that collectively have rights to exhibit thousands of movies and television episodes. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is a subsidiary of Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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