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Short-form videos are all the rage these days. Thanks to social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube that are primarily made up of such videos, some viewers — particularly Gen Zers — are watching more short-form content than they are subscription video services.

However, Sling Freestream users get the best of both worlds as they can choose from over 400 live channels and over 41,000 on-demand titles on the service, including some of the best short-form comedy available anywhere without the need for a paid account!

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The top channel users will want to try on Sling Freestream is the Afv Family Channel. It takes the very best highlights from “America’s Funniest Home Videos” throughout the years and puts them together in collections that will have the entire family rolling on the floor. Highlights of the Afv Family Channel include:

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Philo subscribers are used to thinking of the live TV streaming service as a “skinny” channel bundle, one with a breadth of excellent entertainment options like AMC, Hallmark Channel and Nickelodeon. But Philo is getting a little less skinny this week, as the service has announced adding nine new free ad-supported TV (Fast) channels to its lineup.

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The new channels join Philo’s selection of more than 70 live cable and Fast channels. Users will find these selections in the Philo guide. Other free TV available on Philo includes USA Today, RetroCrush, Cheddar News, Gusto, and Revry, as well as PlayersTV, Ryan and Friends, and pocket.watch.

The new Fast channels recently added to Philo include:

Cowboy Way: Embrace the cowboy culture with the Cowboy Way channel. Offering content that celebrates the modern-day cowboy and Americana lifestyle, this channel features original films and series like The Cowboy Way,...

Sling TV, the internet-streaming division of Dish Network, is doubling down on free, ad-supported streaming television (Fast) and free, ad-supported VOD — looking to beef up its offering for consumers who balk at paying a monthly subscription fee.

The redubbed Sling Freestream is launching with 210 free channels and 41,000-plus on-demand titles. It’s a rebranding — and expansion— of Sling Free, which has been its free, live TV streaming service with some 150 channels and AVOD selections. In addition, Sling Freestream users can subscribe to more than 50 standalone streaming services, including AMC+, Discovery+, MGM+ and Paramount’s Showtime.

With Freestream, Sling is trying to lower the barrier to entry even further, by eliminating the requirement that users create an account to be able to start streaming free content. And by the end of this spring, Sling Freestream is on track to offer more than 400 channels, said Gary Schanman, group president of Sling TV.

Dish’s Sling TV on Thursday launched a new free advertising-supported streaming television (Fast) service dubbed Sling Freestream.

Kicking off with 210+ free channels and 41,000+ on-demand titles, it will also allow consumers to upgrade to premium pay TV with one click, with Dish touting that it was pioneering “unparalleled flexibility between paid and Fast TV.”

The company previously provided Sling Free, a free, live TV streaming service with around 150 channels and selective advertising VOD offerings.

Unveiled on Sling’s eighth anniversary and “National Cut the Cord Day,” Freestream is available through the Sling app on Roku devices and is also being rolled out across LG, Samsung, Vizio and other devices, “providing customers a no-barrier entry point to high-quality programming without any payment or credit card required,” the company said.

“Sling Freestream is a great new service that helps meet consumers’ evolving needs,” said Gary Schanman, group president, Sling TV. “We know some people want free content,...

Jukin Media has a new show arriving on linear television across the pond. The YouTube network and viral video licensing company has teamed with the global branch of dick clark productions to bring the series Now That’s Funny! to Viacom International’s Channel 5 in the UK.

Now That’s Funny! will be an hour-long viral video clip show aimed at families. Pulling from Jukin’s library of over 20,000 clips, the UK-based show will avoid running potentially offensive clips, and focus on delivering clean content, visual storytelling, and commentary on videos from categories like kids, pets, science, and wildlife. Channel 5 will run six episodes of Now That’s Funny! in total.

“Now That’s Funny! offers the most entertaining viral videos in the world, but they’re selected with care and presented in light, fun way,” said Jonathan Skogmo, Founder and CEO of Jukin Media and executive producer of Now That’s Funny!