A few weeks after announcing the shut down of its streaming service FilmStruck, The Criterion Collection will be launching a new independent streaming channel titled simply The Criterion Channel, with its debut set for sometime in spring 2019.
The channel will also be available on the upcoming WarnerMedia streaming service when it debuts late next year, but those subscribed to FilmStruck will not automatically be subscribed to The Criterion Channel, being offered a 30-day free trial before having to pay $10 a month or $100 for the entire year.
In their announcement of the new service, the home media production company thanked the fans of the FilmStruck service for their disheartened responses to the closure.
“We are incredibly touched and encouraged by the flood of support we’ve been receiving since the announcement that FilmStruck will be shutting down on November 29, 2018,” the announcement read.