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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | April 2014 |
| Defunct | May 31, 2019 |
| Fate | Folded into WarnerMedia |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Key people | Tony Goncalves (CEO)[1] Andy Forssell (COO) Sean Kisker (CSO) |
| Products | OTT Services Digital Networks Film Production Film Distribution Online Television Programming Events |
| $500 million (2014)[2] | |
Number of employees | 1,400 (2018) |
| Parent | AT&T (2014-2019) The Chernin Group (2014–2018) Warner Bros. Entertainment (2019) |
Otter Media Holdings, LLC was an American digital media company owned by AT&T. The company was founded in April 2014 by AT&T and The Chernin Group as a holding company of the anime streaming service Crunchyroll, in which the latter invested in 2013.
In addition to Crunchyroll, it owned Rooster Teeth and held an ownership stake in Gunpowder & Sky with Floris Bauer.[3][4][5][6] AT&T would later acquire the remaining stake of Otter Media in 2018, which the subsidiary was folded into the WarnerMedia subsidiary, and later divested Crunchyroll to Sony Pictures Television's subsidiary company Funimation Global Group, LLC in 2021.
- ^ "AT&T Digital Executive Named CEO of Otter Media". hollywoodreporter.com. February 12, 2018.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (April 22, 2014). "AT&T, Chernin Group Invest $500 Million in Over-the-Top Video Venture". Variety.com. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ^ Roettgers, Janko (August 3, 2015). "Chernin, AT&T Set Brand for New Online Video Venture: Ellation (Exclusive)". Variety.com. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ^ Roettgers, Janko (November 4, 2015). "Chernin's Otter Media Aims for More Than $200M Revenue This Year". Variety.com. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ^ Roettgers, Janko (January 24, 2018). "AT&T-Chernin J.V. Otter Media Buys Out Remaining Fullscreen, Crunchyroll Owners". Variety. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
- ^ "Otter Media Buys Remainder of Its Digital Businesses Fullscreen, Ellation". The Hollywood Reporter. January 24, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2022.