PBS partners with Amazon to launch free ad-supported TV channels on Prime Video. PBS to offer PBS Drama and PBS Documentaries exclusively on Prime Video starting November 26. Amazon recently announced it was phasing out it's own FAST channel Freevee and making the content available for free on Prime Video.

CULVER CITY, Calif. —In a notable expansion of the way viewers can watch local PBS stations, the network and Amazon said more than 150 public TV stations and the PBS Kids channel will launch ad-free over the coming months as a Prime Video FAST offering.

The public broadcaster is also launching two new FAST channels exclusively through Prime Video, and will debut pop-up streams over time.

A new day is dawning for public television in the streaming era, with PBS and Amazon reaching a deal to bring 150 local stations, PBS Kids and two new FAST channels to Prime Video. As in the longstanding linear broadcast model,