Google TV rebranded its free channel offerings last year and launched a new FreePlay app experience with a much-needed UI overhaul. Over the year, Google also added over 50 new channels to the library, bringing the total to 171 free channels by late 2024. However, Google’s Freeplay expansion seems to have hit a hurdle, as the company has now removed nine free channels from the list.
Although Google has removed channels from Google TV’s Freeplay library in the past, this is the first time the company has shaved off so many channels in one go. 9to5Google reports that most of the removed channels were added in a single batch last September, suggesting that the removal could be related to a content partnership deal gone awry.
