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Five years ago, the free, ad-supported streaming service Crackle tried to make a splash by moving out of the NewFronts and becoming the first streamer to hold an upfront presentation instead. As then-general manager Eric Berger explained to Adweek at the time, “We want to send the message that we are a premium streaming TV network.”
A lot has changed since then, both in the industry and specifically at Crackle. In March 2019, Sony sold a majority stake in the platform to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc.
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