While Netflix and other major Hollywood streamers have programmed their services to offer something for everyone, a group of smaller players has carved out their own path with more limited, more highly specific niches of interest.  Rather than challenging their premium counterparts, these specialty streamers focus on being “everything to someone” with complementary offerings that superserve a fandom. Among the most notable are Sony’s anime-focused Crunchyroll, Amazon’s movie-centric MGM+, BBC’s British TV haven BritBox, Jon Erwin’s Christian entertainment-centric Wonder Project, Roku’s budget-friendly and nostalgia-focused ad-supported streamer Howdy and AMC Global Media’s AMC+.  While individually smaller than heavyweights like Netflix and Disney+, these services collectively draw a significant audience. In the second quarter, total specialty SVOD subscriptions grew 14% year over year to 42 million across 31 services – more than double premium SVOD’s 6% year over year growth, according to the research firm Antenna.  “Specialty SVODs have done a good job of highlighting what they’re really great at,” Roku Subscriptions, Partnerships and Corporate Development President Gil Fuchsberg told TheWrap. “You always know what you’re going to get and that distinction is helping drive a lot of the growth here.” Despite their outsized growth, specialty streamers still only make up a…

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