All3Media’s Little Dot Studios sits down with The Chat Show Channel on FAST

Interviews with stars including Tom Cruise, Taylor Swift and Rihanna will feature on the channel

All3Media-owned digital content firm Little Dot Studios has launched a free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel featuring content from well-known UK chatshows.

The Chat Show Channel is available in seven territories across the UK, the Nordics, the Netherlands and Australia and will be rolled out in the US later this summer as The Talk Show Channel.

The Chat Show Channel focuses on interviews with celebrities from the worlds of TV, film, comedy and sports.

Content will include clips from shows such as Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, originally produced by Hotsauce TV and Open Mike Productions for BBC One, plus 16 seasons of Chatty Man with Alan Carr, made by Open Mike Productions for Channel 4.

The Chat Show Channel is Little Dot Studios’ first entertainment-branded FAST channel and eighth in total, with other offerings including Real Crime, Real Stories, Wonder and single-series channel Don’t Tell the Bride.

“As early FAST adopters, we believe we have a unique ability to grow viewing and monetisation across streaming and social media platforms for our content partners,” said Richard Young, director of syndication at Little Dot Studios Media Network.

“This led us to identify a gap in the market for a thematic chatshow channel.”