Google TV’s live guide is getting crammed full of over 800 free channels
by Chris Welch from The Verge - All Posts on (#6APHP)
Google TV's live guide is about to include over 800 free channels. | Image: Google FAST (free ad-supported streaming television) channels are becoming inescapable these days and booming in popularity through their combination of familiar reruns and news programming offered at no cost. Nearly any modern smart TV you buy today will include a slew of them. Roku and Amazon (with Fire TV) are both big advocates. And now, Google is doubling down more than it already was on linear FAST content.
Starting today in the United States, the company's Google TV platform is adding a ton of additional FAST channels. Whether you're watching from a Chromecast or a TV that runs the software, you'll start seeing them pop up over the next few weeks.
Google TV had already offered FAST content from Pluto TV, but it's now expanding to...