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As of the September 2023 ratings, Tubi, with 1.3% of viewing, ranks fifth among all streaming services, The Roku Channel, with 1.1% ranks seventh, and Pluto TV, with 0.8% ranks tenth. Growing popularity Īs per Nielsen's monthly streaming ratings for the US market, called The Gauge, three of the FAST services are now in the Top 10 of all streaming services. Variety estimated that 1,455 linear channels were available through major FAST platforms as of June 2022. FASTs owned by major media companies have the advantage of being able to leverage their parent companies extensive libraries. While some linear FAST channels are exclusive to specific platforms, some, such as Cheddar, Court TV, and the previously mentioned Fear Factor channel are distributed through multiple providers, though shared channels may feature different content, presentation, and may feature less or more total commericals depending on the FAST provider. Although many linear channels on FAST services resemble cable-style specialty channels, some have an even narrower focus on a single long-running program or media franchise and may share the name of the show featured such as channels that only show reruns of shows such as Sailor Moon and the US version of Fear Factor.

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Content options can include original and/or archive programming not available through subscription streaming services. Scripps' Scripps News, PocketWatch and FilmRise that also provide their content for use in linear channels on the aggregator apps.Ĭontent on FAST services can potentially cover all television genres as well as movies, which are the most popular type of content on the FASTs. In addition to aggregator apps, there are FASTs run by a single provider such as E.W.

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These aggregators operate primarily in the United States as of 2022, though some, like Pluto TV, Plex, and Samsung TV Plus operate in additional countries or worldwide.

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Independent FASTs: Plex, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment’s Crackle and Redbox Free Live TV, Mometu, Herogo TV, and Flixhouse.

FASTs owned by device manufacturers: Amazon Freevee (previously IMDb TV), The Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, LG Channels, Vizio WatchFree+, and TCL Electronics' TCL Channel.

FASTs owned by major media companies: Paramount's Pluto TV, Fox's Tubi, Charter Communications and Comcast's Xumo Play, Dish Network's Sling Freestream, ITV’s ITVX service, and Allen Media Group's Local Now.The best-known FASTs are the aggregators, which fall into three categories.

Wolk came up with the term as a way to differentiate between subscription ad-supported streaming TV services like Hulu and free ad-supported linear streaming TV services like Pluto TV. The earliest documented use of the term was in a December 2018 article by media analyst Alan Wolk about Pluto TV. They stand apart from platforms predominantly featuring user-generated content like YouTube and Twitch, as well as from subscription-based ad-supported services like Amazon Prime Video and Netflix.įAST services have both linear channels (sometimes referred to as 'FAST channels') and video on demand content. These services offer traditional television programming and studio-produced movies without a paid subscription, funded exclusively by advertising. Free advertising supported streaming television ( FAST) is a category of streaming television services, akin to linear or cable TV, represented by platforms such as The Roku Channel, Tubi, Pluto TV, and Samsung TV Plus.

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