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Leading Curated Streaming Platform MUBI to Launch on VRV Platform

New York, NY(21 Nov 2017)

MUBI is proud to announce a partnership with VRV, a leading audience-focused aggregation platform from Ellation Inc., featuring premium SVOD channels and curated content experiences. Created to provide fans with a next-gen entertainment experience, VRV offers immersive content experiences on mobile, web, and popular living room devices. Starting today, MUBI will be integrated within the VRV platform, and VRV subscribers will have the opportunity to discover a hand-picked selection of world-class award-winning, classic, and cult films from across the globe.

VRV’s community of fans will be introduced to MUBI during an exciting November and December programming line-up, including a career-spanning retrospective on the work of Jean-Luc Godard, the exclusive global premiere of Radio Mary , a never-before-released independent gem from The Trouble With Dick director Gary Walkow, the first two films of Michael Winterbottom's The Trip trilogy, plus Spike Lee’s Passing Strange and beloved cult favorite This Is Spinal Tap.

Efe Cakarel, Founder and C.E.O. of MUBI, states of the new partnership: "We are thrilled to be launching a partnership with VRV, a platform that shares our belief in the value of curation and our appreciation of high quality content. We're looking forward to sharing our program of hand-picked films from across the globe with VRV audiences."

Eric Berman , Head of Business Development for VRV adds : “MUBI is an exciting addition to bring to our community, as we share a commitment to bring fans deeply engaging and immersive content experiences. We’re excited to work together to grow the passionate fandom for MUBI’s high quality films from a global perspective.”

This announcement follows MUBI ’s recent U.S. theatrical releases of critically-acclaimed films The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli M?ki and The Future Perfect .

About MUBI
MUBI is a subscription video on demand service streaming cult, classic and award-winning films to members in over 200 territories globally.

MUBI is centered around a philosophy of curation rather than excessive choice, offering just 30 hand-picked movies at any given time. Every day, a film is added to the list, and one drops off the bottom. The quality of the choices means its members can watch a masterpiece or take a confident chance on a new film they may not have heard of. MUBI believes everyone should be watching great cinema, not just searching for it.

MUBI subscription plans are $5.99 a month or $47.99 for 12 months. MUBI is available at https://mubi.com , on the Roku platform, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Samsung Smart TVs, as well as on mobile devices including iPad, iPhone and Android, where members can download films and save them for offline watching — making great cinema truly portable.

About VRV

VRV is a leading audience-focused aggregation platform featuring premium SVOD channels including Crunchyroll, Funimation, Rooster Teeth, and Shudder, alongside a curated house channel, VRV Select. Created to provide fans with a next-gen entertainment experience, VRV offers immersive content experiences in a digitally-driven environment via bundled subscription, a la carte subscription, or ad-supported options. As a platform, VRV helps partners extend their reach and distribute their premium content through a high-quality, branded experience on mobile, web, and popular living room devices.

Ellation, Inc . is a transformative entertainment company and home of industry-leading platforms Crunchyroll and VRV . With majority investment from Otter Media, a joint-venture between AT&T and The Chernin Group, Ellation operates at the intersection of technology and media to redefine the next wave of media interaction and consumption -- breaking down barriers to content experiences for passionate fans around the world.