FAST channel platform

Launch your own FAST channel

A FAST channel plays 24/7 like cable TV and earns from video ads. Fluger gives you the schedule, the TV guide, the ads and the apps, without playout servers or a development team.

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Video ads, live streaming and TV apps come with Premium ($150/month).

What is a FAST channel?

FAST stands for free ad-supported streaming television: linear channels that viewers watch for free, like Pluto TV or Samsung TV Plus, paid for by ads that play during the stream. Running one takes a 24/7 schedule, a program guide, ads and a way onto viewers' TVs.

Everything a FAST channel needs

24/7 linear schedule

Build the lineup by hand, or let Auto Mode generate new days overnight from your library.

Program guide (EPG)

Every channel gets a TV guide with what's on now and what's next, on the web and in the TV apps.

Video ads from your VAST tag

Add the VAST tag from your own ad server and choose how often ads run. Ad revenue goes through your ad account.

Your own TV apps

Branded apps on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV and Android TV. We can publish them to the stores for you for a one-time $95.

One HLS stream per channel

When the channel's videos are HLS, get the whole channel as one .m3u8 stream per time zone, for partners, IPTV apps and platforms that take HLS sources.

Live events

Book live slots and stream from OBS over RTMP. Each broadcast is recorded and saved to the channel for reruns.

How it works

1

Add your library

Upload videos or add MP4 and M3U8 links you have the rights to.

2

Schedule and monetize

Build the 24/7 lineup, add your VAST tag and set how often ads play.

3

Distribute

Share the channel page, embed it on your site, publish your TV apps, or hand partners its HLS stream.

FAST channel questions

A free ad-supported streaming TV channel: a 24/7 linear stream that viewers watch for free, paid for by video ads, like the channels on Pluto TV or Samsung TV Plus.

Gather videos you have the rights to, build a 24/7 schedule in Fluger, add your VAST ad tag, then distribute the channel through your own TV apps, your website and its HLS stream.

From video ads that play during the stream. Fluger plays ads from your own VAST tag, so you work with the ad server or network you choose and decide how often ads run.

Yes. Premium includes your own channel apps for Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV and Android TV. We can publish them to the stores for you for a one-time $95.

Fluger gives you a single HLS stream of the channel for partners that accept HLS sources. Each platform has its own requirements and approval process, so check with the platform you want to join.

Video ads, live streaming and the TV apps are part of Premium ($150 a month), which also includes storage and monthly bandwidth. Store publishing is a one-time $95 per app. There are no playout servers to run.

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Your FAST channel can start with the videos you have

Build the schedule, add your ad tag and choose where viewers watch.

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