Streaming platforms with original content?

March 22, 2018 1:30 PM

Aside from Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, what other streaming platforms are out there, developing and/or presenting original content? I'm interested in all, no matter what size.
posted by davebush to Computers & Internet (24 answers total)

Shudder is fairly good for horror and 'genre' releases. ShoutTV specializes in more obscure stuff. OSI74 is just plain strange.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 1:36 PM on March 22, 2018 [1 favorite]

Crackle has original content... but with, I believe, random/arbitrary commercial breaks instead of creatively-determined points in each episodes where commercials are inserted.
posted by infinitewindow at 1:37 PM on March 22, 2018 [1 favorite]

Passionflix is developing, producing, and streaming movie and series adaptations of romance novels, along with streaming popular films in the same general genre.
posted by Lyn Never at 1:38 PM on March 22, 2018

VRV.co picked up a lot of Seeso’s original content when it went under.
posted by bleep at 1:49 PM on March 22, 2018 [1 favorite]

CraveTV in Canada does have exclusive content, so exclusive that you can only get it in Canada. Letterkenny for example.
posted by GuyZero at 1:54 PM on March 22, 2018

Dramafever also has exclusive shows developed just for them. (All Korean dramas I believe)
posted by GuyZero at 1:55 PM on March 22, 2018

And I assume you mean exclusively streaming and want to exclude HBO, Starz, etc. that get cable carriage.
posted by GuyZero at 1:56 PM on March 22, 2018

Acorn TV, which is mostly UK reruns, now also has at least one original, "Striking Out".
posted by GuyZero at 1:58 PM on March 22, 2018 [4 favorites]

Youtube Red has some pretty interesting stuff, in particular Do You Want To See A Dead Body? and Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television*.
posted by El_Marto at 1:58 PM on March 22, 2018 [1 favorite]

I think Go90 does. I literally only use it to watch live soccer games but I know it has scripted shows.
posted by AppleTurnover at 1:59 PM on March 22, 2018

There are many, many streaming sites represented on Roku.
posted by theora55 at 1:59 PM on March 22, 2018

Facebook also has original content these days, like Tom vs Time.
posted by GuyZero at 2:04 PM on March 22, 2018

All Red Bull TV content is original to some extent although it's reality/sports and not drama/scripted.
posted by GuyZero at 2:05 PM on March 22, 2018

Sundance Now
posted by Kafkaesque at 2:29 PM on March 22, 2018

DirecTV Now is a streaming product that includes the Audience network which has a mixture of original and acquired shows.
posted by soelo at 2:37 PM on March 22, 2018

Came her to recommend Shudder as well. I'm a horror-movie head, and I totally love it. They have a bunch of schlock, of course, but a lot of very good movies, and a few cool podcasts as well.
posted by holborne at 3:12 PM on March 22, 2018

Vimeo.com has original content including web series. It's where High Maintenance originally aired before being picked up by HBO.
posted by 6thsense at 3:12 PM on March 22, 2018

CBS All Access, for some reason.
posted by General Malaise at 3:59 PM on March 22, 2018 [1 favorite]

Digital Theatre does performances from UK theatres.

Medici.tv does classical performances from around the world.
posted by rollick at 4:29 PM on March 22, 2018

Revry is producing original queer content. (Full disclosure my friends made and star in one of their offerings)
posted by Uncle at 7:47 PM on March 22, 2018

I mean it depends what you mean by original content but there are a bunch of professional wrestling streaming services: WWE Network, High Spots, Progress, Chikara and others.
posted by coleboptera at 9:56 PM on March 22, 2018

Choose ATL just launched THEA.
posted by Medieval Maven at 6:41 AM on March 23, 2018

Does MLB.tv count?
posted by mmascolino at 11:18 AM on March 23, 2018

Response by poster: Thanks to all. Much appreciated.
posted by davebush at 1:18 PM on March 23, 2018