
NEW YORK—Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG) has announced it has licensed more than 500 hours of content to Samsung TV Plus, Samsung's free, ad-supported TV (FAST) and video-on-demand (AVOD) service.
As part of the agreement, Samsung TV Plus, which currently distributes the HMPG FAST channels Xplore, Rovr Pets, and The Jack Hanna Channel, will license more than 500 hours of HMPG original programming in the U.S., including the weekly series Lucky Dog, Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild, Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward, and various shows hosted by renowned wildlife expert Jack Hanna, among others.