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The Chosen One Network

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The Chosen One Network is an independent streaming network built for creators who were never supposed to make it — and did anyway. Original series, films, music, and stories from voices the mainstream overlooked. This is our channel, our rules, our reign.

Featured tonightClassics stream free14 channels — main + worldWorld channels free in 7 languagesNew uploads in the Back Office
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Originals

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Music

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Stories

Streaming home — browse like Netflix, tune in like cable

Tonight on Chosen One.

Poster rows you can swipe through, a featured player one tap away, and seven channels programmed like a real lineup. Tap any poster and it loads in the Classics player below.

Trending in the Classics

The free shelf everybody starts with

Chosen One Channels

Tap a channel to go straight to it

Kids & Cartoons

Short, bold, iconic — free shorts for the young crowd

Showcase — both lanes

Promos & picks.

Two lanes, one showcase. Lane one: the network's own promos — the commercials that run between our shows, for the shows that live on this network. Lane two: Go Watch — the new movies and shows out right now that we are telling everybody to go see.

On Our Network — The Promos

Network commercials for the shows that live here — tap one to jump to its home on the network

Showing Now — Go Watch

This weekend's picks — new movies and shows out now, and where to find them

In theaters nowStreet Fighter

The World Warrior Tournament is back on the big screen — Ryu and Ken, Chun-Li running the call, and 50 Cent and Jason Momoa in it. If you grew up on this game, your weekend is handled.

In theaters nowWhalefall

A diver searching for his father's remains gets swallowed by a whale. A survival story and a father-and-son story in one, with Josh Brolin.

Streaming • Disney+VisionQuest

Marvel closes the WandaVision trilogy — Paul Bettany back as Vision, chasing the son he believes came back.

Streaming • NetflixThe Diplomat — Season 4

Keri Russell back in the middle of another international mess — power, secrets, and nobody telling the whole truth.

Streaming • PeacockCrystal Lake

Before Jason, there was the lake — the Friday the 13th prequel with Linda Cardellini that horror fans have been waiting on.

Go Watch picks are our recommendations, not network programming — those movies and shows live on the studios' own screens and platforms, and we say so every time. The promos in lane one are ours: they run free on our own air, for our own shows.

Music Channels — tune in and it just plays

Radio, by genre.

DirecTV-style music channels: no hunting song by song. Pick a channel and it plays continuously — the network's own artists, licensed tracks, and public-domain gems, programmed by genre. Firm 22 Radio is the hub every channel is built around.

Channel 800Live stream

Firm 22 Radio

The hub. The network's own station — our artists in rotation, host shows between the music blocks, broadcasting around the clock. Every genre channel below grows out of this feed.

Streaming live from the station — tap Tune In.

Channel 801Music only

Gospel

Choirs, quartets, and praise — uplifting music that plays straight through, Sunday-morning energy all week long.

Carries the Firm 22 Radio feed until its own playlist is loaded in the Back Office.

Channel 802Music only

R&B / Soul

Smooth vocals and soul classics in a continuous flow. This is Julia B's home channel — her tracks load into this playlist.

Carries the Firm 22 Radio feed until its own playlist is loaded in the Back Office.

Channel 803Music only

Hip-Hop

The network's hip-hop rotation, playing back to back. Top Hat 33k's tracks load into this channel when his material comes in.

Carries the Firm 22 Radio feed until its own playlist is loaded in the Back Office.

Channel 804Music only

Jazz

Standards, swing, and late-night jazz — a continuous, mellow channel for work, winding down, and everything between.

Carries the Firm 22 Radio feed until its own playlist is loaded in the Back Office.

Channel 805Music only

Old School

The classics you grew up on — funk, soul, and R&B throwbacks in one nonstop cookout-ready stream.

Carries the Firm 22 Radio feed until its own playlist is loaded in the Back Office.

Channel 806Music only

Kids & Family

Clean, fun, family-safe music playing continuously — the channel parents can leave on.

Carries the Firm 22 Radio feed until its own playlist is loaded in the Back Office.

