Facebook Watch Facebook Watch (currently rebranding to Facebook Video) is a video on demand service operated by American company Meta Platforms (previously named Facebook, Inc.). The company announced the service in August 2017 and it was available to all U.S. ...

is a service that provides streaming of videos hosted by

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and access to "Facebook Original" series, shows that receive funding from Facebook. The service officially launched as Facebook Watch on August 10, 2017. For short-form videos, Facebook originally had a budget of roughly $10,000–$40,000 per episode, though renewal contracts have placed the budget in the range of $50,000–$70,000. Long-form TV-length series have budgets between $250,000 to over $1 million. ''

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'' reported in September 2017 that the company was willing to spend up to $1 billion on original video content through 2018. In April 2023, Meta announced that they were scaling back on originals entirely, having already stopped developing scripted originals in 2020.

Original programming

Drama

Comedy

Continuations

Docu-series

Animation

Game show

Live sports

News programs

Reality show

Talk show

Exclusive international distribution

These television shows, even though Facebook lists them as Facebook Watch originals, are shows that have been aired in different countries, and Facebook has bought exclusive distribution rights to stream them in other various countries. They may be available on Facebook Watch in their home territory and other markets where Facebook Watch does not have the first run license, without the Facebook Watch Original label, some time after their first-run airing on their original broadcaster.

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