SCPLS partners to offer online streaming movie, music services

The Sevier County Public Library System (SCPLS) in partnership with RBdigital from Recorded Books (Prince Frederick, MD), is now offering the availability of online movie, music and television streaming services. The free services include:

App for online streaming

• IndieFlix - movies
• Pongalo - Spanish-language telenovelas and movies
• tingray Qello - full-length concerts & music documentaries
• The Great Courses Library Collection – over 150 courses
• Acorn TV – British TV and film

IndieFlix, which directly supports filmmakers by letting them earn money for every minute of video watched, brings engaging stories to movie lovers around the world. Through www.sevierlibrary.org, patrons of the King Family, Seymour Branch and Kodak Branch Libraries can enjoy unlimited access to over 8,000 high-quality shorts, features, documentaries, classic TV shows and Web series from 85 countries. Programming includes comedies, dramas, horror, documentaries, animations, classic TV, short films, and over 40 other channels and genres.

IndieFlix also delivers films from major festivals all over the world, including Sundance, Cannes, and Tribeca. To find movies, patrons simply search by language, genre or film length, and the “quickpick” feature allows patrons to sample movies like they would sample music. IndieFlix can be enjoyed on any Internet-enabled computer, smartphone, or tablet with a Web browser, and movies are also available on Roku, Xbox and Apple TV.

Pongalo offers unlimited streaming access to Spanish-language telenovelas and movies. Pongalo offers unlimited access to the largest collection (over 10,000 episodes) of Spanish-Language telenovelas and TV series. Watch over 13,000 hours of major US studio content translated to Spanish, and popular translated Hollywood favorites, including Two for the Money, The Animal, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Tears of the Sun, and more. Pongalo offers thousands of shows, including original programming and exclusive content.

Listen and watch full-length concerts and documentaries on Stingray Qello. Stingray Qello is the only place to watch over 1,500 of the most amazing live moments in music. It’s the world’s largest collection of full-length concerts and music documentaries streamed on-demand to just about any digital device. It’s like a never-ending concert ticket. Qello spans over 30 genres, from classical to rock, reggae to country. Enjoy music from the 1920s to today’s hottest artists, including Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, and Aerosmith.

Not interested in just binge watching movies and concerts, how about taking some time to learn something new by accessing The Great Courses Library Collection. You can now "binge-learn” over 150 of the most popular courses taught by the world’s top professors from The Great Courses Library Collection. With hundreds of videos on subjects ranging from photography to physics, astronomy to art, history to health, and everything in between, you’re sure to find courses that interest you. Each lesson is about 30 minutes in length—tune in to test out any lesson or course for the first few minutes, or for as long as you want.

Finally for all of those British TV and film fans, you can now enjoy watching Acorn TV, on your own device. Hailed as a “glorious streaming service … an essential must-have” by The Hollywood Reporter, Acorn TV streams world-class mysteries, dramas, and comedies from Britain and beyond, including a full slate of original and exclusive programming. Just like Netflix, you can binge-watch popular shows like Doc Martin, Midsomer Murders, Inspector George Gently, Vera, Murdoch Mysteries, and more. With thousands of hours of commercial-free programming and new shows added weekly, there’s always something to watch.

The big question now is, how do you get access to these streaming services? With your library card, all five streaming services can be enjoyed on your mobile devices through the RBdigital app, as well as desktop computers. Follow these instructions to access the streaming services:

1. Create RBdigital account on www.sevierlibrary.org (located on front webpage, scroll down and look to the right for a list of services)

2. Download RBdigital app from your favorite app store

3. Open app and follow prompts to register – access code is SCPLS

4. Open menu and tap ENTERTAINMENT

5. Select streaming service you wish to use and tap ACCESS to open in browser tab

6. Each streaming service is available to you for seven days

For additional assistance, please see a library staff member at any of our three locations for more information on how to access this service, or go to www.sevierlibrary.org to get started. If you have already created an RBdigital account, the new services will show on the main screen. You can also access audio and eBooks from RBdigital as well, free of charge.

Recorded Books is the largest independent publisher of audiobooks in the world, with a catalog of more than 35,000 exclusive titles narrated by award-winning actors. In addition to offering the highest-quality audiobooks, Recorded Books also delivers eBooks, magazines, comics, entertainment services, educational offerings, and more. The company’s RBdigital app delivers the library industry’s broadest array of digital services to millions of consumers. Recorded Books is an RBmedia company. Learn more at www.recordedbooks.com.

Published October 17, 2018