While most streaming services offer an ad supported plan, some are less expensive than others. Some are free, like The Roku Channel which offers over 300 live linear TV channels. This number is growing as Roku announced Thursday that AMC and Roku will expand their partnership to offer 11 free ad supported streaming (FAST), channels to The Roku Channel.
According to AMC’s press release, the 11 new channels include an exclusive channel dubbed AMC Showcase, which will feature some of AMC’s signature dramas, such as Mad Men. AMC didn’t share any further details about the other FAST channels.
AMC+ and Shudder will remain available via Premium Subscriptions to The Roku Channel. Additionally, HIDIVE anime will be added. AMC will also offer a wider selection of ad supported video on demand content to The Roku Channel in the multiyear agreement. This includes shows from WE television.
“This is an exciting expansion of our relationship with one of our most important and long-term partners, which will make even more of our acclaimed and popular programming available to The Roku Channel’s audience including, for the first time, the addition of 11 of our curated FAST channels,”Kim Kelleher is chief commercial officer at AMC Networks. “It also serves our strategic goal of distributing and windowing our high-quality content across a coordinated ecosystem that includes our own networks and streaming services and leading partner platforms. We are thrilled to be in business with Roku and to have expanded this key partner relationship for years to come.”
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If you’re looking for even more to watch on Roku, we have got you covered. Roku added 27 more movies to The Roku Channel in November, includingOffice SpaceandWall Street. Best of all, they’re streaming free, as long as you don’t mind ads.
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