Whats up pals!
2022 was an enormous 12 months for Plex and we are able to’t thanks sufficient for being crucial a part of it! First off, that is the 12 months we launched our new Uncover function, an necessary step for guaranteeing that Plex is the best, most complete, and most insightful place to start out your media viewing expertise—whether or not you realize what you need to watch or not. Now, Plex effortlessly factors you on to your favourite motion pictures and exhibits throughout all of your providers—with out you having to maintain monitor of what title is on what app. Higher but, we’re capable of present genuine suggestions of what to look at on Plex, on Netflix, on HBO Max, and a lot extra. Whereas streaming has gotten an increasing number of complicated over time, Plex is in your facet, making an attempt to make streaming simple and enjoyable once more.
And in case you’re studying this weblog, you most likely know that we’re an organization constructed by passionate TV and film nerds who’re pushed to construct the perfect streaming neighborhood on earth. By serving to to take away the ache and confusion from discovering the proper present or film on the proper time, we’re delivering on that mission of constructing Plex the centerpiece of your leisure expertise. Trying ahead, Uncover offers us a tremendous basis to proceed to raise the expertise and worth of Plex in 2023 and past. We all know it’s a part of a advertising tagline, however it’s true: we wish Plex to take the wrestle out of streaming.
This 12 months we additionally introduced on a ton of fantastic content material companions around the globe. From big globally acknowledged manufacturers reminiscent of Paramount, FOX, PBS, BBC, NBCUniversal, Hallmark, and indie-film darling A24 to regional powerhouses reminiscent of Palatin from Germany, Shemaroo from India, Bounty Movies from Australia, Arrow from the UK, Elevation from Canada, and so many extra. And talking of nice free motion pictures and exhibits, this month we’re excited to launch Breaking Dangerous on Tales by AMC. We additionally elevated the variety of high quality free motion pictures and free Reside TV channels, so now Plex can at all times give you one thing, regardless of your temper (or consideration span).
Don’t assume that we’ve forgotten all our private media followers both, since we’ve been exhausting at work at enhancing our platform and making your media assortment faster to go looking, curate, and stream to all of your units. We added much more ear sweet to your Plexamp with options reminiscent of AutoEQ, Visitor DJ, customizable dwelling display, hyperlink sharing, and monitor previews. Plex shines with help for extra media codecs than ever, together with Dolby Atmos in your house theater. In brief, we’re devoted to constructing upon our repute because the gold customary within the private media business. Primarily based in your suggestions and requests, we added a number of version help, new Home windows 64-bit help, the flexibility to sync your watch state and rankings, and a brand new Residence Theater PC app! (Hold the requests coming!) For these of you who use Plex to look at native TV together with your antenna, we now have a hybrid information that organizes all of your antenna and streaming stations in a single elegant interface. And with Uncover Credit, private media customers (in addition to free film & TV customers) now have a strong new means of navigating your media libraries by favourite actors, administrators, and writers.
As a enterprise, we continued to develop and broaden with wonderful new staff from virtually each continent on the planet (sorry Antarctica!), a lot of whom received to fulfill in particular person as journey restrictions lastly began to ease. With these new staff, we have been ready to herald much more companions to the Plex ecosystem—from world studios and TV producers, in addition to a complete new palette of Plex perk companions. And we have been capable of sharpen our Plex emblem together with your enter in order that we are able to proceed to be acknowledged and win new followers around the globe in a really aggressive streaming market.
In order you’ll be able to see, it’s been fairly a 12 months. And subsequent 12 months guarantees to be even greater with some big new options coming quickly that we’re tremendous excited to share with you. However as we stated on the drop, none of this occurs with out you. Your help, your concepts, your bug experiences, and options requests, it’s wonderful to look at the Plex story proceed to unfold around the globe. So we hope that on the finish of the 12 months, you’re capable of finding a while to calm down and luxuriate in some high quality time with family and friends. Round a very good meal, a very good dialog, or (you by no means know!) maybe even a very good film or present.
