Tagged: television

May 31, 2020 @ 10:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based television network brand True Royalty Television has raised more than £2 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round launched earlier this month and quickly surpassed its initial £1 million funding target. It has attracted over 330 Crowdcube investors. As previously… Read More

May 15, 2020 @ 11:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a week after launching its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, television network brand True Royalty Television has raised more than £1.9 million from over 200 Crowdcube investors. The funding round originally sought to raise £1 million. Dubbed as the “Netflix for Royalty” by… Read More

November 1, 2018 @ 7:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seed&Spark, the independent film crowdfunding platform, announced on Thursday that pilots for 27 television series developed by creators of color were funded as part of a special month-long “Keep It Colorful” crowdfunding effort. According to Seed&Spark, approximately 50 content creators of color entered the crowdfunding… Read More

December 6, 2017 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mychal Simka, the writer and producer of 14 animated feature films to date including “Adventures of Bunny Bravo,”and Barry Katz, an Emmy and Grammy-nominated producer of over 100 specials, albums, documentaries, reality and scripted tv shows and films, have teamed up to launch a Reg CF… Read More

November 18, 2017 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Meet the Drapers, a crowdfunding TV series that allows “regular” people to become investors, is set to premiere this Sunday (November 19th) on Sony Entertainment Television.  As previously reported, Meet the Drapers will include the participation of Bill Draper, who was a founding investor in… Read More

July 19, 2017 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LOVESPACE, a distinctive storage company founded by Streetcar co-founder and entrepreneur Brett Akker, was named the winner of All Response’s TV Star Competition. The company will reportedly be receiving a funded TV ad campaign. Crowdcube shared the exciting news on Twitter on Wednesday by tweeting: Huge… Read More

December 12, 2016 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Indiegogo alum Touchjet announced, following the final round of the FCC approval, its WAVE TV tablet system will now be available on Best Buy’s website. The Touchjet WAVE turns any flat screen TV or monitor into a smart touchscreen. This is Touchjet’s second… Read More

February 18, 2016 @ 12:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, the original cast of the hit 1970s series Good Times launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise a whopping $1 million so that they can create a full-length reunion movie. The show, which aired from February 1974 to August 1979, was a spin-off… Read More

January 29, 2016 @ 1:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from his work on the set of Mystery Science Theater 3000, creator of the cult-classic Joel Hodgson sat down to discuss the show’s return and its crowdfunding success. During a recent interview with Blastr, Hodgson discussed the possibility that the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Kickstarter… Read More

January 11, 2016 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Eric Falconer, the creator of Kickstarter success Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland, unveiled the film’s first official clip. Blue Mountain State, a popular television series that was apparently cancelled far too soon, launched a crowdfunding campaign in early 2014 to help finance its feature-length… Read More

December 23, 2015 @ 3:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in Spring 2014, famous children show Reading Rainbow captured over $5 million on Kickstarter to reboot the series for the next generation. Now, nearly two years later, Reading Rainbow’s COO, Sangita Patel, is ready to sit down and share his thoughts about the show’s success – and the criticism… Read More

December 10, 2015 @ 3:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

As backers of the Indiegogo success Con Man continue to wait patiently for the highly anticipated series, the campaign’s team announced a delay in the project’s perks (which includes the DVD/Blu-ray of the first season). It was revealed in the latest update: “None of the perks have shipped… Read More

December 4, 2015 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Horror Equity Fund, Inc, an investment platform for solicitation and sale of funding solutions for pre-screened and professionally vetted Horror genre entertainment projects, announced on Thursday the launch of its new funding campaign on Crowdfunder to raise $750,000. Horror Equity Fund is not a production company. It offers… Read More

November 20, 2015 @ 1:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over a week and a half since his initiative launched on Kickstarter, Joel Hodgson’s “Bring Back Mystery Science Theater 3000″ project has secured over $2.3 million thanks to nearly 22,000 backers. Hodgson, the original creator of the famous cult-classic show, took to the crowdfunding platform and… Read More

November 13, 2015 @ 4:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, creator of the cult classic Mystery Science Theater 3000, Joel Hodgson, teamed up with Shout! Factory to launch a Kickstarter campaign with a mission to raise $2 million so that he could bring the show back to its rightful glory. Now, Hodgson is… Read More

September 9, 2015 @ 2:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few weeks into its Crowdcube campaign, the self-dubbed home of arts and crafts, Hochanda, has successfully surpassed its initial £1.9 million thanks to nearly 200 accredited investors. As previously reported, Hochanda, which its name is an acronym for “Home of Crafts Hobbies and Arts,”… Read More

August 31, 2015 @ 2:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hochanda, the self-dubbed home of arts and crafts, has recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise nearly 2 million to expand its new television services. The company, which its name is an acronym for “Home of Crafts Hobbies and Arts,” is described… Read More

July 13, 2015 @ 11:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Giving Hannibal fans a bit of hope after their beloved series was cancelled by NBC, executive producer Martha De Laurentiis stated crowdfunding campaign plans are possibly in the works. According to The Drum, Laurentiis confirmed at San Diego’s Comic Con this past weekend that Kickstarter has contacted her about the… Read More

June 15, 2015 @ 12:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nineties fan favorite, The Crystal Maze, is ready to return to the small screen! The popular UK game show appeared on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo with a mission to raise £500,000 to bring itself back to its former glory as a “live immersive experience.” The creators… Read More

June 4, 2015 @ 11:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few months after his father and Star Trek star, Leonard Nimoy, passed away after battling COPD, Adam Nimoy has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $600,000 for the documentary, For the Love of Spock, which is dedicated to Leonard’s beloved sci-fi character. In the campaign’s promotional video, Adam… Read More