Gracenote, Nielsen's content intelligence business, today released its Q3 2026 Data Hub analysis, showing that free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) sports growth extends far beyond new ...

NEW YORK—Gracenote has released a new analysis of its global video dataset showing that the number of FAST channels grew nearly 14% from Q1 2025 and 76% since 2023. These insights and more are ...

As traditional media outlets face increasing challenges – declining ad revenues, shrinking newsroom staff, and the closure of local newspapers – many communities are losing access to vital local news ...

Free streaming channels — FAST, to industry heads — as a viewing medium continue to attract attention. TV biz conferences now dedicate several sessions to the topic, as the success FAST is having in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whip Media’s fifth annual SVOD study is based on the responses of 2,000 U.S. TV Time users. A whopping 78% of FAST viewers said ...

Samsung TV Plus, the free FAST platform operated by the leading smart-TV maker, is breaking ground in the sports arena as part of a broader programming push. At a standing-room-only NewFronts ...

NEW YORK—Nielsen’s Gracenote content data business unit has announced that it is expanding its FAST Program into the U.S. The FAST Program is designed to help content owners and providers more easily ...

Warner Bros. Discovery has made a deal to create new advertising-supported channels to be run on Roku's The Roku Channel. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Expected launch of the channels is in ...