In the battle to become the top ad-supported streaming service, Tubi is getting some help from across the pond. The service just struck a deal with BBC Studios to add 400 hours of content. New titles are now available, and more will be coming soon.
“We are thrilled to begin our first-ever partnership with BBC Studios, showcasing the best in British creative talent,” said Adam Lewinson, Chief Content Officer, Tubi. “Viewers can now instantly access a wide cross-section of celebrated BBC content, including three series debuting on Tubi in the U.S.”
Titles now available on Tubi include:
- A Young Doctor’s Notebook
- Atlantis
- Bedlam
- Blackout
- Case Sensitive
- Class
- Confessions of a Serial Killer
- Crime and Punishment
- The Fixer
- The Guilty
- In the Flesh
- Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
- Jack The Ripper: Prime Suspect
- The Interceptor
- The Lost Prince
- Misfits
- Monarch of the Glen
- Moses Jones
- The Musketeers
- Primeval
- Robin Hood
- The Shadow Line
- The Fades
- Sarah & Duck
- The Aliens
- Yakka Dee
Tubi viewers will also get multiple seasons of shows like “Antiques Roadshow.”
A report from TDG Research shows that six in 10 connected TV homes are using free ad-supported streaming services like Tubi. 24% of connected TV households use them daily, 32% use them weekly, and 44% use them every month or less often.
Tubi has more than 35,000 movies and television series from over 250 content partners. The service is available on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub, and on OTT devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Hisense TVs, Comcast X1, Cox Contour, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S.
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Tubi is a free video streaming service that includes on-demand access to 200,000+ movies and TV episodes - more than any other streaming service. Its ad breaks are shorter and less frequent than most free services. Fox executives have called their service “TV on steroids.”