Up until recently, the narrative around ad-supported TV services was relatively straightforward, according to analyst firm Hub Entertainment Research. The popularity of streaming services such as Netflix, coupled with steady pay-TV subscriber losses, seemed to be signs that services with ads could one day be a thing of the past. And then FASTs (free ad-supported […]

AVoD service DistroTV is now home to more than 150 live streaming channels, which it says marks the network’s emergence as the largest, independent, free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) platform on the market. DistroTV operates under parent company DistroScale and caters its growing, multicultural content line-up to a diverse range of viewers in the UK, […]