Gannett Relaunches Linear Channels in Partnership With Amagi
July 29 2021 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Gannett Expands Distribution of USA TODAY News
and USA TODAY SportsWire Linear Channels Globally and Across the
U.S.
Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), announced a relaunch of its Over
the Top (OTT) properties, in partnership with Amagi, a
next-generation media technology company providing the platform for
the USA TODAY News and USA TODAY SportsWire 24-Hour streaming
channels.
Since launching OTT channels in 2018, Gannett has expanded to
more than a dozen Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) platforms
including XUMO, The Roku Channel, Amazon News, Tubi, Samsung TV
Plus and more. The expansion has provided substantial growth in
audience and engagement reaching over 25 million monthly views and
over 200 percent increase in average view duration across all
platforms in the last year.
“We’re very excited to relaunch the USA TODAY News and
SportsWire OTT channels with a fresh take on news, information, and
sports programming,” said Caroline Harris, Vice President of
Digital Distribution at Gannett. “We’re taking USA TODAY Network’s
trusted and approachable reporting and storytelling, combined with
its deep connections with local communities and renown
personalities, and bringing it all to audiences in the U.S. and
around the world with the support of our partners at Amagi.”
“Amagi thrives on making high quality content accessible to
multi-screen audiences around the world,” said Amagi Co-Founder
Srinivasan KA. “Our partnership with Gannett is enabling them to
tap into a wide network of connected TV households, providing
linear TV viewers access to USA TODAY’s premium sports and news
content while enhancing monetization opportunities.”
The channel programming features award-winning editorial
documentaries from the USA TODAY NETWORK, franchise series produced
by USA TODAY Studios, Gannett’s premiere video production and
development group, and news from insiders and the most trusted
journalists in the world including the following series:
- Humankind - In every episode, Humankind reveals the
stories of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances: people
acting with grace and heroism and summoning incredible
determination and dedication to a cause.
- Problem Solved - In this series, experts at Reviewed and
USA TODAY are learning and testing new products along with the
latest viral hacks, that help make consumers’ lives a little
easier.
- Entertain This! - The latest news in
entertainment from USA TODAY, including pop culture, celebrities,
movies, music, books, and TV reviews.
- Just the FAQs and What We Know Now - Two highly
visual and complementary explainer series covering top stories and
trends in news, politics, and science.
- Sports Seriously - A weekly series that brings together
the unmatched reporting and insight of USA TODAY Sports and Sports
Media Group, and access to the top athletes and names in sports.
With a fresh format, style, and substance, Sports Seriously takes a
conversational approach to the biggest stories, events, and
cultural touchpoints in sports, and celebrates the moments that
make us all sports fans.
In addition, the national USA TODAY High School Sports Awards
will air on August 5 at 8 p.m. ET on the USA TODAY News and
SportsWire channels. The show, co-hosted by Michael Strahan and Rob
Gronkowski, is the culmination of 105 regional and statewide awards
programs celebrating elite high school athletes, coaches, and
teams.
ABOUT GANNETT
Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is a subscription-led and
digitally focused media and marketing solutions company committed
to empowering communities to thrive. With an unmatched reach at the
national and local level, Gannett touches the lives of millions
with our Pulitzer Prize-winning content, consumer experiences and
benefits, and advertiser products and services. Our current
portfolio of media assets includes USA TODAY, local media
organizations in 46 states in the U.S., and Newsquest, a wholly
owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom with more than 120
local news media brands. Gannett also owns the digital marketing
services companies ReachLocal, Inc., UpCurve, Inc., and WordStream,
Inc., which are marketed under the LOCALiQ brand, and runs the
largest media-owned events business in the U.S., USA TODAY NETWORK
Ventures. To connect with us, visit www.gannett.com.
ABOUT Amagi
Amagi is a next-generation media technology company that
provides cloud broadcast and targeted advertising solutions to
broadcast TV and streaming TV platforms. Amagi enables content
owners to launch, distribute and monetize live linear channels on
Free Ad-Supported TV and video services platforms. Amagi also
offers 24x7 cloud managed services bringing simplicity, advanced
automation, and transparency to the entire broadcast operations.
Overall, Amagi supports 500+ channels on its platform for linear
channel creation, distribution and monetization with deployments in
over 40 countries. Amagi has offices in New York, Los Angeles, and
London, broadcast operations in New Delhi, and an innovation center
in Bangalore.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Gannett Lark-Marie Anton SVP, Communications 646-906-4087
lark@gannett.com
Chrissy Terrell Senior Director, Communications 504-952-4225
caterrell@usatoday.com
Amagi Sanjay Kirimanjeshwar Head of Global Marketing
sanjay@amagi.com
Katie Cessna 317-806-1900 x 142 katie@blastmedia.com
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