Versant Adds Four Free Streaming Channels Built on CNBC, Oxygen and E! Shows

Versant is adding four new free channels built from shows that already air on CNBC, Oxygen and E!. The channels are free ad-supported streaming channels, known as FAST channels. That means they stream like a traditional TV channel, carry advertising, and cost viewers nothing to watch. Variety reported the launch on October 28.

The four new channels are Snapped, Botched, Oxygen Murders of America and CNBC Ambition. Snapped draws on Oxygen's long-running program about women charged with murder, which began airing in 2004. Botched comes from E! and looks at plastic surgery. Oxygen Murders of America is a true-crime documentary series. CNBC Ambition gathers stories of entrepreneurship, innovation, wealth creation and success, using primetime series that have previously aired on CNBC.

Viewers in the United States can find the channels on two services. All four are available on Prime Video, Amazon's streaming service, from October 27. On The Roku Channel, a free streaming service on Roku devices, they will launch in stages starting November 3, so they will not all appear on the same day.

Once the four debut, Versant will run 13 FAST channels. The portfolio started with six. Three more came with the company's January 2026 acquisition of Free TV Networks, a provider of free over-the-air broadcast networks and FAST channels.

Several Versant channels are already on Prime Video and The Roku Channel. They include Pam Grier's Soul Flix, American Crimes, Oxygen True Crime Archives, E! Keeping Up, Bad Girls Club and GolfPass. Prime Video also carries 365BLK and Outlaw. Free TV Networks, now part of Versant, expanded distribution of those three channels to Philo, a streaming service, in an earlier deal.

Versant became a separate public company when Comcast completed the separation effective January 2, 2026. Its shares began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker VSNT. The company owns pay TV networks including CNBC, MS Now and the Golf Channel. Mark Lazarus is its chief executive, and Dave Pietrycha is its chief revenue and business officer.

For people who already watch CNBC, Oxygen or E!, the new channels offer a way to see familiar series without a subscription. Anyone who wants the same shows on a free service can find them by searching for the channel names on Prime Video or The Roku Channel.