Only music the network owns, is licensed to play, or that is public domain goes on these channels — artist submissions to Firm 22 Radio come with permission granted by the artist. Owners: load a genre channel's own playlist in the Back Office by adding tracks under Music with that genre selected.

Live guide — the cable side of Chosen One

What’s on, channel by channel.

The Spectrum-style view: every channel, its standing program block, and what follows. It works like the guide button on a remote — tap any channel row to go straight to that channel: movies, cartoons, and world films start in the player, the radio rows start Firm 22 Radio playing, and channels still building land on their channel home. The Classics player runs on demand, any time.

Channel 01Cartoons▶ Watch
Lineup — Daytime blockClassic Cartoon Block

Popeye, Superman, Betty Boop and Bugs Bunny shorts from the Classics Library.

Up nextFamily Matinee

Gulliver’s Travels and Jack and the Beanstalk in the Family row.

Channel 02Sports▶ Watch
Now playing — Channel 02The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)

Jackie Robinson plays himself — free in the Classics player. Then athlete profiles in Beyond the Scoreboard.

Up nextCreator Submissions

New sports work added through creator submissions and the Back Office.

Channel 03Movies▶ Watch
Lineup — Prime blockCharade (1963)

The featured Classics title — free in the player below.

Up nextHis Girl Friday (1940)

Then Plan 9 from Outer Space for the late-night crowd.

Channel 04Music▶ Tune In
Lineup — Daytime blockArtist Stories & Performances

The channel’s standing music block.

Up nextNew Uploads

Fresh music titles appear here first when added in the Back Office.

Channel 05OriginalsOpen channel →
Lineup — Prime blockChosen One Originals

Signature series home — premieres land in this block.

Up nextEncore Presentation

A second run of the current Originals block.

Channel 06Talk & RealityOpen channel →
Lineup — Evening blockReal Conversations

Talk and reality programming, nothing watered down.

Up nextCommunity Spotlight

Stories and voices from the creator community.

Channel 07MorningOpen channel →
Lineup — Morning blockMorning Programming

News, culture, wellness, and community to start the day.

Up nextMidday Culture

Culture and community stories into the afternoon.

Channel 08Español▶ Watch free
Free — World ChannelsEl husar de la muerte (1925)

Chile’s silent national epic — free in the World Channels player.

Up nextEl automóvil gris (1919)

Mexico’s silent crime serial, Filmoteca UNAM restoration.

Channel 09Français▶ Watch free
Free — World ChannelsLe Voyage dans la lune (1902)

Méliès’ trip to the Moon — free in the World Channels player.

Up nextLa Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928)

Dreyer’s French masterpiece with French intertitles.

Channel 10Bollywood Gold▶ Watch free
Free — World ChannelsDevdas (1935)

K.L. Saigal in the defining Hindi tragedy — free in World Channels.

Up nextSant Tukaram (1936)

Then Raja Harishchandra (1913), India’s first feature, as a history short.

Channel 11Japanese Classics▶ Watch free
Free — World ChannelsHumanity and Paper Balloons (1937)

Yamanaka’s masterpiece, in Japanese — free in World Channels.

Up nextNamakura Gatana (1917)

The oldest surviving Japanese animation.

Channel 12Chinese Classics▶ Watch free
Free — World ChannelsThe Goddess (1934)

Ruan Lingyu’s silent classic — free in World Channels.

Up nextStreet Angel (1937)

Zhou Xuan in the beloved Mandarin musical drama.

Channel 13Deutsch▶ Watch free
Free — World ChannelsNosferatu (1922)

The original vampire film — free in World Channels.

Up nextMetropolis (1927)

Then The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) in 1080p.

Channel 14Russian Masters▶ Watch free
Free — World ChannelsBattleship Potemkin (1925)

Eisenstein’s montage landmark — free in World Channels.

Up nextMan with a Movie Camera (1929)

Vertov’s city symphony.

Music Channels — Firm 22 Radio
Channel 800Firm 22 Radio▶ Tune In
Live stream — on air nowFirm 22 Radio

The network’s own station: our artists in rotation, host shows between the music blocks, broadcasting around the clock.

