CNN has announced it is launching a new free, ad-supported television (FAST) channel for connected televisions in both the United States and globally.
The channel will offer programs from the network’s CNN Originals series library. Shows hosted by personalities like Christiane Amanpour, Anthony Bourdain, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Lisa Ling, W. Kamau Bell, Bill Weir, and more will be available on the channel.
“We’re very happy to expand CNN’s FAST portfolio with the new compelling offering of a CNN Originals channel, bringing some of the very best, award-winning long-form content in the business to audiences in this format,” said Phil Nelson, EVP of CNN International Commercial. “This new channel adds to CNN’s current FAST offerings of CNN Headlines in the US and CNN Fast around the world, with additional channels planned to launch in the months ahead.”
The new channel debuted Wednesday and is available on Amazon Freevee, as well as Amazon Fire TV and the Prime Video platform. Other platforms will be added in the coming days, with the network failing to identify which individual platforms will be added.
