Southeastern Channel now on Amazon Fire TV
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
by: Tonya Lowentritt 
SOUTHEASTERN CHANNEL NOW ON AMAZON FIRE TV - The Southeastern Channel, Southeastern Louisiana University’s Emmy-winning television station, is now available for viewers on the popular streaming service Amazon Fire TV. The Southeastern Channel now streams on three of the top national video streaming platforms, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, and Apple TV, as well as airing on Spectrum 199 cable for a potential viewing audience of 240,000 on the Northshore.
HAMMOND – The Southeastern Channel, Southeastern Louisiana University’s Emmy-winning
television station, is now available for viewers on the popular streaming service
Amazon Fire TV.
Amazon Fire TV now joins Roku and Apple TV as the nation’s top streaming platforms
that stream the Southeastern Channel, which airs on Spectrum 199 cable for a potential
viewing audience of 240,000 on the Northshore.
Amazon recently announced that it has sold 150 million Fire TV streaming devices.
Roku has reported selling 500 million dollars’ worth of streaming players over the
past year. There are 26 million Apple TVs used in United States homes.
Amazon leads global sales of connected TV devices, whether media streamers or Smart
TVs. Regarding connected TV streaming devices, Amazon and Roku together account for
more than 60 percent of the streamer market. According to data from Strategy Analytics,
the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K became the world’s best-selling digital media streamer
device in 2020.
“We’re very excited that the Southeastern Channel is now available for Amazon
Fire TV’s vast consumer base and viewing audience,” said Southeastern Channel General
Manager Rick Settoon. “This will enable a new and large group of viewers to access
the Southeastern Channel’s diverse catalogue of Emmy-winning educational, community,
cultural, entertainment and sports programming.”
“Current Southeastern Channel viewers will have yet another way to watch the
Channel’s live 24/7 broadcast, on demand videos, and live events,” Settoon added.
Amazon Fire TV is ranked at the top of streaming services for its speed of use
and affordability. Like Roku and Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV provides access to a massive
number of TV shows and movies streamed over apps like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.
In addition to mobile and other devices, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, and Apple TV are
all available on Smart TVs where consumers stream more and more from their living
room television sets. Viewing time on Smart TVs grew 64 percent last year.
In order to watch the Southeastern Channel’s live 24/7 broadcast and on demand
video on Amazon Fire TV, viewers must search for and download the Southeastern Channel
app on their Amazon Fire device.
The Southeastern Channel can be seen on Spectrum 199 cable in Tangipahoa, St.
Tammany, Livingston and St. Helena parishes with a digital cable box. Web users and
Smart TV owners can view the channel’s high definition live web stream at http://thesoutheasternchannel.com/live-stream/. The channel’s livestream is also available on Mt. Hermon Web-TV in Washington Parish
at http://www.mthermonwebtv.com/. Additionally, the Southeastern Channel is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
In the past 19 years the Southeastern Channel has won over 400 national, international,
and regional awards, including 22 from the Emmys.
