{"id":1424,"date":"2018-01-15T13:55:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T21:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2018-01-15T13:55:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T21:55:19","slug":"sony-rebrands-crackle-streaming-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/sony-rebrands-crackle-streaming-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Rebrands Crackle Streaming Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Pictures Entertainment has rebranded its Crackle streaming service to Sony Crackle.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2004 as Grouper.com featuring licensed movies and TV shows, Sony acquired the service in 2006 for $65 million and named it Crackle in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>As over-the-top video services delved into original content, Crackle joined the fray with Jerry Seinfeld\u2019s \u201cComedians in Cars Getting Coffee,\u201d followed by \u201cThe Art of More,\u201d \u201cThe Oath,\u201d \u201cSnatch,\u201d and \u201cSuperMansion,\u201d among others.<\/p>\n<p>Original movies include <em>Extraction<\/em> and <em>Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Pictures Entertainment has rebranded its Crackle streaming service to Sony Crackle. 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