Curated content from past seasons of series including Saturday Night Live, The Real Housewives franchises, and Keeping Up with the Kardashians will form the backbone of a suite of FAST channels to be launched this Summer by NBCUniversal.
The Comcast-owned distributor is creating 30 new channels that will be available on Amazon Freevee and Xumo Play. The line-up also includes Little House on the Prairie, Murder, She Wrote and Saved by the Bell, along with genre-based sitcoms, action, crime, westerns, and monster movie content.
NBCUniversal is adding to its industry leading lineup of current channels including Dateline 24/7, NBC News NOW, and Local NBC and Spanish language Telemundo news stations.
All the streaming channels will be available free-to-air and will be advertising supported.
“NBCUniversal is in the enviable position of owning a vast array of iconic shows that are not part of our broadcast and cable networks to curate a valuable portfolio of FAST channels,” said Matt Schnaars, President, NBCUniversal Content Distribution. “These channels, with content from some of the most recognizable brands in television, will find an immediate audience in the growing FAST ecosystem, and create value for NBCUniversal, our distribution partners, and our advertisers.”
The channels join NBCUniversal’s lineup of previously announced FAST channels including NBC News NOW, TODAY All Day, Dateline 24/7, LX, NBC and Telemundo Local Stations, and Sky News International.
All FAST channels available on Freevee can be accessed through the Freevee app, as well as within Fire TV and Prime Video.
Source: https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2023/06/30/nbc-universal-launches-30-fast-channels-on-freevee/