# AI Startup Fairground, Founded by Xumo Creator, to Launch First AI-Exclusive FAST Channel (EXCLUSIVE)

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ai-startup-fairground-founded-by-xumo-creator-to-launch-first-ai-exclusive-fast-channel-exclusive/
- Published: 2026-07-30T16:00:00+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/ai-fairground-xumo-creator-fast-channel-1236824290/
- Topics: AI, Americas, Art, Business, Celebrity, Companies, Culture, Elections, Entertainment, Politics, Technology, World

## Key points

- Fairground will launch an AI-only free streaming television channel next month.
- The channel will carry a curated 24-hour schedule of AI-made programmes.
- Its founder sees it as a new distribution route for emerging creators.

## Summary

Fairground Entertainment, an AI studio founded by Xumo creator Colin Petrie-Norris, plans to launch what it describes as the first free, ad-supported streaming television channel exclusively for AI-generated films and shows. The move matters because it seeks to give AI creators a curated, large-screen distribution route beyond short social-media clips and traditional industry gatekeepers.

Called Fairground AI Creator TV, the 24-hour channel is due to launch next month across five undisclosed major TV and FAST platforms. Its programming will include work from creators such as Kelly Boesch, Phantom X Studio, Ryan Phillips, Wonder Studios and Massive Studios, scheduled in traditional primetime and seasonal slots; Fairground has grown from five to 13 employees since launching last year with a $4 million seed round.

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