Snagfilms
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Type of site
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Video on demand |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | July 2008 |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| Area served | United States |
| Key people | Ted Leonsis |
| Website | www |
SnagFilms is a website that offers advertising-supported documentary and Independent films. Films are streamed on the website, which contains a library of over 5,000 films. Filmmakers can submit documentaries for consideration as well. The site includes documentary films produced by National Geographic and titles such as Super Size Me, The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini, Kicking It and Nanking.
SnagFilms was launched in July 2008 by Internet pioneer Ted Leonsis. Venture capitalist Miles Gilburne and Revolution LLC chairman Steve Case are also investors in the start-up. While at AOL Leonsis founded True Stories, an online source for documentaries. That website would become the inspiration for SnagFilms.
SnagFilms also owns Indiewire, an online publication covering the independent film industry and comedy website Thundershorts, which The New York Times called "a discriminating boutique."
SnagFilms’ curated collection is viewed on its own site and a digital network of more than 110,000 affiliated sites and webpages worldwide, including partners such as Comcast's XfinityTV.com, Hulu,IMDb, AOL/Huffington Post, hundreds of non-profits, special interest sites and blogs — and via its applications for tablets, including Apple’s iPad (AirPlay-enabled), Amazon’s Kindle Fire and other Android-based tablets; Android smartphones; OTT platforms Roku and Boxee; and soon to launch on connected TVs from Sony, Samsung and Vizio. SnagFilms’ titles have been featured on more than 3.5 billion pageviews across its network.
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