Versant Acquires Free TV Networks, Plots New FAST Platform

Inside Versant’s Content Strategy: True-Crime, A.I., Recognizable Drama IP & More Reality Shows With Wrestlers

Versant, a collection of cable networks and digital platforms that will spin off from Comcast early next year, made news this morning with a new streaming plan for MS Now, a Fandango free streamer and the acquisitions of Free TV Networks and Indy Cinema Group. However, for Hollywood, the company also lifted the lid on […]

Versant acquires Free TV Networks, plots new FAST platform

Free TV Networks operates a number of broadcast-first multicast networks. (Courtesy image) Nearly a decade after selling his Katz Broadcasting business to the E. W. Scripps Company, Jonathan Katz has sold his newest broadcast-focused company Free TV Networks to Versant ahead of that company’s planned spin-out from Comcast, the two sides announced on Thursday. The announcement came during Versant’s Investor Day presentation, during which executiv…

Versant Acquires FAST Channel Provider Free TV Networks

Comcast’s cable and media spinoff Versant announced Thursday that it acquired Free TV Networks to diversify its entertainment portfolio into digital broadcast and FAST channels. Versant also acquired cloud-based cinema operating system Indy Cinema Group. Fandango will now operate the technology, expanding the tools available to its cinema partners and integrating a comprehensive operating solution into the company’s existing product suite. Both …

Versant Plans Fandango FAST Offering, Acquires Digital Broadcast Operator Free TV Networks

Versant announced it’s acquiring digital broadcast network operator Free TV Networks and expanding its Fandango at Home service with a FAST channel.

Comcast Cable Spinoff Versant to Buy Free TV Channel ...

Jonathan Katz’s Diginet Offering Acquired By Comcast Spinoff

It’s the creation of Jonathan Katz, who founded the former Katz Broadcasting some 15 years ago and sold it to Scripps Networks in December 2020. Free TV Networks serves consumers with over-the-air digital broadcast networks and free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels. Soon, it will be a sibling to the newly renamed MS NOW and other cable TV brands Comcast is spinning off to a separate company. Versant, Comcast’s planned spin-off of select…