Comcast and Charter’s Xumo Play Now Has 341 Free Channels – Here’s the Complete List

By Phillip Swann
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TV Answer Man, we have Comcast and they are always talking about Xumo Play with free channels. Do you know what it’s all about? — Bernie, Bowie, Maryland.

Bernie, Xumo Play, a joint venture from cable giants Comcast and Charter, is a streaming service that now offers 341 free, ad-supported channels on Xumo-branded set-tops (provided to cable subscribers), Smart TVs, an app available to any consumer, as well as on the Internet, again free and available to anyone. You can watch Xumo here at its web site.

The free Xumo service is one of many now available from large entertainment/technology companies such as Amazon, Roku, Dish’s Sling TV, DIRECTV, Paramount’s Pluto TV and Fox’s Tubi. The companies are hoping that the ad revenue will far exceed the cost of acquiring the channels. And with many of the channels reaching small audiences, the cost of acquiring them is relatively small.

That said, Xumo has several top-brand free channels such as news and sports channels from NBC, Fox, CBS and ABC as well as a huge collection of streaming services for just about every niche you can think of.

Here is the complete list of ad-supported, free channels now on Xumo Play, broken down by category:

NEWS

ABC News Live

BBC News

CBC News

CBS News 24/7

Cheddar News

LiveNOW from FOX

Local Now

NBC News NOW

Newsmax2

Reuters Now

Salem News Channel

Scripps News

Sky News

Spectrum News+

TODAY All Day

TYT

USA Today News

WEATHER

AccuWeather NOW

Fox Weather

The Weather Channel En Español

WEATHERSPY

SPORTS

ACC Digital Network

ACL Cornhole TV

beIN SPORTS XTRA

Billiard TV

CBS Sports HQ

DraftKings Network

FanDuel TV Extra

FOX Sports

Golfpass

NBC Sports

NFL Channel

Outdoor America

Outside TV

PGA TOUR

PursuitUp

Strongman Champions League

WaypointTV

World Poker Tour

MOVIES

AfroLandTV

Black Experience on Xfinity

Cinelife

CINEVAULT

DOCUMENTARY+

Ebony TV by Lionsgate

Filmrise

Free Action Movies

Free Black Cinema

Free Comedy Movies

Free Documentaries

Free Movies

Gravitas Movies

Hallmark Movies & More

Her Free Movies

Hi-Yah!

Maverick Black Cinema

MovieSphere by Lionsgate

Shades of Black

Stash TV

Tribeca Channel

Wu Tang Collection TV

ACTION & DRAMA

Baywatch

Designated Survivor

ElectricNOW

Free Action & Drama TV

GET

ION

ION Plus

Nash Bridges Channel

Stories by AMC

Universal Action

HORROR & SCI FI

Alien Nation by DUST

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Classic Doctor Who

Crunchyroll

Dark Matter TV

Free Horror & Thriller Movies

Free Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movies

Ghost Hunters

OuterSphere by Lionsgate

Paranormal File

Scares by Shudder

The Asylum

The Walking Dead Universe

Universal Monsters

GAME SHOWS

American Ninja Warrior

BUZZR

Deal or No Deal

Family Feud

Family Feud Classic

Fear Factor

Free Game Show TV

Game Show A Go-Go

Game Show Central

Impossible – Quiz Show

Sony Canal Competencias

Supermarket Sweep

The Celebrity Name Game Channel

The Price is Right: The Barker Era

Wipeout Xtra

GameTVGO

REALITY TV

All Weddings WE tv

Backstage

Bad Girls Club

Bravo Vault

Cheaters

Confess by Nosey

Danger TV

Divorce Court

Drag Race Universe

E! Keeping Up

Free Reality TV

Hell’s Kitchen

Nosey

The Block Australia

Real Disaster Channel

Rig TV

Untold Stories of the ER

TRAVEL & LIFESTYLE

Antiques Road Trip

Antiques Roadshow UK

eScapes

Free Travel & Lifestyle TV

GoTraveler

GoUSA TV

Great American Adventures

HSN

JTV Jewelry Love

PBS Antiques Roadshow

QVC

ShopLC

Tastemade Travel Channel

FOOD

America’s Test Kitchen

BBC Food

Cook’s Country Channel

Fork & Flight

Free Food TV

GustoTV

Hungry

Lidia’s Kitchen

QVC’s The Big Dish

Tastemade

The Jamie Oliver Channel

Top Chef Vault

CRIME TV

American Crimes

BritBox Mysteries

Court TV

Court TV Legendary Trials

Dateline 24/7

Forensic Files

Free Crime TV

Investigation

ION Mystery

Law & Crime

Midsomer Murders

Oxygen True Crime Archives

REELZ Famous & Infamous

TV One CRIME & JUSTICE FAST CHANNEL

Unsolved Mysteries

Universal Crime

World’s Wildest Police Videos

CLASSIC TV

American Classics

Family Affair Channel

Lassie

Leave It to Beaver

Murder, She Wrote

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K)

Shout! TV

The Adventures Of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

The Archive

HISTORY & LEARNING

Combat War Channel

Space Science Now

True History Channel

POP CULTURE

FOX Soul

ET

OUTtv Proud

REVOLT Mixtape

Revry

The Rotten Tomatoes Channel

theGRIO

COMEDY
Anger Management Channel

Are We There Yet?

