TWO festive TV channels are landing on Amazon Fire and Roku sticks this week, bringing with them more than 100 hours of content.
The pair of new free channels, which air content 24 hours a day, will be available via the Rakuten TV streaming platform.
The channels are called Rakuten TV Halloween and Rakuten TV 100% Christmas.
Both stations will exclusively stream movies, from Hollywood blockbusters to beloved classics.
They are free to watch, as long as you’re happy to watch adverts.
Rakuten TV Halloween is already live on the platform, having launched yesterday, and will be watchable until 4 November.
The channel will feature a spooky selection of films, like The Resurrection of Charles Manson and Jessabelle.
Tomorrow (16 October), Rakuten TV will also launch its Christmas channel, which will air festive classics until 8 January, 2025.
The channel will include titles like Christmas Eve and I’m Not Ready for Christmas.
Amazon Fire and Roku streaming stick owners can download the Rakuten TV app to watch both channels.
Though the Halloween station will also be available on LG Channels, Xiaomi and Vidaa.
Meanwhile, 100% Christmas will be on platforms such as Samsung TV Plus, LG Channels, Xiaomi and Vidaa.
Rakuten TV 100% Christmas is the latest festive channel to hit screens, but has managed to escape outrage for arriving ‘too early’.
GREAT! Christmas launched on 5 September, a whole 110 days before the big day itself.
It’s the earliest the channel has ever launched, and was met with disbelief from viewers.
“Hold on we haven’t passed Halloween yet for Christmas,” one person wrote on X at the time.
Though others welcomed the channel, saying: “I don’t mind, I can watch Christmas films anytime of year, I don’t see why people think they should only be watched at Christmas.
“Of course though, the obvious answer is if you think it’s too early don’t watch, simples!”
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