Spotify To Introduce Video, Teams Up With Time Warner

The Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS) subsidiary of Time Warner Inc TWX announced a partnership with Spotify Wednesday.

According to the company, the global partnership will offer TBS content through Spotify’s new video platform.

Available shows will include the Adult Swim series and "CONAN." Additionally, video clips from the Adult Swim series such as "Robot Chicken," "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," "Rick and Morty" and "Tim & Eric's Awesome Show," along with clips from "CONAN," will be available to Spotify users in the United States, according to a press release.

Full episodes of Adult Swim and CONAN, “as well as other original series such as Black Jesus and Mr Pickles, will be made available to Spotify users in the UK, Germany and Sweden, with more territories to come,” the company said.

A statement released by Turner Broadcasting added: “It’s vital that we make our content available to consumers on as many platforms as possible. This deal reflects yet another opportunity to distribute Turner’s award-winning and highly popular programming to new audiences through a high-profile delivery channel, providing both additional exposure and more consumption of our global portfolio of leading brands.”

Discussing Spotify’s new offerings, Founder and CEO Daniel Ek said, “We’re bringing you a deeper, richer, more immersive Spotify experience. We want Spotify to help soundtrack your life by offering an even wider world of entertainment with an awesome mix of the best music, podcasts and video delivered to you throughout your day. And we’re just getting started.”

Time Warner recently traded at $85.66, down 0.06 percent.

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