On Stompstart by 21 September 2019 · Century City · California · United States
CONtv.
A streaming network for comic convention fans, launched in 2015 by Wizard World and Cinedigm, that ended up folded into a cult film service.
Media and entertainment
Timeline
- On record
CONtv launched in preview as a Wizard World and Cinedigm joint venture with over 2,500 films and TV episodes, original programming and Comic Con coverage, on iOS, Android and the web.
On record · Announced - Directory page saved
The Wayback Machine saved a directory page showing this listing.
- Activity
Cinedigm launched CONtv Anime, a free ad-supported linear anime network, and said it would rebrand its Viewster service into it.
Activity · Announced - Renamed
Wikipedia reports that CONtv rebranded as Midnight Pulp, a Cineverse cult film service, on 1 March 2024 after a 12 February 2024 email to followers; the CONtv name remains in use for Twitch and YouTube channels.
Rename · Announced - Listed on Stompstart
“Your virtual Comic Con streaming network”
As listed on Stompstart
“Your virtual Comic Con streaming network”
Live stream panels from Comic Con's around the country, watch celebrity Q & A's, learn from the experts, and stream thousands of hours of your favorite genre movies and TV shows, plus original series created just for CONtv.
- For
- Developers
- Location
- Century City · California · United States
In our words: Only a directory card survives. It pitched CONtv as a virtual Comic Con streaming network: live panels from conventions around the country, celebrity Q&As, thousands of hours of genre films and TV, and original series, listed in public beta from Century City, CA.
Publication record
- Release
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