Lionsgate partners with Comic-Con to create a subscription video-on-demand service

Lionsgate and Comic-Con International have teamed up to launch a subscription video-on-demand service for comic fans and other pop culture enthusiasts.

The aim is to turn Comic-Con International, which drew 130,000 fans to San Diego last year and attention across the Internet, into a year-round experience for fans with programming from Lionsgate’s library of 16,000 films, said Peter Levin, the president of Lionsgate Interactive Ventures and Games, in an interview with VentureBeat. It also gives Lionsgate its third video service, a growing segment in media.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.