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Free Mobile Streaming Platform Appeals to Content Community Before 2020 Launch

Nascent mobile streaming platform Ficto announced a slate of shows Wednesday that will debut with its consumer launch in Q1. The free platform promises profit-sharing with its creator community, which includes 30 partnerships. Ficto will also launch an interactive program category in genres including dating, courtroom, scavenger hunt, daily news and comedy, said the company. Partnerships include an interactive dating game called Date & Switch and a courtroom show We The People. Ficto will premiere more than 50 shows at its 2020 launch. A beta version of its submission platform is available to content creators, and the company continues to finance and produce original series to premiere at launch, it said. The company will showcase its platform at CES.