Editorial Staff
DEFY Media-owned Break, the number one video humor site with over 20 million unique monthly viewers, today announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Paramount Pictures to bring select feature films from Paramount’s extensive library to Break’s free streaming service, “Break Movies.” The ad-supported service, which launched in January 2015, is currently available across Web, iOS, Android, XBOX and Roku platforms.
Break viewers will be able to access 30 popular films, with new films from the Paramount library releasing each month. Each film will be available on the service for 30 days or more, with the film selection including action favorites such as ”Top Gun”, ”Total Recall”, ”The Running Man”, and ”Bloodsport”, along with more recent theatrical releases such as the ”Paranormal Activity” series, ”The Devil Inside”, and ”Jeff, Who Lives at Home”, among others.
“The immediate enthusiastic response from our audience to longer form offerings with ‘Break Movies’ further reinforces millennials’ increasing appetite for a la carte entertainment on mobile and OTT devices,” said Keith Richman, President, DEFY Media. “The addition of selected titles from Paramount Pictures’ impressive library of films is another important step for DEFY Media in building a robust content portfolio that delivers the diverse programming our consumers want on the platforms that matter most to them, and that also serves the growing demands of our brand partners to align with longer form content appealing to the tastes of this audience.”
“We are extremely pleased to be working with Break to enhance its impressive lineup of films,” said Dina Vangelisti, SVP, Paramount Domestic TV Licensing & Distribution. “‘Break Movies’ offers fans an opportunity to watch terrific films when and where they want to and we look forward to audiences enjoying some of the many classic and contemporary favorites from Paramount’s library.”
The deal marks a significant expansion of Break’s streaming movie platform, which first launched with partner Lionsgate to offer over 200 films from the Lionsgate library, including top films such as ”Winter’s Bone”, ”Swimming with Sharks”, ”The Descent”, ”Devil’s Double”, ”Margin Call”, and many more. Break recently also added a library of martial arts films from Crash Media. Break Movies selections are regularly curated into categories by the Break editorial team.
Users can download the Break.com mobile app for iOS (iPhone and iPad) here and Android here. To locate the “Movies” section on the iOS app, touch the navigation bar on the top left-hand corner of the home screen and select “Movies”. Users can connect on Roku and Xbox by downloading the “Break” app on their device and selecting “Movies”.
