Redbox to Add Over 20 Free Ad Supported Television (FAST) Channels to Its Streaming Service Including Live Local News, Spanish Language, and Kids Programming
18 Octobre 2021 - 3:30PM
Business Wire
10 Cox Media Group-owned local news channels
among new content being offered as well as America’s Funniest Home
Videos, Yahoo! Finance, Electric Now, Wu Tang Collection, Happy
Kids, and Sony Canal
Redbox, a leading entertainment company, today announced it will
begin offering over 20 new Free Ad Supported Free Live TV (FAST)
channels on its free streaming service in the coming weeks –
including live local news, kids and Spanish language programming.
New channels include America’s Funniest Home Videos, three Sony
Canal Spanish language channels, Electric Now and the Wu Tang
Collection.
In addition, Redbox signed an agreement with Cox Media Group
(CMG) to stream 10 live local news channels from markets that
include Seattle, Atlanta, and Orlando. The company also signed a
deal with Yahoo! Finance to begin offering their streaming business
news channel. The Redbox streaming app is available on a wide range
of devices including Roku, Samsung, LG, VIZIO, Apple TV,
PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, iOS and Android mobile devices and
Xbox.
“This is the largest increase of new, free streaming channels in
Redbox’s history,” said Chris Yates, General Manager, Redbox On
Demand. “From local news to some of the best kids shows, there is
even more programming for everyone to enjoy. We’re excited to see
these channels go live soon.”
The new FAST Channels coming to Redbox include:
- ALTER – ALTER is a horror brand for novel and grounded
stories exploring the human condition through warped perspectives.
Since its inception, ALTER released the two-part horror series “50
States of Fright”, starring Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel), Travis Fimmel (Vikings) and Christina Ricci (Z: The
Beginning of Everything) and Executive Produced by Sam Raimi (Evil
Dead) which was acquired by Amblin Partners to develop into a
feature film. Other titles include the SXSW 2020-nominated short
film, Stucco, co-directed and co-written by Janina Gavankar (The
Morning Show) and Inferno, an ALTER original short film from
award-winning director, Bishal Dutta
- America’s Funniest Home Videos – America’s Funniest Home
Videos features free and hilarious home video and viral video
moments you love from AFV. Watch the funny videos any time -
including funny kids, family pranks, fail videos, funny pet videos,
silly babies and more
- Baby Shark – It's Doo-Doo-Doo Time to dance to BABY
SHARK! The channel is designed to suit a child’s 24-hour daily
routine from waking up in the morning to going to school, learning,
taking a nap, and going to sleep
- Cine Romantico – Cine Romántico is the first U.S.
Spanish-language free ad-supported streaming movie channel
dedicated entirely to romance movies. Cine Romántico warms the
heart with stories full of love, joy, emotion, and laughter. Escape
to romance with the best in Hollywood TV movies all in Spanish.
With a vast array of star-driven movies featuring contemporary
storylines, some of the titles on the service include Brimming with
Love, Love Throws a Curve, Hopeless Romantic, Groomzilla, Instant
Nanny and The Wedding Do-Over
- CMG Local News Stations – Viewers will be able to catch
up on the latest local and breaking news from CMG’s award-winning
television stations across the country – regardless of where they
live. CMG-owned stations include:
- WHIO (Dayton)
- WJAX (Jacksonville)
- WSB (Atlanta)
- WSOC (Charlotte)
- WPXI (Pittsburgh)
- WFTV (Orlando)
- KIRO (Seattle)
- KOKI (Tulsa)
- WHBQ (Memphis)
- WFXT (Boston)
- Electric Now – Electric Entertainment presents, Electric
NOW, the one-stop shop for fans to enjoy all their favorite shows
for free with commercials. Featuring a wide variety of "genre"
entertainment, including fan-favorite TV series and movies like
Leverage, The Librarians, The Outpost, and Almost Paradis.
ElectricNOW allows anyone to stream premium content, or enjoy a
24/7 broadcast with exclusive marathon events
- Happy Kids – HappyKids is a free and safe channel that
entertains & educates kids of all age groups. Watch Popular
shows, Music, Stories, Movies, Vlogs - segmented both by age group
& interest. HappyKids is awarded with the Kidsafe+ COPPA
certified seal
- Red Green Show – The Red Green Show follows the hapless
handyman Red Green, his nerdy nephew Harold, and a colorful cast of
characters as they film a do-it-yourself TV show. Standing on a
foundation of popular recurring bits, the classic sitcom-sketch
comedy hybrid ran on Canadian television for 15 years racking up 23
Gemini nominations
- Sony Canal Novelas, Sony Canal Competencias, Sony Canal
Comedias – Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) free ad-supported
streaming TV (FAST) destination for U.S. Hispanic audiences, Sony
Canal is a portfolio comprised of three Spanish-language FAST
channels, featuring an original production slate from SPT’s
International Production library that audiences have come to love.
Targeting the rapidly growing US Hispanic community, the channels
showcase distinctive content in three genres: telenovelas,
competition series/game shows and comedies
- Sony Canal Novelas is dedicated to the world’s most
popular classic telenovelas and modern serial dramas like Zorro: La
Espada y la Rosa, El Mariachi and more. Thrills, passion, plot
twists and heartwarming stories make these compelling series
must-see.
- Sony Canal Competencias is dedicated to the most
exciting reality competition shows from Latin America like Escape
Perfecto, the Mexican adaptation of the hit SPT format Raid the
Cage, which keep viewers on the edges of their seats as contestants
face their challenges.
- Sony Canal Comedias bring you culturally relevant modern
remakes from Latin America that will keep audiences laughing,
featuring TV’s most iconic sitcoms and comedy series like Married
with Children, The Nanny and more.
- Everything 80s – Relive the decade of perms and shoulder
pads! The unmistakable synth-pop sound is bound to remind viewers
of all their greatest ‘80s memories
- Tastemade en Espanol – Tastemade en Espanol is a Spanish
language streaming network with more than 175 hours of programming.
It offers a diverse library of food, travel, and home & design
content with Tastemade originals and series in English with Spanish
subtitles
- Wu Tang Collection – Wu Tang Collection TV is the
world’s largest and best curated martial arts channel! It features
hundreds of rare and exciting kung fu films going all the back to
the 1970s picked by experts for audience’s viewing enjoyment
- Yahoo! Finance – Yahoo Finance is the leading source of
business and financial news focused on providing trusted
information with diverse perspectives for all ages and backgrounds.
Yahoo Finance’s content and tools help consumers break down the
markets, provide insight on their personal finances and help them
make informed investment decisions for today and their future
About Redbox
Redbox is America's leading destination for affordable
new-release movies and entertainment with more ways to watch than
any other home entertainment provider. Redbox delivers value and
convenience through unparalleled choice across content, platforms,
rental and purchase options, and price points. The company recently
announced a definitive agreement to combine with Seaport Global
Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: "SGAM," "SGAMU," and "SGAMW"), a
publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. The
transaction, which will result in Redbox becoming a publicly traded
company, is expected to accelerate Redbox's ongoing transformation
to offer customers and partners a multi-product experience across
physical and digital channels. The company's expanding streaming
offering includes digital rental and purchase as well as free live
TV and free On Demand content and complements Redbox's nationwide
footprint of entertainment kiosks, conveniently located where
consumers already shop. Redbox Entertainment, a new content
acquisition and production division, has further transformed Redbox
into a multi-channel content provider. For more information, visit
redbox.com.
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