Entertainment
Redbox launched a free live TV service you’ll probably never use
It will be free and ad-supported.
Just a heads up, if you buy something through our links, we may get a small share of the sale. It’s one of the ways we keep the lights on here. Click here for more.
In what might be the last death knell from DVD rentals, Redbox is getting into the streaming game. Its new Redbox Free Live TV serves up ad-supported content so you don’t have to brave the elements to rent a DVD from one of its ubiquitous red kiosks.
Yay for not having to pay for another subscription service, I guess?
You can now stream shows from Redbox if you don’t mind watching ads
Image: Streaming Clarity
Spotted by Cord Cutters News before an official announcement was made, Redbox Free Live TV is the latest streaming service from the primarily DVD-rental brand. It’s a collection of content from big brands, and it’s very similar to Roku’s The Roku Channel, including the fact it is supported by showing you adverts every so often. So, just like over-the-air TV then. Great.
- Brands like TMZ, USA Today, Now This and more are included in the selections
- It’s not really live TV, just a collection of on-demand shows in a TV-schedule-like grid
- You can watch it on the web, on your iOS device or Android devices
Excuse me if I’m mistaken, but wasn’t cord-cutting partly to get away from the insidious advertising that the cable networks were serving? Ah well, at least we’re used to ad-supported content…
What do you think? Will you check out Redbox’s streaming service? Let us know down below in the comments or carry the discussion over to our Twitter or Facebook.
Editors’ Recommendations:
- Redbox is liquidating all of its games and you can snag some for super cheap
- Not coming to Netflix in 2020: Ads
- Your weak Disney+ passwords are already up for sale on hacking forums
- NBC’s Peacock streaming service will be strutting its way to your screens on July 15
Follow us on Flipboard, Google News, or Apple News
