one of this year’s most surprising tech deals was the acquisition of the movierental kiosk chain redbox by chicken soup for the soul entertainment don’t let the name fool you chicken soup for the soul is a videostreaming company that just happens to have grown out of the popular book series today chicken soup owns crackle and other adsupported videostreaming services the redbox deal gives the business some real scale and it has turned the company into a bargainbin smallcap bet on the future of video—one that the market is largely ignoring