History Hit, the SV0D, podcast and content platform founded by historian Dan Snow and acquired by digital content agency and media network Little Dot Studios (an All3Media company), has launched across Comcast’s Entertainment platforms in the US. With this launch, Xfinity X1, Xfinity Flex and Xumo TV customers can enjoy unlimited access to podcasts and […]
Xumo Play, the free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service, has announced the launch of the Xumo Free Nature and Wildlife TV channel, coinciding with Earth Month in April, and featuring over 150 hours of themed content. Viewers will be able to explore the best of mother nature and its living creatures through TV series that […]
More than 2,200 FAST channels are active across platforms such as Plex, Pluto TV, Rakuten TV, Rlaxx TV, Samsung TV Plus and Xumo in the EU5 countries (Germany, Spain, France, Italy and UK). According to the AVoD/FAST Market Report by Médiamétrie and NPA Conseil, half of these channels are exclusive to each domestic market. In […]
TN Marketing, a Minnesota-based international online media company, has announced the launch of its channel, CraftsyTV, on the free ad-supported TV (FAST) platform Xumo Play. The channel will feature a wide range of instructional tutorials, step-by-step demonstrations, and how-to videos on various creative categories such as knitting, baking, sewing, painting, paper crafts, embroidery, woodworking, crocheting, […]
Xumo, the streaming platform joint venture between US multiplay operators Comcast and Charter, and Element Electronics are to launch a new line of 4K Ultra HD smart TVs, across the US in 2023. Xumo was formed to develop and offer a next-generation streaming platform on a variety of branded 4K streaming devices and smart TVs. […]
XUMO, the free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service, has launched its Holiday Hub of 18 dedicated channels, featuring hundreds of hours of themed entertainment, including seasonal movies, several Xumo original titles as well as a dedicated movie marathon from Hallmark Movies & More, home of Hallmark’s holiday classics. “Our Holiday Hub is the ideal destination […]
US multiplay operators Charter Communications and Comcast Corporation have revealed that their streaming platform joint venture will now operate and conduct business as Xumo, evolving the brand from a free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) service to an entire entertainment ecosystem inclusive of streaming devices, content, and a platform for partners to reach audiences at scale. […]
Sony Pictures Networks (SPN), in association with Sony Pictures Television (SPT), has announced that Sony KAL Hindi, its free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel, has launched on Xumo in the US. This comes on the heels of Sony KAL Hindi’s debut on TCL Channel in the U.S. and Canada in August. SPN’s general entertainment destination […]
Xumo, a specialist in streaming entertainment, has partnered with Magnolia Pictures in a two-year distribution deal that brings a range of signature movie titles from its award-winning library to the FAST market for the first time—exclusively on Xumo. These movies will be streamed on an ongoing basis with a new title launching nearly every month, […]
A report, Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV: Why More Advertisers (and Consumers) Are Going F.A.S.T., from Comcast Advertising, the advertising division of Comcast Cable, highlights the rise of Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) and its value to advertisers today as a complement to traditional TV and streaming advertising plans. As one of the newest forms of […]