FAST ‘Free Live Sports' launches with more than 100 channels

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.