Tap the rowStarts playing live

Takes you to Music Channels and starts the live feed in the player bar.

Channel 801Gospel▶ Tune In
Music channelGospel

Choirs, quartets, and praise — uplifting music that plays straight through, Sunday-morning energy all week long.

On this channelFirm 22 Radio feed

Carries the Firm 22 Radio feed until its own playlist is loaded in the Back Office.

Channel 802R&B / Soul▶ Tune In
Music channelR&B / Soul

Smooth vocals and soul classics in a continuous flow. This is Julia B’s home channel.

On this channelFirm 22 Radio feed

Carries the Firm 22 Radio feed until its own playlist is loaded in the Back Office.

Channel 803Hip-Hop▶ Tune In
Music channelHip-Hop

The network’s hip-hop rotation, playing back to back. Top Hat 33k’s tracks load into this channel.

On this channelFirm 22 Radio feed

Carries the Firm 22 Radio feed until its own playlist is loaded in the Back Office.

Channel 804Jazz▶ Tune In
Music channelJazz

Standards, swing, and late-night jazz — a continuous, mellow channel that plays straight through.

On this channelFirm 22 Radio feed

Carries the Firm 22 Radio feed until its own playlist is loaded in the Back Office.

Channel 805Old School▶ Tune In
Music channelOld School

The classics you grew up on — funk, soul, and R&B throwbacks in one nonstop stream.

On this channelFirm 22 Radio feed

Carries the Firm 22 Radio feed until its own playlist is loaded in the Back Office.

Channel 806Kids & Family▶ Tune In
Music channelKids & Family

Clean, fun, family-safe music playing continuously — the channel parents can leave on.

On this channelFirm 22 Radio feed

Carries the Firm 22 Radio feed until its own playlist is loaded in the Back Office.

Seven channels. One bold point of view.

A lineup with range.

From first-light conversation to after-dark reality, every channel makes room for talent, culture, competition, and stories worth staying for.

Channel 01

Cartoons

Animated worlds with imagination, heart, and an unmistakable point of view.

Channel 02

Sports

Competition, commentary, profiles, and the stories beyond the scoreboard.

Channel 03

Movies

Independent films, bold features, and unforgettable short-form cinema.

Channel 04

Music

Performances, visual albums, artist stories, and sounds the world needs to hear.

Channel 05

Originals

Signature series created for the network and built around singular voices.

Channel 06

Talk and Reality

Real conversations, real lives, and personality with nothing watered down.

Channel 07

Morning Programming

Start the day with news, culture, wellness, community, and a fresh perspective.

Plus 7 World ChannelsFree films in Spanish, French, Hindi, Japanese, Mandarin, German, and Russian — Channels 08–14.Watch World Channels →

Classics Library — Free Lane • Public Domain • Internet Archive & Wikimedia Commons

Free forever. Classics included.

This is the setup — shelves filled on day one with verified public-domain titles from the Internet Archive. No membership needed for this lane. Press Play on any card and it loads right in the player, while Originals and collaborator premieres build on top.

Now Playing: Charade (1963)Free • Public Domain

Movies row — Audrey Hepburn & Cary Grant in Paris. Pick any title below to swap the player.

Player not loading? Watch Charade (1963) on the Internet Archive — same film, free.

Showing 23 titles — free to watch

Movies

4 titles • Features
Poster art for Charade (1963) from the Internet ArchiveFree1963
Movies113 minThriller / Romance

Charade (1963)

Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant in Paris, chasing a stolen fortune with everybody lying about who they are. Stylish, funny, and the headline title for the Movies row.

Public Domain
Poster art for His Girl Friday (1940) from the Internet ArchiveFree1940
Movies92 minScrewball Comedy

His Girl Friday (1940)

Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell trade the fastest dialogue in Hollywood history. A newspaper editor will do anything to keep his star reporter — and ex-wife — on the story.

