Otter Media

Otter Media Holdings, LLC
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Mass media
Founded	April 22, 2014
Defunct	April 8, 2022
Headquarters	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Key people	Tony Goncalves (CEO); Andy Forssell (COO); Sean Kisker (CSO)
Products	OTT Services; Digital Networks; Film Production; Film Distribution; Online Television Programming; Events
Operating income	$500 million (2014)
Owner	AT&T/The Chernin Group (2014–2018); WarnerMedia (2018–2022); Warner Bros. Discovery (2022)
Number of employees	1,400 (2018)
Parent	Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming and Interactive Entertainment (2022)
Subsidiaries	Rooster Teeth; Gunpowder & Sky (JV)
Website	www.ottermedia.com

Otter Media Holdings, LLC was an American digital media company owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The company was founded in 2014 by AT&T and The Chernin Group as a holding company of the anime streaming service, Crunchyroll who 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, whose folded under 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.

[1] "AT&T Digital Executive Named CEO of Otter Media". hollywoodreporter.com. February 12, 2018.

[2] Spangler, Todd (April 22, 2014). "AT&T, Chernin Group Invest $500 Million in Over-the-Top Video Venture". Variety.com. Retrieved September 17, 2016.

[Variety.com-3] Roettgers, Janko (August 3, 2015). "Chernin, AT&T Set Brand for New Online Video Venture: Ellation (Exclusive)". Variety.com. Retrieved September 17, 2016.

[4] Roettgers, Janko (November 4, 2015). "Chernin's Otter Media Aims for More Than $200M Revenue This Year". Variety.com. Retrieved September 17, 2016.

[:0-5] Roettgers, Janko (January 24, 2018). "AT&T-Chernin J.V. Otter Media Buys Out Remaining Fullscreen, Crunchyroll Owners". Variety. Retrieved April 17, 2018.

[6] "Otter Media Buys Remainder of Its Digital Businesses Fullscreen, Ellation". The Hollywood Reporter. January 24, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2022.

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