Samsung Add Content, New Channel And Free Steaming On TV Plus

Samsung add a new channel on Plus TV. (photo: twitter @SamsungTVPlus)

JAKARTA - Samsung brings more content to TV Plus, a free streaming package backed by advertisements installed on various Samsung devices and available on the web. This update also introduces several new events, such as Top Gear, Law & Order Special Victims Unit, mediate, and Chicago Fire.

In addition to new shows, TV Plus gets two Samsung: Ride or Drive exclusive channels, a channel aimed at car enthusiasts, and the Samsung Showcase, a channel dedicated to "conserts, events, and special programs." They also partnered with A&E to launch a new channel focused on home repairs, called Home. Made.Nation.

While Samsung is already offering some local and national news channels, including ABC News Live, CBS News, NBC News Now, and more, Samsung is also planning to expand local news and weather coverage to more US regions.

They also want to double the video-on-demand library by 2023 by leveraging a new and expanded partnership with Lionsgate, Vice Media, and more.

First launched in 2015, Samsung TV Plus has been around for a long time until now. The service is installed on TV released in 2016 or later, Galaxy devices, and certain Family Hub refrigerator models.

Samsung even launched TV Plus on the web last year, which makes its free channel available to anyone without compatible Samsung devices. Currently, Samsung offers 220 channels in the US, as well as a total of 1,600 channels divided into 24 different countries.

Samsung said TV Plus saw a 100 percent growth in consumer screening over the past 12 months, with streaming viewers streaming 3 billion hours globally. The overall free ad-supported TV (FAST) industry, which includes competitors such as Paramount's impromptu TV, NBC'swarm, Fox's Tubi, Amazon Freevee, Roku, and Comcast's Xumo, has risen, filling gaps for those who may not have a TV lineer but do not want to pay for streaming services.

In January, a report from the Kantar data analysis group revealed that 18 percent of households in the US are now using FAST services, a figure that has doubled year-on-year.