Amazon launches a Fire TV Channels app with 400+ free ad-supported TV channels | TechCrunch

Amazon announced Monday the launch of its new Fireplace TV Channels app, giving Fireplace TV prospects entry to over 400 free ad-supported TV (FAST) channels, together with ABC Information, CBS Sports activities, Fox Sports activities, MLB, Martha Stewart and extra.

Alongside the app launch, the corporate additionally introduced new content material suppliers, reminiscent of Selection, Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, GameSpot, Looper and Humorous or Die, amongst others. Amazon will proceed including extra FAST channels over time, the corporate wrote within the press launch.

First introduced in Might, Fireplace TV Channels can be found on Fireplace TV-branded sensible TVs and streaming gadgets. The brand new app gives a single vacation spot for customers to rapidly entry 1000’s of reside and on-demand titles throughout sports activities, information, leisure, cooking, gaming and extra.

Prospects can discover the Fireplace TV Channels app by way of the “Your Apps and Channels” part, the Free icon within the navigation bar or labeled content material rows all through the Fireplace TV person interface. They’ll additionally ask Alexa to “Play Fireplace TV Channels.” No downloads are required to look at FAST channels on Fireplace TV.

As FAST choices see a surge in popularity amongst cord-cutters on the lookout for a substitute for paid streaming, Amazon continues to broaden its efforts within the house.

The Fireplace TV Channels app joins Freevee, the Amazon-owned free streaming service that skilled the very best viewership progress within the first half of 2023 in comparison with rivals like Pluto TV, Tubi, the Roku Channel and Crackle. In line with Samba TV, Freevee was up 11% year-over-year.

Amazon recently announced that it will be rolling out a whole bunch of Amazon Authentic sequence to Freevee together with 23 new FAST channels from Warner Bros. Discovery and MGM.