Amazon launches Fire TV Channels for Fire TV

[Star NXT]

These live channels will be exclusive to Fire TV streaming devices and smart TVs with built-in Fire TV.

Amazon Fire TV is adding free TV channels — here's what you can watch

Fire TV Channels will include content from NHL, Xbox and TMZ

www.tomsguide.com

Your Amazon Fire TV is about to be updated with tons of free streaming channels

Lots of free stuff is coming, as long as you don’t mind ads

www.techradar.com

 

[Esmail]

Earlier they were just curating the live channels from inside the OTT apps installed on the fire TV much like what Jio TV+ does. Now they are shifting to a more Xiaomi's Patchwall+ kind of independent IPTV service

 

[Star NXT]

Earlier they were just curating the live channels from inside the OTT apps installed on the fire TV much like what Jio TV+ does. Now they are shifting to a more Xiaomi's Patchwall+ kind of independent IPTV service

Google TV also launched similar service recently

Discover more than 800 free TV channels with Google TV

Google TV brings hundreds of free TV channels to one place, organizing them by topic in one easy-to-use guide.

blog.google

 

[StoriesWithPK]

Are any of these channels available in India?

 

[Star NXT]

Got these today on my FTS.

These are not live channels as many outlets reported. These are more like Prime Video Channels containing both live channels and on-demand content.

These currently have Free tag on the tiles. I think in the future there may be Premium Fire TV Channels.

AFTV News has described them correctly:

Amazon rebrands Fire TV’s free ad-supported content as “Fire TV Channels” and expands the offering

Amazon has been sprinkling its own free ad-supported TV (FAST) content throughout the Fire TV interface for several years. It started with free live and on-demand news and has more recently expanded to include cooking, sports, and music videos.

www.aftvnews.com