Banijay Rights is slated to launch a dedicated Highway Thru Hell FAST channel in the U.K. on March 13.<\/p>\n
The channel will feature the first ten seasons of the docuseries from Great Pacific Media, a Thunderbird Entertainment company. After debuting in the U.K., the channel will launch in Australia on April 17.<\/p>\n
Highway Thru Hell<\/em> initially bowed in 2012 on Bell Media\u2019s Discovery. It tells the real-life stories of the recovery operators and crews who fight to keep the highways open in one of the most treacherous routes in North America through British Columbia\u2019s mountains.<\/p>\n The new FAST channel will also feature all seven seasons of Great Pacific Media\u2019s Heavy Rescue: 401<\/em>, which depicts the challenges faced by tow operators and rescue crews tasked with keeping North America\u2019s most important urban trade routes open no matter what.<\/p>\n Platforms confirmed to carry the channel in the U.K. include Samsung TV Plus, Amazon Freevee and Plex. In Australia, Samsung TV Plus will carry the channel.<\/p>\n \u201cHighway Thru Hell<\/em> is one of the longest-running series of its kind, and both it and Heavy Rescue: 401<\/em> continue to enthrall audiences around the world,\u201d said David Way, CEO of Great Pacific Media. \u201cWe\u2019re so pleased that fans and newcomers to the series will now have the chance to lean back and immerse themselves in this new 24\/7 FAST channel.\u201d<\/p>\n Richard Goldsmith, Thunderbird\u2019s president of global distribution, added, \u201cWith its large number of episodes and amazing storylines, Highway Thru Hell<\/em> is a natural for the FAST market.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTo extend our FAST channel portfolio through a renowned, long-running series such as Highway Thru Hell<\/em> is an exciting proposition for us at Banijay Rights,\u201d commented Shaun Keeble, VP of digital at Banijay Rights. \u201cWhile we\u2019re in no doubt fans of the series will flock to this new 24\/7 channel, these new launches are the perfect way to attract new viewers to some of our leading global IP, too.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Banijay Rights is slated to launch a dedicated Highway Thru Hell FAST channel in the U.K. on March 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1884,5807,5808,9180,1162,9181,9182,6014],"class_list":["post-21014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-banijay-rights","tag-david-way","tag-great-pacific-media","tag-heavy-rescue-401","tag-highway-thru-hell","tag-richard-goldsmith","tag-shaun-keeble","tag-thunderbird-entertainment","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n