Plex, the global streaming media platform, grew its monthly active users (MAU) to 16 million with billions of minutes watched and nearly tripled its annual ad revenue thanks to an extensive year of innovation. During the year, Plex introduced major product updates to enhance the streaming experience, doubled its FAST programming, and expanded its programming […]

Vevo, the music video network, has partnered with free streaming platform, Plex, to launch several streaming channels featuring 24/7 linear programming of premium music videos. The partnership brings Vevo content to the Plex platform, which is enjoyed by millions of users across the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, and […]

Shorts International, owner of ShortsTV, the short movie network, and AMC Networks have announced a deal with free global streaming platform, Plex, to launch Shorts, the network’s FAST short movie channel, in the US. Viewers can access a library of international and American short films, hand-picked from the full ShortsTV catalogue of 13,000 titles, including […]

Research conducted by OnePoll, on behalf of streaming media platform Plex, reveals that the average American has 13 TV shows and 16 movies on their watchlist to get through — averaging a total of 104 hours — which is enough content to last two whole flights around the world. The study of 2,000 Americans found […]

Insight TV, the Millennial and Gen-Z focused content provider, has announced the launch of the Insight TV lifestyle channel, INFAST, on free global streaming platform, Plex, bringing INFAST’s line-up of content to millions of homes in the US. Plex will be the first provider in the US to offer the new rebranded INFAST channel. Popular […]

Rakuten TV, the European VoD platform, has launched 91 linear channels on global streaming platform Plex. The Rakuten TV channels, currently distributed on smart TVs, Website, iOS app and Android Mobile app, will now be available on the Plex platform in Spain, the UK, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway.The […]

Very Local, the free streaming service from Hearst Television featuring local news, weather and originals, has been added to the content offerings on Plex, the global streaming media platform for popular free movies, TV, and entertainment. The Plex addition is the latest in a number of distribution agreements secured by Very Local, which is available […]

IRIS.TV, has partnered with Plex, the AVoD and streaming media platform, to enable contextually relevant CTV advertising on the Plex platform. By partnering with IRIS.TV, Plex is now able to offer brands more transparency into the ad inventory they’ve purchased, while protecting consumers’ privacy. IRIS.TV simplifies the complexity and fragmentation of the video ecosystem across […]

According to research firm TDG, six-in-ten connected-TV households now watch a free ad-supported streaming service on television. YouTube remains the dominant free VoD provider, with free ad-supported streaming TV services (FASTs) such as Pluto TV and IMDb seeing growing audiences. “Clearly the effects of work-from-home and lack of traditional leisure options during the pandemic accelerated […]

Qwest TV is partnering with Plex, the free entertainment streaming service, to give millions of viewers around the world access to the musical vision of Qwest TV co-founder Quincy Jones. With many partnerships in place around the world, Plex is the first device-agnostic way to access Qwest TV’s curated channels in the US. “Plex is […]