Public Domain
Poster art for Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) from the Internet ArchiveFree1959
Movies79 minSci-Fi / Cult

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

Ed Wood’s legendary cult classic with Bela Lugosi. Aliens raise the dead to stop humanity — perfect late-night, talk-back, community-watch energy.

Public Domain
Poster art for The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) from the Internet ArchiveFree1950
Sports77 minBiography

The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)

Jackie Robinson stars as himself, with Ruby Dee, in the story of the season that changed baseball forever — the headline title on Channel 02 Sports.

Public Domain

New and Modern

9 titles • Free • CC & public domain
Poster art for Wing It! (2023) from the Internet ArchiveFree2023
New and ModernAnimation / Comedy

Wing It! (2023)

Blender Studio’s cartoon short in a classic hand-drawn style — a cat with flying ambitions, one very experimental aircraft, and a takeoff nobody planned for.

Wing It! © Blender Studio — licensed under CC BY

CC BY
Poster art for Sprite Fright (2021) from the Internet ArchiveFree2021
New and ModernAnimation / Horror-Comedy

Sprite Fright (2021)

Blender Studio’s horror-comedy short — a group of teenagers heads into the woods on a camping trip and picks a fight with the mushroom sprites who actually live there.

Sprite Fright © Blender Studio — licensed under CC BY

CC BY
Poster art for Spring (2019) from the Internet ArchiveFree2019
New and ModernAnimation / Fantasy

Spring (2019)

Blender Institute’s wordless fantasy short — a young shepherdess and her dog face the ancient spirits of the forest to break an endless winter and bring back the spring.

Spring © Blender Institute — licensed under CC BY 4.0

CC BY 4.0
Poster art for Seder-Masochism (2018) from the Internet ArchiveFree2018
New and ModernAnimation / Musical

Seder-Masochism (2018)

Nina Paley’s animated musical feature retelling the story of Exodus — Moses, the Goddess, the plagues, and the Angel of Death, danced and sung with irreverent, hand-made energy.

Seder-Masochism © Nina Paley — released into the public domain by the artist

Public Domain
Poster art for Sita Sings the Blues (2008) from the Internet ArchiveFree2008
New and ModernAnimation / Musical

Sita Sings the Blues (2008)

Nina Paley’s celebrated animated feature — the Ramayana told through Sita’s eyes, set to 1920s jazz recordings by Annette Hanshaw and woven together with a modern-day breakup story.

Sita Sings the Blues © Nina Paley — shared freely under CC0 / Creative Commons

CC0
Poster art for Elephants Dream (2006) from the Internet ArchiveFree2006
New and ModernAnimation / Sci-Fi

Elephants Dream (2006)

The world’s first open movie, made entirely with free software — two travelers, Proog and Emo, explore a strange, endless Machine that builds itself as they walk.

Elephants Dream © Blender Foundation — licensed under CC BY 3.0

CC BY 3.0
Poster art for Sintel (2010) from the Internet ArchiveFree2010
New and ModernAnimation / Fantasy

Sintel (2010)

Blender Foundation’s fantasy short — a young woman crosses mountains and deserts searching for Scales, the baby dragon she once rescued, and learns what growing up costs.

Sintel © Blender Foundation — licensed under CC BY 3.0

CC BY 3.0
Poster art for Tears of Steel (2012) from the Internet ArchiveFree2012
New and ModernLive-Action / Sci-Fi

Tears of Steel (2012)

Blender Foundation’s live-action sci-fi short — forty years after robots overran Amsterdam, a group of scientists re-stages the day it happened to change the past and save the future.

Tears of Steel © Blender Foundation — licensed under CC BY 3.0

CC BY 3.0
Poster art for Big Buck Bunny (2008) from the Internet ArchiveFree2008
New and ModernAnimation / Comedy

Big Buck Bunny (2008)

Blender Foundation’s beloved comedy short — a gentle giant rabbit finally snaps after one prank too many from three forest rodents, and the forest becomes his workshop of revenge.

