The agreement is to offer popular UK and US content in the UK. Today, Plex combines free ad-supported TV with ad-supported video on demand to, on its own, reach more than 22 million monthly active users globally.
Two in three (66%) TV content viewers are using free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) platforms in a typical month, according to Horowitz Research’s latest annual report, "State of Media, Entertainment, and Tech: Viewing Behaviors 2024."
A research by Parks Associates and JW Player revealed that 67% of consumers watch social video, 50% watch free ad-supported video, one-third watch pay TV, and 14% use an antenna to watch over-the-air broadcast.