FASTMaster: The December Update

The long awaited new FAST counts for DistroTV-Prime Video Channels

Phew, finally got that VIP+ report draft done and now it’s time to head back to FASTLand. Lots of updates for December, so let’s get cracking.

But before then… if you’re going to CES, be sure to check me out on Jan. 5th at the Origin Media Fireside Chat for some thoughts on CTV, and Jan. 6th as I’m moderating 3 panels on stage at the Variety conference.

Then I’ve got two FAST panels I’m putting together at The Future of TV:

• FAST Service Roundtable: The Opportunities of Being a FAST Platform (Jan. 10, 4.10pm)

• Meet the FAST Distributors: Companies that Sell to FAST (Jan. 13, 4.45pm)

Sandwiched in-between those I’m moderating a Variety VIP+ LinkedIn Live webinar on Jan. 11 at 3pm on The A to Z of Free Streaming. So I guess there’ll be a lot of Gavin out there, in addition to the VIP+ special report ‘Fading Ratings’ launching on Jan. 4.

Now…. onto the state of FAST. Remember, if you like this, please pass it along to any colleagues who may find it useful.

DistroTV (180 channels)

• Added 16 new networks:

  • 4 General Entertainment:

    • Journy’s Bourdain All Day

    • Ovation’s Mystery Alley

    • Heritage+

    • One TV Us

  • 9 Hispanic Movies:

    • Cine Real

    • Horrorfy

    • Top Cine

    • Tu Cine

    • Chiquilines

    • Cine Sureno

    • Juntos

    • Saber Mas

    • Flash

  • 1 Movies: Dread TV

  • 2 Sports:

    • ACL Cornhole TV

    • Lax Sports Network

• Removed 19 networks (all loop audio channels)

HaystackNews (no change; 30 channels)

IMDb TV (55 channels)

• Added 4 new networks:

  • 3 General Entertainment:

    • Highway to Heaven

    • The Heartland Network HD

    • Are We There Yet?

  • 1 Movies: Holiday Movie Favorites by Lifetime

News by Fire TV (45 channels)

• Added 14 networks:

  • 1 News (I guess technically this one’s opinion): NewsmaxTV

  • 13 Local News:

    • ABC7 New York (clip)

    • 6ABC Philadelphia (clip)

    • WNEP (clip)

    • WMAR2 (clip)

    • News Baltimore (clip)

    • News Maine (clip)

    • WHDH TV (live)

    • 7 News (live)

    • Channel 3 News (live)

    • Fox 61 (live)

    • Fox 43 (live)

    • CBSN Baltimore (live)

    • WUSA9 (live)

• Removed 7 networks:

  • 1 General Entertainment: Entertainment Weekly

  • 6 News:

    • Reuters

    • Wochit

    • Yahoo Entertainment

    • Yahoo Finance

    • Yahoo News

    • Yahoo Sports

Peacock (53 channels)

• Added 5 networks:

  • 1 Movies: Holiday Movies

  • 4 General Entertainment:

    • Holiday Crime Time

    • Saved by the Bell

    • Psych

    • Bad Girls Club

• Removed 1 network: NatureVision TV (General Entertainment)

Plex (205 channels)

• Added 9 networks:

  • 5 General Entertainment:

    • Journy’s Bourdain All Day

    • Ovation’s Mystery Alley

    • Commune

    • Chive TV

    • Christmas Lights

  • 4 Movies:

    • Discover.film

    • Christmas Classics

    • Eddie’s Wonderland

    • Spartan TV

• Removed 1 network: Camp Spoopy (Kids)

Pluto TV (329 channels)

• Added 5 networks:

  • General Entertainment:

    • More TV Drama

    • Pluto TV Vs.

    • Teen Mom

    • 48 Hours

    • Iron Chef

• Removed 1 network: Wipeout (General Entertainment)

• Sponsorships added:

  • Pluto TV Christmas Presented by Energizer

  • Cine Navideno Presentado por Walmart

  • Nick Pluto TV Brought to you by Lego Star Wars

• Sponsorships removed:

  • Pluto TV Suspense brought to you by Geico

  • Pelis y Popcorn presented by Heinz

  • Foodies Presented by Unilever

Prende TV (107 channels)

• Added 23 networks:

  • 13 Hispanic General Entertainment:

    • Prende TV Novelas de Navidad

    • Cronicas

    • Aqui y Ahora

    • Teresa

    • Amores Verdaderos

    • Triunfo del Amor

    • Cuidado con el Angel

    • Mar Negro

    • RCTV

    • Fugitivos de la Ley Los Angeles

    • Aerial TV

    • Prende TV Catalogo 1

    • Prende TV Catalogo 2

  • 1 Hispanic Kids: Koati

  • 6 Hispanic Movies:

    • Prende TV Cine Navidad

    • Peliculas Latinas

    • Peliculas Latinas Accion

    • Peliculas Latinas Drama

    • Peliculas Latinas Comedia

    • Peliculas Latinas Terror

  • 3 Hispanic News:

    • Noticias Univision 247

    • Noticias Vivo+

    • TN23

• Removed 2 networks:

  • 2 Hispanic Movies:

    • Prende TV Cine Halloween

    • Prende TV Cine Club

Prime Video Channels (25 channels; no change