Electric Entertainment @ MIPCOM: ElectricNOW Acquisitions, AMC Deal, ElectricNOW en Español Growth
ElectricNOW acquires 40+ films from American Cinema Inspires
ElectricNOW, the free streaming app and channel from Electric Entertainment, and American Cinema Inspires, a specialist in inspirational entertainment with over 1.2 million subscribers, have entered into a licensing agreement featuring AVoD and FAST rights to over 40 films totaling approximately 75 hours. The announcement was made jointly at MIPCOM by Dean Devlin, CEO of Electric Entertainment and ElectricNOW, and Chevonne O’Shaughnessy of American Cinema Inspires.
Steve Saltman, Head of Domestic Sales for Electric Entertainment, commented: “We are committed to offering viewers a diverse range of programming across genres, including content that supports family co-viewing. The titles acquired from The American Cinema Inspires library expand our offerings with high-quality, family-friendly programs. We look forward to a continuing partnership with American Cinema Inspires.”
O’Shaughnessy added: “We’re thrilled to be working with ElectricNOW. Their platform has an incredible reach, and we look forward to our content reaching more audiences who may not have access to our programs in the US, for free.”
ElectricNOW will have the domestic AVoD and FAST distribution rights to the 40-plus titles as well as the right to stream on ElectricNOW’s YouTube channel. Among the titles featured from the library are: the animated film The Ten Commandments starring Ben Kingsley, Christian Slater, Elliott Gould, and Alfred Molina, Like Dandelion Dust starring Mira Sorvino, Egg starring Alysia Reiner, Christina Hendricks, and Anna Camp, Miss Arizona starring Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Missi Pyle, and Steve Guttenberg, Of Mind and Music starring Bill Cobbs, Ruth Negga, and Andre Royo, and Daisy Winters starring Iwan Rheon and Brooke Shields, among other titles.
Link to story in MIPCOM Daily News (Page 52)
Electric Entertainment, AMC Global Media Central Europe sign licensing deal for The Librarians: The Next Chapter
Electric Entertainment, Dean Devlin’s Los Angeles-based production and distribution company, has announced it has closed a deal with AMC Global Media Central Europe for Electric’s original series The Librarians: The Next Chapter.
AMC Global Media Central Europe will premiere the first season of the series on TV and streaming in multiple territories across Central Europe, including Hungary, Czechia, and Slovakia.
Nolan Pielak, SVP, International Distribution and Co-Production at Electric Entertainment, commented: “We’ve had a long-standing partnership with AMC Global Media Central Europe, and we’re excited to continue expanding that relationship into new territories and markets around the world. We’re proud to see the universal appeal of our programming reach new audiences globally, and are excited about the continued expansion of our international footprint.”
The first season of The Librarians: The Next Chapter is the hit fantasy-adventure spinoff of the original series The Librarians. It centres on Vikram Chamberlain (Callum McGowan, Jamestown, Marie Antoinette), a time-traveling ‘Librarian’ from the past who is stranded in the present and accidentally unleashes magic across the continent. He is given a team to help him clean up his mess, which includes Lysa Pascal (Olivia Morris, Hotel Portofino, RRR), a brilliant scientist who inherits an ancient castle in Serbia and doesn’t believe in magic, Connor Green (Bluey Robinson, Cats, Britania), an historian who became an outcast after making the bold claim that he does believe in magic, and Charlie Cornwall (Jessica Green, The Outpost, Air), previously a candidate to be a Guardian but was
rejected by the Librarians, who is looking to redeem herself. The second season premiered on TNT in the US on August 2nd. Season One consists of 12 episodes, approximately one hour each.
Link to story in Advanced Television
ElectricNOW en Español to Launch on Canela.TV and Nuestra.TV in the US
Electric Entertainment announced at Mipcom 2026 new distribution agreements for ElectricNOW en Español, the Spanish-language version of its free streaming app and FAST channel ElectricNOW, which will soon be available on Canela.TV and Nuestra.TV, two platforms serving US Hispanic audiences.
The agreements are part of the continued expansion of the ElectricNOW brand, extending its reach beyond English-speaking audiences and strengthening its content offering for multilingual viewers.
“Since ElectricNOW en Español launched three years ago, we’ve seen incredible growth and demand for Spanish-language content, both on our app and channel, as well as from platform partners looking to expand their offerings,” said Michael Johnson, Director of Streaming & Content Operations at ElectricNOW. “We are thrilled that we will be available on these two new platforms and that new audiences will have access to our ever-growing library of content,” he added.
Through the agreements, Canela.TV and Nuestra.TV audiences in the United States will gain access to more than 1,000 hours of programming currently available on ElectricNOW en Español. The catalogue includes Electric Entertainment television productions such as Syfy original The Ark, Leverage and its follow-up series Leverage: Redemption, as well as feature films including One Big Happy Family, Blackway and The Deal, among other titles.
ElectricNOW, which combines a free streaming app with a FAST channel offering, is currently available on more than 47 platforms, including The Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, Amazon Prime Video, Sling Freestream and The CW. Both ElectricNOW and ElectricNOW en Español recently underwent upgrades introducing new features, expanded content and the addition of more than 60 live channels.
Canela.TV is part of Canela Media, a company specializing in connecting brands with US Hispanic audiences through streaming, content, data and advertising solutions. Meanwhile, Nuestra.TV is a free, ad-supported streaming platform serving US Hispanic viewers with movies, series and live channels in both Spanish and English.