Partnership provides global demand currency to inform M&A and maximize the value of its 70,000-title library across all streaming and distribution windows
LOS ANGELES - March 9, 2026 - Parrot Analytics and Radial Entertainment today announced a multi-year enterprise partnership that enables the use of global, cross-platform audience demand as a component of Radial’s content valuation, programming, and growth strategy. The agreement adds Parrot Analytics to the objective measurement layer across Radial’s operations, enabling the company to price catalogs with confidence, optimize distribution strategies, and expand internationally with greater precision.
Formed by Oaktree Capital through the combination of Shout! Studios and FilmRise, Radial Entertainment is a purpose‑built independent distributor for the streaming era. With a library of more than 70,000 movies and TV episodes, Radial pairs Shout!’s curatorial legacy with FilmRise’s data-driven AVOD/FAST engine, with audience insights now informed by Parrot Analytics’ independent audience demand standard.
“We are institutionalizing a rigorous, data-driven approach to valuing content and allocating resources,” said David Buoymaster, Chief Investment Officer at Radial Entertainment. “Integrating Parrot Analytics is an exciting addition to our population of data signals being used to evaluate titles and libraries objectively and act with greater conviction.”
The partnership adds an additional strategic capability for Radial's leadership: For its investment and underwriting teams, Parrot Analytics delivers a consistent, defensible view of global audience demand to value single titles, libraries, and prospective M&A transactions - supporting disciplined capital allocation. The company’s enterprise platform also offers territory- and taste-cluster insights to guide channel creation and programming across FAST and SVOD partners, while simultaneously identifying new markets where Radial’s brands and IP will resonate most for international growth.
While Radial serves as the corporate platform, Shout! and FilmRise continue as consumer-facing brands, preserving fan equity as Radial deploys a unified, analytics-first approach across AVOD, FAST, SVOD, transactional, broadcast, and physical windows worldwide.
“We are in an era where data‑driven precision is no longer optional for media companies - it’s essential,” said Alejandro Rojas, Global Head of Parrot IQ and VP Applied Analytics at Parrot Analytics. “Radial Entertainment was purpose-built for this reality, and their choice to embed our platform at the core of their investment strategy sets a new benchmark for independents. We’re proud to support their global growth.”
With one demand standard across Shout! and FilmRise, Radial links audience attention to revenue - pricing with proof, programming with precision, and expanding internationally with discipline.
About Radial Entertainment
Radial Entertainment is a newly formed global entertainment company, operating the FilmRise and Shout! Studios brands, backed by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management. As a premier content distribution studio, Radial Entertainment boasts a diverse library of over 70,000 movies and episodes - making it one of the largest independent catalogs in the industry. The company delivers high-quality entertainment across all major consumer platforms, including FAST channels, AVOD, SVOD, TVOD, physical product, theatrical film, and more. Its programming spans a wide range of genres, including true crime, reality, animation, action, westerns, award-winning titles, classics, medical, food, U.K. content, cult classics, and horror.
For Radial Entertainment, contact:
Tom Chen
SVP of Publicity
tchen@radialentertainment.com
About Parrot Analytics
Parrot Analytics is the global authority on media and entertainment intelligence, providing the strategic decision support the world's leading studios, producers, streamers, investors and government bodies rely on to de-risk content investment and maximize returns.
Trusted across the full media economy - from studios and streaming platforms to film funds, sports leagues and government bodies - Parrot Analytics informs capital allocation, acquisitions, programming strategy and IP valuation at the highest levels of the industry.
Measuring the demand and preferences of more than 2 billion audiences worldwide, Parrot Analytics’ AI platform quantifies the value of content, talent, franchises and sports rights - enabling partners to forecast revenue, assess risk, optimize portfolio strategy and deliver predictable success.
For Parrot Analytics, contact:
Samuel Stadler
VP Marketing
samuel@parrotanalytics.com
