content and distribute the titles on DVD and digital platforms, such as Amazon's Disc on Demand and YouTube. The analytics model proved highly successful and the company quickly became profitable. Danny, Jack and Alan remain the largest stakeholders in FilmRise. Alan currently serves as chairman of the board, Danny is CEO, and Jack is president. In 2013, Medstar Productions put the digital rights of the long running syndicated hit and staple of the HLN network, Forensic Files, up for license. FilmRise licensed the exclusive U.S. digital distribution rights and has released the property successfully on numerous platforms, including Netflix and Hulu, making the show one of the most popular library shows in the streaming space. Using its algorithms to predict consumer behavior the company continued to acquire the digital rights to television and film content, including Unsolved Mysteries, Hell's Kitchen, 3rd Rock from the Sun and Midsomer Murders, creating a distribution operation that enabled the company to monetize content and build out a sales/operations team to foster relationships with new and emerging digital platforms, including The Roku Channel, Fox Corporation's Tubi, Amazon's IMDb TV, NBCUniversal's Peacock, ViacomCBS' Pluto TV, among many others. In 2014, FilmRise created a free direct-to-consumer brand, supported by advertising on proprietary apps, The FilmRise Streaming Network, which launched on Roku. Over the past five years, the channel was added to internet-connected devices including Amazon Fire TV, Comcast, iOS, Android and Apple TV. The FilmRise Streaming Network is regularly featured in lists of the top ten free streaming destinations. In 2017, FilmRise became one of the first content providers on The Roku Channel and has since become a leading content provider on numerous ad-supported streaming services including NBCUniversal's Peacock, Amazon's Freevee, ViacomCBS' Pluto TV, Fox Corporation's Tubi, Redbox, Vudu, Crackle, STIRR and others. By the end of 2017, the company raised over $100MM for content acquisitions. These money were used to pay license fees for film and television libraries. FilmRise continued to work with emerging digital platforms, as well as growing relationships with major Hollywood studios and television networks that were eager for new licensing opportunities. FilmRise's ability to optimize monetization from TV and film content enabled them to work with many streaming platforms on their programming strategies. At this point, FilmRise began to accumulate actionable data from the distribution of over 10,000 hours of content across a wide range of platforms, enabling the company to refine