{"id":9615,"date":"2019-10-15T03:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2019-10-15T03:10:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T07:10:51","slug":"electric-entertainment-launches-linear-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/electric-entertainment-launches-linear-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Entertainment Launches OTT Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Electric Entertainment has unveiled the launch of its new OTT channel Electric NOW, which is set for a November debut.<\/p>\n<p>The ad-supported channel will be available on multiple platforms including Stirr, XUMO and Distro TV. The new digital channel will feature Electric Entertainment\u2019s originals\u2014television programs, movies and video podcasts\u2014bundled with content it acquires from third-party partners. The company\u2019s new original productions and acquisitions will now have a home base.<\/p>\n<p>Over 300 hours of film and television programming from Electric Entertainment\u2019s vast library will launch on the channel. Fans of <em>The Librarian<\/em> franchise, including the MOW\u2019s and TV series, <em>The Outpost<\/em>, <em>Leverage<\/em> and <em>The Triangle<\/em>, among others, can now watch these programs on the channel for free. <em>Flyboys<\/em>, <em>The Book of Love<\/em> and <em>The Drowning<\/em>\u00a0are among the many films viewers will now be able to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Electric Entertainment is using Veset Nimbus, a cloud-based linear channel management platform, to create and operate its new channel.<\/p>\n<p>Dean Devlin, CEO of Electric Entertainment, commented, \u201cElectric NOW represents an incredibly exciting new phase for our company. We are inviting our viewers to a singular channel to find our content. By bundling together our titles all on one platform we are able to aggregate our remarkably loyal fans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electric Entertainment has unveiled the launch of its new linear OTT channel Electric NOW, which is set for a November debut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":9616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2221,2222],"class_list":["post-9615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-electric-entertainment","tag-electric-now"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Electric Entertainment Launches OTT Channel - TVUSA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Electric Entertainment has unveiled the launch of its new linear OTT channel Electric NOW, which is set for a November debut.\" \/>\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\/tvusa\/electric-entertainment-launches-linear-channel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Electric Entertainment Launches OTT Channel - TVUSA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Electric Entertainment has unveiled the launch of its new linear OTT channel Electric NOW, which is set for a November debut.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/electric-entertainment-launches-linear-channel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVUSA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-15T07:00:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-10-15T07:10:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/07\/Electric-Now-logo-1019.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"449\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"254\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/electric-entertainment-launches-linear-channel\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/electric-entertainment-launches-linear-channel\/\",\"name\":\"Electric Entertainment Launches OTT Channel - TVUSA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-15T07:00:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-15T07:10:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\"},\"description\":\"Electric Entertainment has unveiled the launch of its new linear OTT channel Electric NOW, which is set for a November debut.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/electric-entertainment-launches-linear-channel\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/electric-entertainment-launches-linear-channel\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/electric-entertainment-launches-linear-channel\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Electric Entertainment Launches OTT Channel\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/\",\"name\":\"TVUSA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\",\"name\":\"Alison Skilton\",\"description\":\"Alison Skilton is an associate editor of World Screen. 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