AVOD opportunity: Fawesome expands licensing model

15 August 2025 - Meanwhile, in the ad-supported world, Fawesome is quietly growing for catalog monetization and mid-tier genre content. Owned by Future Today, a platform best known for powering white-label streaming apps and FAST channels, Fawesome serves free movies and TV to a growing base across Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and mobile apps.

Until recently, Fawesome operated more like a traditional aggregator — picking up content through intermediaries and offering modest rev-share returns. Now, however, they’re beginning to acquire content directly from rights-holders and offering a mix of exclusive and non-exclusive license terms. While they're not a big spender in the licensing market, this shift makes them one of few AVOD players open to advance deal structuring — something that’s especially helpful for lower-tier or late life-cycle films.

The platform focuses heavily on genre — think horror, thriller, rom-com, and action — and doesn’t shy away from holiday titles or B-cast projects, as long as the production value holds up. If you’ve got something market-ready but maybe not streamer-preferred, Fawesome could be a solid back-end monetization play, especially in a climate where AVOD and FAST are increasingly where smaller titles find their audience.