Skip to content
Tech News
← Back to articles

Sony Debuts Ad-Supported Live TV on PS5 with Over 100 Channels

read original more articles
Why This Matters

Sony's launch of ad-supported live TV on PS5 marks a significant shift towards free, accessible streaming options for gamers and consumers, expanding the company's entertainment ecosystem. This move aligns Sony with other industry leaders offering free streaming channels, enhancing user engagement and content diversity across devices.

Key Takeaways

Seven years after Sony closed its paid PlayStation Vue service, the company is debuting free Live TV on PS5 today, with over 100 live channels.

Also read: Best Free TV Streaming Services: Tubi, Roku Channel and More

The ad-supported Live TV will include content from Sony Pictures Television and others, such as NBC and Fox News; sports; movies from MovieSphere and FilmRise Free Movies; TV shows such as The Walking Dead; and anime from Crunchyroll.

To access the service, navigate to the Media tab on the home page and click on the Live TV on PS5 icon. Sony confirmed to CNET that the service will be coming to Bravia TVs later in the year.

The service will also include “gaming and esports content, creator-led entertainment, documentaries, podcasts and other specialty programming, including eCLUTCH (exclusive) and more.”

The company says it will add new content over time and expand into other regions, starting with Canada.

Sony has been late in introducing a FAST service, and follows in the footsteps of successful offerings such as Roku Channel, Fox’s Tubi and Sling Freestream. Sony’s previous live TV service was the subscription-based PlayStation Vue, a competitor to YouTube TV and Sling, and it shut down in 2019.