It’s been said before — free, live foosball is all that’s holding the traditional TV ecosystem together!
As luck would have it, Foosball TV, along with ACL Cornhole TV and World Chase Tag, just happened to available for licensing to the founders of a new FAST startup, Free Live Sports, which has launched in more than 75 countries, the U.S. included, with 68 free channels, and another 34 the backers say are on the way by the end of October.
The free ad-supported streaming platform isn’t just packaging niche sports — there are also channels built around more mainstream sports including Goal TV, Hoop TV, Homerun TV, Mike Tyson TV, Tennis Channel and Golf News Network.
The Free Live Sports service arrives via a joint venture, Sports Studio Inc., formed by Rasenberger Media’s Cathy Rasenberger and AcTVe’s Geoff Clark, along with Ryan James and James Patrick of OTT Studio, LLC. The JV recently acquired UK sports streaming platform SportsTribal. The SportsTribal platform’s content and technology were leveraged to launch Free Live Sports.
Distribution-wise, Free Live Sports is available in the U.S. on Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV connected TV devices, as well as Vizio smart TVs, and Android and iOS mobile devices, with more OS support arriving later.
“With our combined expertise in launching, marketing, operating and optimizing cable and streaming channels and OTT apps, we are rapidly establishing ourselves as the primary FAST destination for millions of passionate sports fans,” the founders said in a joint statement.
Free Live Sports backers also said there’s a shortage of sports-themed content in the global FAST ecosystem.
A research report published over the spring by longtime FAST sector observer Gavin Bridge identified 1,943 unique FAST-channel offerings, with the majority of them (1,092) falling within the general entertainment category.
Here’s a list of included channels for Free Live Sports. An asterisk implies that the specific channel is still being onboarded.
Action Sports
Fuel TV
World of Free Sports
Powder
Surfer
Alpine TV*
Beach Bum TV*
Action Plus
American Football
Bleav Football
Baseball
Perfect Game (PGTV)
Homerun TV*
Basketball
Hoop TV*
OFIVE Hoops*
Billiards
Billiard TV
Kozoom
Boxing
Boxing TV
Boxing World
Mike Tyson TV*
ProBox TV*
Chess
Chess TV
Combat Sports
Fight Network
Fite 24/7 by Triller TV
Swerve Combat*
Cornhole
ACL Cornhole TV
Cricket
Willow Sports*
Documentaries
Trace Sport Stars
Documentary+*
Sports Documentaries Max*
Esports
Team Liquid
Ginx TV*
Equestrian
Horse & Country
GCTV
Horse TV
Extreme Sports
Extreme*
Extreme+
InTrouble
Strongman Champions League
Teton Gravity Research TV
Adventure Sports TV
Unreel
Fishing
Wired2Fish
Fishing TV*
Sports Fishing*
Foosball
Foosball TV
Golf
Golf News Network*
Hunting
Pursuit UP
Hunt Fish TV - 30
Outdoor America*
Kickboxing
GLORY
Lacrosse
Lacrosse TV
Premier League Lacrosse*
Lifestyle
OZ TV
Cheeky*
Wellness*
Choppertown
Zone Fitness*
Escape TV*
Earth Trek
Almost Friday
MMA
PFL
Hard Knocks
The Grappling Network
MMA TV*
United Fight Alliance*
Motorsport
MTRSPT1
MAVTV
NHRA
Motorvision
Auto Allstars
MotoAmerica
RPM
FloRacing
Motorsport.tv
Speed Sport 1
NitroCircus TV
Throttle TV*
Movies
Sports Movies Plus*
Multisports
SportStak
Chive TV*
Superhuman TV*
Moonball Sports TV*
Padel
Padel Time TV
Parkour
World Chase Tag*
Poker
PokerGO
Pokernight In America
World Poker Tour
World Poker Tour Live!
World Poker Tour Spain
Racquet Sports
Court Sports Network
Sailing
Nautical Channel
Soccer
Goal TV
GFN Soccer TV*
Sports News
SportsGrid Live
Stadium
Tennis
The Tennis Channel
Ace TV*
U.S. College
CampusLore
Origin Sports
ACC Digital Network*
Big 12 Studios*
Water Sports
H20 TV
Wrestling
TNA Wrestling Channel
Yoga
Omstars
Article updated to correct the name of the FAST service to 'Free Live Sports' throughout. A previous version incorrectly stated the name as 'Live Sports TV'. Also updated to correct a line that previously stated the JV was recently acquired by SportsTribal - fixed to instead reflect that the JV acquired the SportsTribal platform.