After two failed makes an attempt as a music competition, Fyre Fest is now being being reimagined as a streaming service. Documentarian Shawn Rech has bought a few of the model’s IP (together with two Fyre Competition logos) with plans to spearhead an operation to remodel Fyre into a brand new music-focused subscription video-on-demand platform.
Rech co-founded the true crime streaming platform TruBlu alongside To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen. He’s now introduced plans to make use of the competition’s notorious title to his (dis)benefit, and intends to launch the Fyre-branded service by Thanksgiving. “Music networks are all simply programming now and I’ve little interest in watching individuals slip on bananas. It has nothing to do with music,” Rech informed Deadline. “I wanted an enormous title that individuals would bear in mind, even when it’s connected to infamy, in order that’s why I purchased these [trademarks].”
Absolutely utilizing the infamous label of a competition whose founder misled traders and pleaded responsible to fraud received’t deter prospects from subscribing. Rech counters that the Fyre Competition streaming platform will succeed: “We’re constructing one thing genuine and lasting.” As an added incentive, Fyre Competition’s disgraced founder and convicted felon, Billy McFarland, is predicted to have a presence on the community.
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Fyre will function as each a subscription service (probably priced at $3.99 per 30 days) and as an ad-supported FAST channel, the latter of which is able to function use-submitted content material leaning heavy in hip-hop and pop. There can even be an audio-only streaming choice.
In the meantime, the second bodily iteration of Fyre Competition was pushed again a number of occasions via 2025 earlier than being known as off for the foreseeable future final week. It was set happen in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, with Antonio Brown introduced as the only real performer. Metropolis officers denied involvement with McFarland’s operations. McFarland has since introduced plans to stage the occasion at a special location to be introduced.
McFarland was convicted on counts of mail and wire fraud, then sentenced to 6 years in jail, and ordered to pay $26 million in restitution. however was launched in 2022. After his launch, he labored alongside Donald Trump to steer Black voters in his 2024 presidential marketing campaign.
“This isn’t about festivals or hype — it’s about placing the facility of music discovery again within the fingers of the followers,” Rech stated.