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In this digital edition of the festival agenda, you will find the full daily program, speaker biographies and information on this year’s FAST Festival sponsors.

“FAST” was the buzzword of 2023 as SVOD woes and inflation angst set in. Free, laid-back linear channel viewing was the comfort food consumers were clamoring for—and the additional revenue boost distributors sought amid the content business’s great reset. Twelve …

Subscription fatigue and rising competition from social media content are hampering U.S. streaming growth.

Studio Ramsay Global, a partnership between Gordon Ramsay and FOX Entertainment, has made a $100 million strategic investment in the kitchenware brand HexClad.

In time for the Apple Vision Pro launch in France, Bedrock has released a fully dedicated version of the AVOD platform M6+ on Apple Vision OS.

Banijay Media Germany has bolstered its branded entertainment unit, bringing on Alex Aussem as creative director, Christoph von Hunnius as client service director and Andreas Wolf as creative digital director.

FAST Studios and NBCUniversal have teamed up for the FAST channel Team USA TV to showcase the stories of Team USA athletes and their journeys to represent their country at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, in partnership with the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC).

Time spent streaming in the U.S. climbed to 40.3 percent of total TV usage.

Paramount Global has expanded its partnership with Ice Cube and his Cube Vision production company, kicking off with a new untitled scripted project in development at Showtime Studios.

BET Media Group has debuted two Tyler Perry FAST channels, one featuring comedy and the other with drama.