D&D Movie/TV Check Out These Previews Of Hasbro's New D&D 'FAST' Channel

Hasbro's new FAST channel called Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures launches in less than two weeks. You'll be able to access by Amazon Freevee and Plex.It will launch with three new series--the comedy stream Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!, the Forgotten Realms adventurers based on an existing podcast Encounter Party, and the cooking show Heroes’ Feast. You can check out previews of all three below.

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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Not nearly enough content, I'd guess.

That hasn't stopped Apple TV+

(I kid -- mostly.)

 

[Zaukrie]

Also, I think Freevee has the "new" leverage, which I meant to watch and haven't....

 

[Zaukrie]

That hasn't stopped Apple TV+

(I kid -- mostly.)

Ya....well....they have A LOT more than DnD, and also, it is exceedingly high quality....and apparently Apple just wants to give us great tv at a loss, and I'm happy for that.

 

[Zaukrie]

Just looked at what Freevee has....definitely going to install and watch some stuff. Looking forward to the DnD stuff...

 

[Kurotowa]

That said, if WotC wants to make this a profitable venture, creating a D&D channel specific app is probably the way to go.

I don't think that's the right way to go. Your own app is what you do when you want a self-contained ecosystem to charge people fees from. FAST means they're selling viewer eyeballs to their advertisers, which means they want simple easy access and casual viewers, not rigorous controls. So being on existing platforms both cuts down on their overhead and gives them access to existing user bases.

Making your own streaming app is like all the media companies that didn't want to just sell their content to Netflix for distribution, they wanted their own vertically integrated streaming service where they got All The Money. You might have noticed, that's not working out so hot for them.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I don't think that's the right way to go. Your own app is what you do when you want a self-contained ecosystem to charge people fees from. FAST means they're selling viewer eyeballs to their advertisers, which means they want simple easy access and casual viewers, not rigorous controls. So being on existing platforms both cuts down on their overhead and gives them access to existing user bases.

Is a cut-down Freevee app with the D&D logo that directs people to the channel and its ads really "rigorous controls?"

 

[bedir than]

To watch on Plex in a browser is really simple

Dungeons & Dragons Adventures

Watch Dungeons & Dragons Adventures free on Plex. No sign up required.

watch.plex.tv

 

[Henadic Theologian]

To watch on Plex in a browser is really simple

Dungeons & Dragons Adventures

Watch Dungeons & Dragons Adventures free on Plex. No sign up required.

watch.plex.tv

I get a 404 screen, is this thing not available to Canadians. We don't get FreeVee in Canada either.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Freevee is the free version of Amazon Prime, but with adverts. It's rather available.
FAST (free, ad supported TV) is trying to thread the needle between streaming and TV cultures with how it talks about itself.

It's available only in the US.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

G4 re-revived! (At least the D&D side.) Seems like a good variety to start, although I don't understand the 24-hour TV format. The content and the platform the content will be on are niche as well... Don't see it working out well but hope I'm disproven. At least imagine the episodes will be uploaded somewhere more accessible like YouTube.

P.s. I hope one day the d&d-media scene will expand beyond LA. Some variety in the way they play and run games would go a long way.

Hopefully it has better luck then G4.