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Telly's Free TVs Face Delivery Hurdles, Switches Partners

1/24/2026

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Telly, a startup offering free dual-screen TVs that display advertisements, launched in May 2023 with a goal to ship 500,000 units by summer.
Lowpass reports that by late 2025 Telly had placed 35,000 TVs in homes.
Telly had 250,000 pre-orders in June 2023.
Ten percent of deliveries via FedEx were reported as broken.
Telly has switched shipping partners to improve delivery reliability.

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Story summary

Telly, a startup offering free dual-screen TVs that display advertisements, launched in May 2023 with a goal to ship 500,000 units by summer.
Lowpass reports that by late 2025 Telly had placed 35,000 TVs in homes.
Telly had 250,000 pre-orders in June 2023.
Ten percent of deliveries via FedEx were reported as broken.
Telly has switched shipping partners to improve delivery reliability.