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Former SVP of Programming at Bedrocket Media, and Executive Producer at OWN Joins XUMO to Lead Content Acquisition Strategies

IRVINE, Calif., February 24, 2016 – XUMO, the premium television and video-on-demand service for the digital age, today announced the welcoming of Stefan Van Engen as the company’s senior vice president of content programming and acquisitions. With over 15 years of production and programming experience, Van Engen brings a wealth of expertise in content development and management to XUMO. Prior to this position, Van Engen was the SVP of Programming and Production for the digital start up, Bedrocket Media Ventures, served as the co-executive producer of The Gayle King Show at OWN, and before that as a production and development executive at Rainbow Media and CSTV, now CBS Sports Network.

Originally appeared on Yahoo! Finance.

Xumo LLC, innovative solutions provider for connected devices, this week confirmed strategic and application-based partnerships with global television manufacturers LG, VIZIO, Panasonic, and Funai Electric Co., Ltd. who manufactures and sells Sanyo, Philips and Magnavox in North America. These partnerships, coupled with iOS, Android applications as well as desktop availability, extend Xumo's distribution to well over 20MM smart devices in the US.

These partnerships are the next advancement in Xumo's efforts to bring the best digital content to the respective screen of choice. By connecting viewers with content owners and distributors directly through smart devices, Xumo allows for powerful, smart content discovery, and more reach to quality viewers for content owners. This is enabled through smart data use and an innovative user interface. Smart TV customers will now be able to access, through a single, easy-to-use platform, Xumo's latest line-up of over 50 channels of premium digital content from networks such as Condé Nast Entertainment (CNÉ), Bloomberg Politics, Reuters, Time Inc., Bonnier, The Wall Street Journal and content from digital-born providers such as BuzzFeed, PopSugar, Mitú Network, Machinima, TYT Network, The Onion and more.

First channel on XUMO to broadcast live daily shows

IRVINE, Calif., February 7, 2017 —XUMO, the premier live and video-on-demand (VOD) over-the-top (OTT) service for the digital age, announced today the launch of Cheddar, the popular live and on demand network, on its service. The first network on XUMO to have live daily shows, Cheddar will air its programs from the New York Stock Exchange and Sprint Flatiron Building Store each weekday along with one hour of interviews.