– Keith, CEO of Plex 
Highlights from 2022
Comply with together with our achievements from the previous 12 months.
January
Hottest on Free Motion pictures & TV:
Film: Final Knights
Sequence: True Justice
Reside TV Channel: Crime 360
February
New Function Launch: Hybrid information
Firm Milestone: Partnered with a third-party DEI skilled to proceed to drive our important range and inclusion targets at Plex.
Hottest on Free Motion pictures & TV:
Film: Spider-Man Trilogy
Sequence: True Justice
Reside TV Channel: Are We There But?
March
Firm Milestone: Versatile Fridays launched
Hottest on Free Motion pictures & TV:
Film: Final Knights
Sequence: True Justice
Reside TV Channel: Journy’s Bourdain All Day
April
New Function Launch: Uncover
Firm Milestone: New emblem launched
New Content material Companions: NBC Information Now
Hottest on Free Motion pictures & TV:
Film: A Rating to Settle
Sequence: True Justice
Reside TV Channel: Journy’s Bourdain All Day
Might
New App Launch: HTPC App
New Content material Companions:
Hallmark
Hearst Very Native
Rakuten TV (Launched in UK, most European international locations)
Hottest on Free Motion pictures & TV:
Film: Blended
Sequence: True Justice
Reside TV Channel: Hallmark Motion pictures & Extra
June
New App Launch: Plexamp on Raspberry Pi
New Content material Companions:
Native Now
Hottest on Free Motion pictures & TV:
Film: Fringe of Tomorrow
Sequence: True Justice
Reside TV Channel: Hallmark Motion pictures & Extra
July
New Content material Accomplice: A24
Hottest on Free Motion pictures & TV:
Film: Fringe of Tomorrow
Sequence: Hannibal
Reside TV Channel: Hallmark Motion pictures & Extra
August
New Options Launched:
A number of version help
View state sync
Uncover Collectively on cell (iOS/Android and internet)
Firm Milestone: Up to date careers part with new tradition/advantages pages
New Content material Accomplice: BBC Studios
Hottest on Free Motion pictures & TV:
Film: The Different Man
Sequence: Hannibal
Reside TV Channel: Hallmark Motion pictures & Extra
September
Neighborhood Occasion: Plex Professional Week
Hottest on Free Motion pictures & TV:
Film: Bordertown
Sequence: Hannibal
Reside TV Channel: Hallmark Motion pictures & Extra
October
New Function Launch: Visitor DJ (Plexamp)
Firm Milestone:
Plexcon—Worldwide worker meetup (lastly!) resumes after world pandemic
Plex sponsors Charity Bomb fundraiser occasion in Las Vegas
New Content material Accomplice: PBS
Hottest on Free Motion pictures & TV:
Film: The Inexperienced Mile
Sequence: Hannibal
Reside TV Channel: Prime Gear
November
New Function Launch: Uncover Credit
Firm Milestone: Plex for the Planet
New Content material Accomplice: Vevo
Hottest on Free Motion pictures & TV:
Film: Heartbreak Ridge
Sequence: Kung Fu
Reside TV Channel: Hannibal
December
Firm Milestone:
166 staff in 23 international locations
Staff donate to virtually 100 native charities around the globe with our Native Affect initiative.
Tinycons in Las Vegas NV, Palm Springs CA, Austin TX, and Sevilla, Spain.
We launched our new model pointers (together with logos, colours, typography, model voice, and extra!)
We’re placing the ending touches on our brand-new Plex Gear retailer—search for an announcement within the new 12 months. We’ll be that includes some enjoyable new gadgets—together with our wonderful ugly vacation sweater sweatshirt and lots of, many extra.
New Content material Accomplice: FOX
Hottest on Free Motion pictures & TV:
Film: It’s A Great Life
Sequence: Kung Fu
Reside TV Channel: Breaking Dangerous on Tales by AMC