Big Buck Bunny © Blender Foundation — licensed under CC BY 3.0

CC BY 3.0

Family

3 titles • All ages
Poster art for Gulliver’s Travels (1939) from the Internet ArchiveFree1939
Family76 minAnimated Adventure

Gulliver’s Travels (1939)

Fleischer Studios’ full-length cartoon feature — Gulliver washes ashore in Lilliput, where two tiny kingdoms are about to go to war over a song.

Public Domain
Poster art for The Jungle Book (1942) from the Internet ArchiveFree1942
Family86 minAdventure

The Jungle Book (1942)

Sabu as Mowgli, raised by wolves, caught between the jungle and the village. Alexander Korda’s Technicolor adventure — a true family matinee.

Public Domain
Poster art for Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) from the Internet ArchiveFree1952
Family78 minComedy / Fairy Tale

Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

Abbott & Costello’s take on the fairy tale — Costello climbs the beanstalk, meets the giant, and turns a bedtime story into slapstick family fun.

Public Domain

Kids & Cartoons

7 titles • Shorts
Poster art for Popeye Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936) from the Internet ArchiveFree1936
Kids & Cartoons16 min

Popeye Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)

Popeye’s first color featurette — Sindbad declares himself the greatest sailor alive, and Popeye sails in to prove him wrong.

Public Domain
Poster art for Superman: The Mechanical Monsters (1941) from the Internet ArchiveFree1941
Kids & Cartoons10 min

Superman: The Mechanical Monsters (1941)

One of the legendary Fleischer Superman shorts — giant robots rob a jewel exhibit, and Clark Kent finds a phone booth.

Public Domain
Poster art for Falling Hare (1943) with Bugs Bunny from the Internet ArchiveFree1943
Kids & Cartoons8 min

Falling Hare (1943)

Bugs Bunny meets a gremlin who sabotages planes — and for once, Bugs is the one getting outsmarted. A Looney Tunes favorite.

Public Domain
Poster art for Betty Boop in Minnie the Moocher from the Internet ArchiveFree1932
Kids & Cartoons8 min

Minnie the Moocher — Betty Boop

Betty Boop runs away and lands in a haunted cave with Cab Calloway performing “Minnie the Moocher.” Musical cartoon history.

Public Domain
Poster art for The Dover Boys at Pimento University (1942) from Wikimedia CommonsFree1942
Kids & Cartoons9 min

The Dover Boys at Pimento University (1942)

Tom, Dick, and Larry Dover — the upright young men of Pimento University — race to save Dora from the villainous Dan Backslide. The Chuck Jones classic that rewired cartoon timing.

Public Domain • Wikimedia Commons
Poster art for Betty Boop in Swat the Fly (1935) from Wikimedia CommonsFree1935
Kids & Cartoons6 min

Swat the Fly — Betty Boop (1935)

One housefly turns Betty Boop’s kitchen into a battleground — and the fly is winning. A Fleischer Studios comedy short.

Public Domain • Wikimedia Commons
Poster art for Betty Boop and Grampy (1935) from Wikimedia CommonsFree1935
Kids & Cartoons7 min

Betty Boop and Grampy (1935)

Betty drops in on Grampy, the cheerful inventor whose house runs on pulleys, levers, and pure cartoon engineering — until the party starts.

Public Domain • Wikimedia Commons

How the setup works: Classics sit in the Free tier for everyone — poster art and streaming come straight from the Internet Archive or Wikimedia Commons item for each title. Originals, premieres, and collaborator shows sit in Viewer / Insider / Executive.

Browse Internet Archive →

World Channels — free in every language, no membership needed

The world watches free.

Our flyers say free channels in Spanish and French — so here they are, for real, plus Hindi, Japanese, Mandarin, German, and Russian. Every film below is a verified public-domain classic in its own language, streaming free from the Internet Archive. Tap any poster and it plays in the network player above. No sign-up, no card, no catch.

