What is Pluto TV? The free streaming TV service explained

(Pocket-lint) - The Pluto TV streaming work has been operating for galore years now, specifically successful the US wherever it has grown to see much than 200 channels of escaped unrecorded TV and connected request content.

However, it is possibly lesser known extracurricular of the States, wherever it has much precocious go disposable - including the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland and Latin America.

One happening that's apt to alteration that is Star Trek: Discovery. It was revealed that Pluto TV volition amusement play four successful regions wherever Paramount+ is yet to launch.

So, what is Pluto TV and what does it offer. Here we explicate all.

What is Pluto TV?

Pluto TV is simply a wholly escaped net tv work that offers hundreds of unrecorded channels of contented gleaned from partners and 'net sources.

In the US, determination are good implicit 200 channels, portion different regions person fewer. The UK has astir 65 channels, for example.

There are channels crossed galore subjects, specified arsenic entertainment, movies, news, and sport. There are besides galore spouse channels, specified arsenic My5 successful the UK - featuring contented from Channel 5.

How to get Pluto TV

Pluto TV is mostly disposable done a astute TV oregon set-top-box application.

Accessibility is babelike connected region, but Pluto TV apps are mostly disposable for the following:

• Amazon Fire TV
• Android
• Android TV
• Apple TV
• Chromecast
• iOS
• LG astute TVs
• PS4 & PS5
• Roku
• Samsung astute TVs

You bash not request to log into the Pluto TV app. Just commencement it and distant you go.

Is determination connected request contented disposable connected Pluto TV?

As good arsenic aggregate unrecorded streaming channels which amusement programming similar a accepted terrestrial TV service, determination is an extended room of connected request bid and films disposable to stream.

All of it is free.

How tin I ticker Star Trek: Discovery connected Pluto TV?

Until Paramount+ launched extracurricular the US, the lone mode to ticker Star Trek: Discovery play 4 is connected Pluto TV.

Viewers successful Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom volition beryllium capable to ticker each occurrence unrecorded astatine 9pm section clip connected Fridays (from 26 November).

You tin find retired more connected it here.

Writing by Rik Henderson. Originally published connected 29 November 2021.