{"id":6263,"date":"2021-10-22T09:34:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/chicken-soup-soul-entertainment-expands-india\/"},"modified":"2021-10-22T12:21:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T16:21:09","slug":"chicken-soup-for-the-soul-entertainment-expands-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/chicken-soup-for-the-soul-entertainment-expands-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Expands in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On-demand platform operator Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE) has acquired a majority stake in Locomotive Global, an Indian production outfit.<\/p>\n<p>CSSE owns Crackle Plus, which operates Crackle, Popcornflix, Popcornflix Kids, Truli, Pivotshare, Espa\u00f1olflix and FrightPix. Locomotive Global, led by Scott Anderson and Sunder Aaron, has a number of productions underway in India, including an Amazon original and a remake of <em>Ray Donovan<\/em> for Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpanding into India has been a top priority for us in our international expansion strategy, and we are excited to be entering the market with an ambitious company like Locomotive Global,\u201d said William J. Rouhana Jr., chairman and CEO of CSSE. \u201cThis acquisition allows us to utilize Locomotive\u2019s revenue, cash flow and presence in India as a base for further expansion in the region. We look forward to backing Locomotive\u2019s expansion plans as we continue the rollout of our international strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia is arguably the largest and most accessible media market in the world right now,\u201d added Locomotive&#8217;s Anderson. \u201cWhile we will continue to manage the business in India, as part of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment family, we now have the resources to capitalize on our ambitions and expand more quickly in this market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere continues to be a major opportunity to produce high-quality content for platforms and services in India such as Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar and others as they now compete for original movies and series so that they can better serve a rapidly growing OTT user base,\u201d added Locomotive&#8217;s Aaron. \u201cProduction costs are lower in India than in most Western markets, and we can use our development and production capabilities here to meet this growing demand for quality content. We also aim to provide high-quality productions for Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment\u2019s AVOD networks at lower costs. The AVOD business is primed for growth in India as broadband connectivity, FAST channels and usage of connected televisions are expanding rapidly. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is the perfect company with which to partner so that we can seize hold of these burgeoning opportunities together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On-demand platform operator Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE) has acquired a majority stake in Locomotive Global, an Indian production outfit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":6264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1570,1571],"class_list":["post-6263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-chicken-soup-for-the-soul-entertainment","tag-locomotive-global"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Expands in India - TVASIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/chicken-soup-for-the-soul-entertainment-expands-in-india\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Expands in India - TVASIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On-demand platform operator Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE) has acquired a majority stake in Locomotive Global, an Indian production outfit.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/chicken-soup-for-the-soul-entertainment-expands-in-india\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVASIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-22T13:34:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-22T16:21:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/07\/CSSE-Logo-1021.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/chicken-soup-for-the-soul-entertainment-expands-in-india\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/chicken-soup-for-the-soul-entertainment-expands-in-india\/\",\"name\":\"Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Expands in India - TVASIA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-22T13:34:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-22T16:21:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/chicken-soup-for-the-soul-entertainment-expands-in-india\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/chicken-soup-for-the-soul-entertainment-expands-in-india\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/chicken-soup-for-the-soul-entertainment-expands-in-india\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Expands in India\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/\",\"name\":\"TVASIA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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