Bell launches 10 new FAST channels

The offerings are now available on LG Channels, and will be coming to Samsung TV Plus soon.

Bell Media has launched 10 new FAST channels that cater to various viewer interests.

The channels, seven of which are English and three French, are already available on LG Channels and are expected to launch on Samsung TV Plus later this quarter. Additional Bell Media FAST channels and platform partners will be announced in the coming weeks.

In a statement Thursday morning, the media company announced the launch of English channel CTV@Home, which includes CTV’s lifestyle programming with episodes of The Marilyn Denis Show, Mary’s Kitchen Crush, Country House Hunters Canada, and more.

It also announced the debut of Corner Gas Channel, with all episodes the comedy series, as well as its spin-off, Corner Gas AnimatedCTV Gridlock, which is dedicated to highway-centric programming, which means classic episodes of Highway Thru Hell and the entire series of Heavy Rescue: 401, among others; CTV Laughs, with episodes of stand up comedy, roast battles, and classic sitcoms; The Mightiest by CTV, with episodes of Mighty Trains, Mighty Cruise Ships, Mighty Ships, Mighty Planes, and The Mightiest.

The final English language FAST channels include CTV News, with cuts from CTV National and CTV Local News, Power Play, Question Period and W5; as well as TSN The Ocho, where little-watched sports go to be seen, including kickball, table tennis, ultimate frisbee, slippery stairs, cornhole, and more.

As for the French channels, they include Noovo télé-réalités, which features popular reality shows from Québec and abroad, such as Cauchemar sur L’autoroute and Panique 401; French film destination Noovo cinéma; and Noovo comédies, with episodes of Ça C’est Drôle, and many other Quebec titles.