Free Streaming Service Our Zone-Ferks Video Games Via TV Remote in an Avod First – ryan

Exclusive: After staging A Tariff-Inpired US-VS. -Canada Wrestling Event Last Month, Free Streaming Platform Zone-for Rolling Out a Feature Enabling Viewers to Play Video Games Via Their TV Remote.

The Toronto-based Company Says is the first gaming offering by an avod service. Through a partnership with Interactive Technology Firm ES3, Do Dosen Game Titles Are Packaged with the Core TV Experience, Without Requiring Downloads, Consoles or Mobile Devices. The strategy is simillar to where Netflix is going in subscription streaming, with a mobile-only game offering set to expand to the Living-Room App in the Next or Two.

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At Launch, The Games Will Be Avilaable Through US Pay-TV Providers Comcast Xfinity, Cox Contour, Buckeye Cable, Directv U-Verse XFinity and Video Helix in Canada. Connected TV and Smart-TV Amazon TV platforms, Android TV and Google TV (on Sony, TCL and HISCS SETTS).

The Gaming Component Will Launch Soon on Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, LG and Vision, Zone-for Said.

Now available in 16 million pay-tv homes and 422 million consumer devices, zone-for saw a lift from Last month’s wrestling. Dubbed the “border brawl,” it boosted live watch Time 13 Times Over Average Levels, The Company Said, Without Specifying the Number of Viewers.

The Addition of Games Means that the Company is “Not JUST A Streaming Service Anymore-We’re a full-scale entertainment platform,” Zone -Fy President Dougs Said. “We are evolving into a destination for Watching, Playing, and Engaging – All in One Place.”

The Company Has Plans to Rapidly Expand Its Game Catalog and Offer Customized Titles for Advertisers and Sponsors.

Zone-for News Came on the Opening Day of the Stream TV Show in Denver. FROM AMAZON, TUBI, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUNIVERSAL AND OTHER COMPANIES ARE TAKING IN PANEL DISCUSIONS Through Friday.

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