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BIG SCREEN ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
CHANNELING THE FUTURE As streaming continues to dominate industr y expansion, Big Screen Enter tainment Group now has its own Roku channel. Big Stream Enter tainment launched early in 2020 and the channel showcases the company’s growing librar y of films, documentaries, TV episodes, webisodes and more. Among the content being streamed there is a wide range of enter taining movies like Babysitter Wanted, A Mosquito Man and You Can't Kill Stephen King. Documentar y lovers are well ser ved by profiles of the famous with titles about ever yone from John F Kennedy to John Wayne, James Dean to The Beatles. War, spor t and histor y titles are also on the documentar y menu. In addition to utilizing existing content from in-house and affiliates, a slate of original programming is now being developed for Big Stream.
BSEG Chief Executive Kimberley Kates (above) said, “You can’t stand still in this business. We are always looking to the future and that future is now with the huge impact streaming is having on the enter tainment industr y. This technology platform delivers our content direct to the consumer and makes us a growing player in this global digital game.” Roku works through a piece of hardware attached to your TV that streams shows and movies over the internet. A Big Stream Streaming app is also in development as the company uses technology to grow distribution, awareness and market share for its content. Original content is also in development for Big Stream.
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