Tag: FAST
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Mattel Launches Trio of Free Channels on Samsung TV Plus Featuring Barbie, Hot Wheels, and More
Mattel, Inc. has announced the debut of its first three 24/7 Free Ad-Supported Streaming (FAST) channels on Samsung TV Plus. The channels, Barbie and Friends, Hot Wheels Action, and Mattel Jr., all of which will offer continuous, free-to-view content accessible via Samsung Smart TVs, Galaxy devices, and online at www.samsungtvplus.com. This initiative marks Mattel’s entrance…
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Plex Says Viewers of its Free Ad-Supported Channels Has Grown 54%
Plex is starting to see a return on its investment in free ad-supported streaming channels. The company, which started as a software company providing video server apps, in 2019 started adding free ad-supported channels. The company said the number of viewers to those channels has risen by 54% in the first half of this year…
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With Nearly 40,000 Streaming Channels We’re Absolutely Overwhelmed by Content
It used to be that you would sit back and turn on Netflix, only to scroll through a seemingly endless grid of shows and movies (My former colleague Mark Serrels describes the doomscrolling habit here well). But nowadays, with the explosion of free ad-supported platforms, we’re not just scrolling through shows and movies, but whole…
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This Free Streaming Platform Sees Indian, Latin American Content Paving the Road to Success
In the world of free ad-based streaming services, DistroTV is still battling for attention in a world dominated by the likes of Pluto TV and Tubi despite being around for four years. The service hopes that its library of channels, which skews toward Indian, South Asian and Latin American content, helps it stand apart. “We…
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Will The PlayStation Vue Curse Kill Free Ad-Supported Streaming Services? They Are Making The Same Mistake
Right now, one of the fasting growing markets in cord cutting is free ad-supported streaming services. These services offer a huge collection of live and on-demand programing with ads. Some of the leaders right now include Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Tubi, Crackle, and many more. Though there is a major issue growing for…
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DOCUMENTARY+ Announces New, Free Original Programming Coming Summer 2022
Free nonfiction streaming platform DOCUMENTARY+ has announced a new slate of original programming to be produced by the Oscar-nominated studio XTR. The content will be produced using data-driven insights to appeal to its audience and will premiere this summer with three collections: Pop Docs, documentaries that sit at the collision between controversy and pop culture…