Bounce XL

Comedy Dynamics

Dry Bar Comedy

FailArmy

Free Comedy TV

GET Comedy

It’s Showtime at the Apollo

Just for Laughs TV

Just for Laughs Gags

Laff More

LOL Network

LOL! Stand-Up

NBC Comedy Vault

Portlandia

Rifftrax

Saved by the Bell

SNL Vault

The Conners

The Johnny Carson Show

COMBAT SPORTS

Boxing TV

Fight Network

GLORY Kickboxing

TNA Wrestling Channel

PFL MMA

Swerve Combat

UFC

LATINO

AMERICATEVÉ

beIN SPORTS XTRA en Español

Canela.TV

Cine Romántico

Estrella News

Estrella TV

FILMEX

FILMEX CLASICO

FreeTV Sureño

Hallmark en Español

iHeartRadio Beso

Latino Vibes

Love Nature en Español

MojiTV

Madre

Noticias Telemundo Ahora

Tastemade en Español

Telemundo Acción

Telemundo Al Día

Telemundo Romance

INTERNATIONAL

Demand Africa

Free Bollywood & Indian Cinema

Jubao

KOCOWA K-Drama

NEW Korean MOVIES & SERIES

Sony KAL

ANIMALS & NATURE

BBC Earth

Dog Whisperer

Love Nature

Love The Planet

NatureVision

PBS Nature

Stingray Naturescape

The Pet Collective

The Yorkshire Vet & Friends

WildEarth

Xplore

Xumo Free Nature & Wildlife TV

MUSIC & RADIO

iHeart Alternative Radio

iHeart90s

iHeartCountry

iHeartRadio Hip Hop Beats

Stingray Classic Rock

Stingray Greatest Hits

Stingray Hitlist

Stingray Hot Country

Stingray Remember the 80s

Stingray Soul Storm

WMX Hip-Hop

WMX Pop

WMX Rock

KIDS

Rainbow Rangers

Baby Shark TV

Barney And Friends

Free Kids TV

All Babies Channel

Kartoon Channel!

Ninja Kidz TV

pocket.watch Game-On

Sensical Makers

Sensical Jr.

Shaun the Sheep & Friends

Teletubbies

Toon Goggles

FAITH & FAMILY

Dove Channel

EncourageTV

FAITHOPE

Free Family Movies

JLTV

Joel Osteen Network

Stellar

TRINITY Broadcast Network

LOCAL NEWS

6abc Philadelphia

ABC7 Bay Area

ABC7 Chicago

ABC7 Los Angeles

Action News Jax

Boston 25

CBS News Bay Area

CBS News Boston

CBS News Chicago

CBS News Los Angeles

CBS News New York

KFSN ABC30 Central CA

KIRO Seattle

KTRK ABC13’s 24/7 Streaming Channel

Local Now*

Localish

NBC Bay Area News

NBC 10 Boston News

NBC 5 Chicago News

NBC Connecticut News

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth News

NBC 4 Los Angeles News

NBC 4 New York News

NBC 10 Philadelphia News

NBC 7 San Diego News

NBC 6 South Florida News

NBC 4 Washington News

WFTV Orlando

WHIO Dayton

WPXI Pittsburgh

WSB Atlanta

WSOC Charlotte

WTVD ABC11 24/7 Streaming Channel

WESTERNS & COUNTRY

CINEVAULT Westerns

Circle Country

Free Westerns

Grit Xtra

Heartland

Little House on the Prairie

McLeod’s Daughters

The Rifleman

The Lone Ranger

Universal Westerns

Western Bound Wrangled

Wild West TV

HOME & DESIGN

At Home with Family Handyman

BBC Home & Garden

CraftsyTV

Gardening with Monty Don

Homeful

Million Dollar Listing Vault

NBC LX Home

Places & Spaces

Property & Reno

The Design Network

This Old House

Today’s Homeowner

AUTOMOTIVE

Fifth Gear

MAVTV Select

MotorTrend FAST TV

Motorvision

Powernation

SPEEDVISION

Top Gear

* Available on Select Devices

Bernie, hope that helps. Happy viewing and stay safe!

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