DistroTV, a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service, is adding a handful of Spanish-language channels as it gets ready to expand availability.
DistroTV Español brings both Spanish- and English-speaking channels to new countries including Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Bolivia and Ecuador, and expands upon the streaming platform’s current Spanish offerings in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
“Our mission is to provide free-to-stream content to our growing and increasingly diverse global audience,” said Navdeep Saini, co-founder and CEO of DistroScale, parent company of DistroTV, in a statement. “Given the fact that roughly more than 53 million people speak Spanish in the U.S., we could not be more excited to extend our free-to-stream content to this important, often under-served audience, as well as in Latin America. 2022 is all about breaking ground, and with that, breaking down content barriers so that the most viewers globally can consume content that is thought-provoking, stimulating, inclusive, and enjoyable.”
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"The decision to bring DistroTV to Latin America presents a novel and innovative proposal,” said Ricardo Alarcón, chairman of Mexican-Colombian production firm TRIPTIC, in a statement. “It means a significant amount of content produced in Latin America will be made easily available to audiences in the region. The current state of the market and audiences is right for an ad-supported OTT to achieve great success in Colombia and Latin America."
DistroTV currently has more than 150 channels including Bloomberg, EuroNews, People TV, Magellan TV, TD Ameritrade network, Black Enterprise, Kweli TV and Desi TV. The company said that as part of its push to expand its user base and footprint, it plans to premiere its first original movie in 2022.
DistroTV is available for free on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google TV, LG TVs, Samsung TVs, Sony TVs, iOS and Android.