Hidive

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Hidive
Logo used since launch.
Type of businessDivision
Type of site
OTT streaming platform
PredecessorAnime Network Online
Headquarters
Houston, Texas
,
U.S.
Area servedNorth America, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Oceania
OwnerAMC Networks
IndustryEntertainment
Products
Services
  • Film distribution
  • television distribution
ParentHidive, LLC
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired
Users300,000 (2020)[1]
LaunchedJune 20, 2017; 9 years ago (2017-06-20)[2]
Current statusActive

Hidive (stylized in all caps) is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by AMC Networks. The service primarily offers Japanese anime content to paid subscribers.

The service was launched in June 2017 after the dissolution of The Anime Network's online service, which survived after the liquidation of the former A.D. Vision's assets in 2009. It even had its own channel on Crunchyroll's VRV service from 2018 until the Sony acquisition of Crunchyroll in 2021.

Hidive and its parent Sentai Filmworks were both acquired by AMC Networks at the beginning of January 2022 and restricted access to English language markets in December 2023. The streaming service offers a number of features, among those include live chat, customizable viewing features, customized profiles and subtitles, and parental controls among other things.

History

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Early years

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Before the launch of HIDIVE, anime shows that were licensed by Sentai Filmworks were often streamed on Anime Network Online, which once served as the streaming service for the now defunct Anime Network.

The Hidive streaming service launched in June 2017, as Hidive, LLC, a new company not affiliated with Anime Network, was formed in 2017 and shortly after, acquired Anime Network Online's assets and spun them off into the new streaming service following Anime Network Online's discontinuation.[3][2] Former subscriptions from Anime Network Online were later moved to Hidive.[4]

It exclusively streams select licensed titles from Sentai and Section23, as well as a handful that was formerly held by A.D. Vision, including a small number of titles that were previously exclusive to the defunct streaming channel Anime Strike.[5][6]

On July 21, 2017, Hidive announced the service would start to offer selected anime titles with Spanish and Portuguese subtitles and began offering "Dubcasts" later in March 2018.[7][8] Similar to SimulDubs, it competes against FUNimation's SimulDub program.[9] This allows Hidive to stream dubs of simulcast titles approximately two to three weeks after the initial Japanese broadcast.

VRV announced that Hidive would be launching its channel on its service on October 18, 2018, after Funimation ended their partnership with Crunchyroll. It replaced Funimation after it left the service on November 9, 2018.[10]

Sony announced its acquisition of VRV's parent company Crunchyroll from AT&T on August 9, 2021, via its FUNimation subsidiary. Hidive left the service a month later on September 30 in response to the acquisition.[11]

AMC acquisition

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Hidive was part of AMC Networks' acquisition of Sentai in January 2022.[12]

In November 2023, the service announced that it will end service in certain areas outside North America, which went into effect later in December.[13]

In March 2024, Hidive's website was updated with a new user interface.[14] New features were also added, such as offline viewing, updated history queues, and the ability to create multiple customized watchlists.[15][16] It later brought back the schedule and customized profiles features in August,[17] both of which were features that were previously available prior to the major update of the site.

Programming

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See also: Sentai Filmworks, Sentai Studios, and A.D. Vision

At launch, Hidive featured much of the same content as Anime Network Online, which in-itself featured notable titles licensed by A.D. Vision and its successor, Sentai Filmworks.

In September 2022, Hidive would briefly expand into original programing when it co-premiered the AMC+ original series Pantheon.[18][19]

ANIME x HIDIVE

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ANIME x HIDIVE
TypeFAST television channel
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersHouston, Texas
Programming
LanguageEnglish
Picture format1080p HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 480p for older programming)
Ownership
OwnerAMC Networks
ParentSentai Filmworks
Sister channels
History
LaunchedMarch 10, 2023; 3 years ago (2023-03-10)
ReplacedAnime Network
Availability
Streaming media
The Roku ChannelChannel 367
PlexNone
Pluto TVNone

In April 2022, AMC announced the development of a Hidive-branded Free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel called "ANIME x HIDIVE", which would feature content licensed by Sentai and seen on the Hidive streaming service.[20] The channel would launch on Plex on March 10, 2023.[21]

See also

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