Plex Delivery Guide — Avails, Specs & Workflow (With a Note on Crackle)

A note on Crackle. This post was originally published covering both Crackle and Plex. In June 2024, Crackle's parent company Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which was converted to Chapter 7 liquidation in July 2024. Crackle's consumer website went offline on June 7, 2025, and the Crackle trademark and assets were auctioned in April 2025. As of April 2026, there is no operational Crackle distribution pipeline accepting new content from distributors. If you landed here searching for Crackle delivery specs, the short answer is, Crackle is not a current delivery target. The post below focuses on Plex, which remains an active and growing AVOD platform with a distributor-friendly intake process and the widest geographic reach of any free streaming service.