Samsung TV Plus Launches Cinedigm’s RetroCrush Linear Channel

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Channel features series and movies featuring classic anime

RetroCrush Cyber City Oedo 808
RetroCrush features anime titles including 'Cyber City Oedo 808' (Image credit: RetroCrush)

Cinedigm said it reached a deal with Samsung to add Cinedigm’s RetroCrush to the lineup of ad-supported streaming channels on Samsung TV Plus.

RetroPlus features classic anime with films from the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Titles  on the channel include Cyber City Oedo 8080, Phoenix and Magical Fairy Persia.

“Having previously launched The Bob Ross Channel, Comedy Dynamics, The Dove Channel and Midnight Pulp as FAST channels on Samsung Smart TVs, we are thrilled to add one of our most popular channels to the Samsung TV Plus offering,” John Stack, senior director of business development at Cinedigm. “Anime continues to be one of the most sought-after genres for children and adults alike and we look forward to Samsung TV Plus viewers discovering our premium anime films and series.”

Also Read: Samsung Smart TV Users Can Enter Cinedigm's Cineverse

Samsung TV Plus offers nearly 250 channels of news, sports, and entertainment on its Samsung Smart TVs and mobile devices at zero cost to the viewer, delivering the best TV all for free. ■

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.