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Area served Services Owner Website Sony Crackle is a United States–based subsidiary of that provides ad-supported video content in the form of. Its library consists of original long-form content as well as programming acquired from other production companies. The streaming network is available in 21 countries and is accessible on connected devices including mobile ( or ), tablet, smart TVs, desktop, and through gaming consoles. It can also be seen in-flight on and in.

Originally known as Grouper, and later renamed to Crackle, the name of the streaming service was officially changed to Sony Crackle on January 14, 2018. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] 2007–2013 [ ] Sony Crackle was founded as Grouper by Josh Felser, Dave Samuel, Mike Sitrin, and Aviv Eyal in 2004. In August 2006, Sony purchased the online video site Grouper for $65 million. In July 2007, Sony announced that Grouper would be rebranded and repurposed as Crackle, a multi-platform video-entertainment network and studio featuring full-length movies and television shows from Sony's library, and would produce original content made for the internet. In late 2008, San Francisco–based Crackle was moved to Sony's base to be formally folded into the studio's digital content operations. In March 2011, Crackle became available for streaming across PS3, boxes, Sony Blu-ray players and Bravia TVs.

In April 2011, Crackle announced that it would release apps for iOS and Android systems in June of the same year. Crackle also partnered with Xbox Live, making its content available for Xbox 360. In June 2013, Crackle released an app for the BlackBerry 10 platform.

In December 2013, Crackle made its content available for the set-top box. Logo used from 2008 to 2018 In January 2012, Crackle added to its content, available to viewers in the US and Canada. Towards the end of 2013, the Animax branding was removed. In Australia, Crackle became the free-to-air home of Sony's popular American after the television broadcaster axed the series after 45 years. Several anime shows from (some outsourced from Animax and others, since November 20, 2013, directly from Funimation) are streamed on Sony Crackle. On July 31, 2017, announced that it would buy a controlling 95% stake in Funimation for $143 million, a deal that was approved by the on August 22, 2017, and closed on October 27, 2017. 2014–2017 [ ] On April 1, 2014, Sony Pictures Television ceased its Crackle operations in the UK and Australia almost four years after Crackle had expanded into the UK.

Crackle UK had struggled to gain a large audience due to other competitors like LoveFilm and Netflix. Two days later, struck a multi-year deal with Crackle to have more than 140 of NBCUni's feature films streamed.

Crackle shut down its UK service in April 2014 without prior notice. On April 30, 2014, Crackle announced it would begin carrying, which as its name implies is a sports-themed version of the syndicated game show, beginning that fall. Will host the series. Approximately one week after the cancellation of the theatrical release of, in the aftermath of the, the reported that Sony would release the movie for free, on Crackle. On April 14, 2015, Crackle held its first-ever presentation. During the event, it announced a new feature dubbed 'Always On'; a linear, ad-supported, channel similar to.