Freely to Launch Spotlight Channels as Commercial Opportunity for Connected TV Partners

Major Freely shake-up will bring adverts to your TV Guide, something never possible on Freeview and Freesat

Freely will launch Spotlight Channels in the coming months, allowing broadcasters to pay an extra fee for a more prominent placement in the TV Guide on your set-top box or Smart TV. It's similar to Sponsored Results at the top of your latest Google search, or adverts for software in the App Store or Google Play Store.Freely Spotlight Channels will be available on Channel 31 and Channels 90–99, so it won't impact the first 30 channels listed in y…

Freely to Launch Spotlight Channels as Commercial Opportunity for Connected TV Partners

The free streamer backed by U.K. broadcasters calls the new offering “an exciting new opportunity to drive discovery, viewing and advertising revenues from free-to-air streaming channels.”

U.K.'s Freely Launches 'Spotlight Channels' to Boost Monetization Opportunities for CTV Operators

LISBON — Everyone TV on April 13 announced the launch of Freely Spotlight Channels, a new initiative it says will enable increased monetization opportunities for connected TV operating system (CTV OS) partners via the Freely TV Guide. Everyone TV is a joint venture owned by the U.K.’s leading public service broadcasters — the BBC, ITV, … Continue reading "U.K.’s Freely Launches ‘Spotlight Channels’ to Boost Monetization Opportunities for CTV Ope…

Freely opens new revenue stream for CTV OS partners with Spotlight Channels

Everyone TV is to launch Freely Spotlight Channels later this year, creating a new monetisation opportunity for system partners within the Freely TV Guide. The initiative will make space on channel 31 and channels 90 to 99 for CTV OS partners on Freely-enabled devices, with V, the company behind the VIDAA OS used on Hisense smart TVs, confirmed as the launch partner. Under the model, viewers will be able to access up to 11 additional channels cu…