Rakuten TV Expands European FAST Lineup With 20 New Sony Pictures Channels

Rakuten TV and Sony Pictures Entertainment launched 20 free ad-supported channels — including branded titles like "Shark Tank" and "The Blacklist" alongside genre channels — across the UK, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Nordics and Netherlands. Rakuten TV's FAST portfolio now exceeds 500 channels reaching more than 150 million households across 43 territories.

Key takeaway: The expansion lands squarely in three of Bedrock's four operating markets (France, Germany, Netherlands), raising the volume of free ad-supported competition broadcasters there must differentiate against.

Source: broadbandtvnews.com