World Channels

Tap a channel to go straight to its films

Español — Channel 08

Clásicos del cine latinoamericano — silent-era landmarks with Spanish intertitles

Français — Channel 09

Chefs-d’œuvre du cinéma français — French masters, free for everyone

Bollywood Gold — Channel 10

India’s founding classics — Hindi and Marathi, straight from cinema’s first decades

Japanese Classics — Channel 11

Rare survivors from Japan’s first film generations

Chinese Classics — Channel 12

Shanghai’s golden age — the definitive pre-war Chinese films

Deutsch — Channel 13

German silent masters — the films that invented horror and sci-fi

Russian Masters — Channel 14

Soviet montage legends — the films every film school teaches

Every World Channel title is public domain and streams from the Internet Archive — the same free lane as the Classics Library, in the languages our flyers promise. Silent-era films carry their original-language intertitles; sound films play in their original language. If a language channel is on a flyer, the films are right here — that is the deal.

Your uploads — added in the Back Office

New on Chosen One.

Titles you add in the Back Office appear on this shelf right away on this device, ready to play. Use Export in the Back Office to save your list and send it over so the additions can be published for every viewer.

No uploads yet in this session.Open the Back Office below, fill in a title, poster, and video link or file, and it lands here as a playable poster.

Choose your access

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Start with public programming or step deeper into the network with premium access, first looks, and a voice in what comes next.

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Public programming, the Classics Library, and all seven World Channels — films in Spanish, French, Hindi, Japanese, Mandarin, German, and Russian. No card, no catch.

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Viewer

$5 per month

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Executive

$25 per month

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Why we exist

Not waiting to be chosen.

The Chosen One Network exists to spotlight overlooked voices and independent creators with something real to say.

We believe the next essential series, film, song, or conversation can come from outside the usual rooms. Our mission is to give fearless work a channel, give creators a true audience, and build a network where originality is the standard.

  1. 01Center the creatorProtect the voice, vision, and perspective that made the work matter in the first place.
  2. 02Open the frameMake room for stories, communities, and forms the mainstream keeps missing.
  3. 03Build lasting connectionTurn viewers into community and independent work into shared culture.

Community page — nonprofit footage on the network

The community, on air.

Nonprofits, schools, faith organizations, and community groups do the work every day — this page puts that work on television. Submit footage from your events, programs, and fundraisers, and approved pieces air in the network's Community Spotlight block and stream on demand right here.

  1. 01Send the footageFill in the form with your organization, a link to the video — an event recap, program highlight, PSA, performance, or community story — and what viewers should know about it.
  2. 02We check rights and fitEvery submission is reviewed before it airs: the footage has to be yours to share, credited to your organization, and right for a general audience.
  3. 03It airs on the networkApproved footage runs in the Community Spotlight block on Talk & Reality and in the on-demand rail below, with your organization's name on it — your work, in front of the network's audience.

Submissions added here preview instantly in the Community Spotlight rail below, on this device. To put your footage in front of every viewer, tap “Download submission packet” after submitting and send that file in with your footage link — approved submissions are then scheduled into the Community Spotlight block network-wide.

Community Spotlight

Nonprofit footage on the network — tap a poster to watch it in the player

No community footage yet.Be the first organization on the rail — submit your footage with the form above and it appears here, ready to play.

Creator submissions

Bring us the work they overlooked.

Independent creators, filmmakers, producers, musicians, animators, hosts, and storytellers: we want to know what you are making and why only you can make it.

Submission contact details will be announced with the network launch.

  1. 01Your projectTitle, format, genre, runtime, and a concise logline.
  2. 02Your storyA short creator bio and why this work matters now.
  3. 03Your materialsA private viewing link, trailer, reel, or selected work sample.
  4. 04Your planCurrent production stage, rights status, and what you are seeking.

Back Office — uploads panel on this device

Add your uploads.

This is your door into the network — no waiting on anyone. Add a title, poster, and video, and it appears on the “New on Chosen One” shelf above and plays in the main player. Works right here, even when support is offline. Heads-up: this panel sits open on the page and only changes what this device shows — it can't publish to or delete anything from the public site. A private owner login arrives with the hosted launch; until then, publishing runs through the uploads list below.

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