Popcornflix Comedy™ Now Offers Free Funny Flicks plus Original Programming on New Web & Mobile Apps

NEW YORK, May 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Popcornflix™, the FREE streaming movie service from Screen Media Ventures, LLC, today launched the first all-free, all-funny comedy channel, Popcornflix Comedy™, making hundreds of 100 percent free comedy titles available to watch 24/7 online or via the Popcornflix Comedy mobile apps for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets.

Now, comedy fans can easily access hundreds of full-length features, including Trailer Park Boys, Super High Me, Mystery Science Theater 3000 and American Animal and more, featuring famous funnymen (and women) like Zach Galifianakis, Tracy Morgan, Jon Cryer, Jeff Daniels, Jane Lynch and Kathy Griffin specials. A wide variety of genres offer something for everyone—family, action and romantic comedies, late-night and satire films, "dramedies" and dark comedies, including a great collection of titles from the Troma catalog of comedic horror films.

Popcornflix Comedy original productions brings stand-up comedy fans a new original series, "Live at New York Comedy Club," filmed on-location at the Manhattan venue and featuring up-and-coming and well-known comics like Eric Neumann of Sirius XM Radio's Rooftop Comedy, Miguel Dalmau of NBC's Stand for Diversity and Emma Wilmann, who appeared at the Women in Comedy Festival. Up to six new episodes will be added to the Popcornflix Comedy lineup each month.

"We're thrilled to launch our first original comedic series and to partner with some of the top clubs and comics in the city to help them reach a wider audience," said Peter Kovacs, head of original content for Popcornflix. "We're already making plans to expand distribution of these great, laugh-out-loud productions to wider markets, and we're always eager to acquire new series and movie titles for distribution across our fast-growing free movie viewing platform."

Popcornflix Comedy is an ad-supported platform. Each film includes pre-roll, spot ads and banner ads that offer content and advertising partners a great opportunity to connect with a movie viewing audience. Popcornflix and Popcornflix Comedy are trademarks of Screen Media Ventures, LLC. All rights reserved.

About Popcornflix Comedy

Popcornflix Comedy is a service of Screen Media Ventures LLC, a leading global independent motion picture distribution company with a broad distribution network that includes U.S. and international theatrical, home video, television, cable and new media distribution, with one of the largest independently owned motion picture libraries. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York City. For more information, visit www.popcornflixcomedy.com.

SOURCE Popcornflix

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