Redbox, Vewd Sign Streaming Distribution Deal for TVs, Set-Tops

Redbox will be preloaded on Vewd-powered TVs and set-top boxes in the U.S., it said Thursday. Vewd will make the Redbox app available to existing customers on brands including Hisense, Funai and TiVo, plus pay-TV operator Evoca. Redbox transactional VOD has more than 100 free advertising-supported streaming TV channels and “thousands” of movies and TV titles, it said. Vewd streaming software is said to be on 450 million devices.