SnagFilms launches on Roku with Acclaimed Non-Fiction Films.

SnagFilms announced that a collection of SnagFilms' award-winning documentaries are now available for film fans to access on their Roku streaming players. The leading Internet TV platform, Roku allows viewers to instantly stream 150 of SnagFilm's acclaimed films, for free, on their televisions.

"Our partnership with Roku means that users of its innovative, easy-to-use streaming player can now access top-quality films, on demand, from SnagFilms," said Rick Allen, CEO of SnagFilms. "With our launch on the Roku platform, SnagFilms continues to fulfill its mission of creating virtual movie theaters wherever film fans have high-speed connections, and making the best independent films available to the widest possible audience."

"SnagFilms has done a great job of curating some of the world's most compelling documentaries from a diverse list of filmmakers," said Jim Funk, vice president of business development at Roku. "We are excited to now offer these films to a home audience that might otherwise never be able to get to the film festivals and theaters where such movies are shown."

Since its launch in July 2008, SnagFilms has distinguished itself as the premiere distributor of non-fiction films online. SnagFilms has streamed more than 400 million minutes of film through its website and popular iPad app, as well as over 110,000 affiliated websites including partner pages like AOL, Comcast, Hulu and the Starbucks Digital Network. The company will begin distributing fictional indie films later this year.

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